UNESCO announced on Monday that an important stage of the reconstruction process, which included rebuilding the 12th-century monument’s famed leaning minaret, has finished. It said this stage began in October by clearing the mosque and nearby areas of landmines, removing debris, and restoring the mosque’s dome. The mosque restoration plan ...
Read More »Contest Planned to Select Iran Representative in Int’l Quran Event
TEHRAN (IQNA) – A contest is planned to be held in Tehran on January 30 to select Iran’s representative in the Tarteel category of the country’s 37th International Holy Quran Competition. Top winners of the Tarteel category in the last 5 editions of the Iranian national Quran competition ...
Read More »Who are the Ahlulbayt?
Who are the ahlulbayt? “Ahlulbayt” literally means “People of the House” (‘Ahl’ means “people”, while ‘bayt’ means “house”). Its meaning in context of Islamic vernacular is “members of the household of the Prophet”. The Ahlulbayt are one of the two most important sources of Islamic guidance after the demise ...
Read More »Ayatollah Sistani Undergoes Successful Surgery
A medical source to al-Sumaria News website that the surgery was successful. The source said the surgery was performed after the senior cleric suffered a fracture to his left thigh bone. Earlier on Thursday, the office of the source of emulation said in a statement, “Last night His Eminence Ayatollah ...
Read More »Child Killed in Saudi Attacks in Yemen
According to Yemen’s al-Masirah television, Saudi-led forces poured rockets and artillery shells on a rural area in the Razih district of the province in the early hours of Thursday, killing the child and wounding the other. There was no report yet about the extent of damage caused by the attacks, ...
Read More »Seeking International Justice for Rohingya Muslims
Respect for free expression and assembly also declined sharply during the year as the authorities escalated their use of repressive criminal laws. “Myanmar’s failure to hold its military accountable for atrocities against the Rohingya is finally turning the wheels of international justice,” said Phil Robertson, deputy Asia director of Human ...
Read More »Yemen Downs Saudi-Led Reconnaissance Drone in Jizan
The media bureau of Yemen’s Houthi Ansarullah movement announced in a statement that Yemeni air defense forces and their allies shot down the drone with a surface-to-air missile over Jabal al-Amoud mountainous area on Tuesday evening. Last week, Yemeni air defense units intercepted and targeted a Saudi-led CH-4 drone while ...
Read More »Iranian University Students Rally to Condemn Anti-Government Protest
Crowds of students from Shaihd Beheshti University of Tehran staged gathering against anti-government protesters who took to the streets in the capital on Sunday night. The students vented their anger against the protesters who took to the streets to allegedly complain about the Ukrainian plane incident which claimed the lives ...
Read More »Russia: Civilians Can Flee Syria’s Idlib via Three New Checkpoints
Russia’s Defense Ministry said in a statement late on Sunday that civilians could leave the de-escalation zone in Syria’s Idlib Province via three new checkpoints. The ministry said it had received many requests from Syrian civilians in Idlib in areas controlled by armed groups to return to their homes in ...
Read More »Expert Hails Addition of Tarteel Category to Iran Int’l Quran Contest
TEHRAN (IQNA) – An Iranian veteran Quran activist hailed the move by the organizing committee of Iran’s International Holy Quran Competition to add the category of Tarteel to the contest. The 37th edition of Iran’s International Holy Quran Competition will be held in the northeastern holy city of Mashhad ...
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