Saudi warplanes on Thursday launched over 28 airstrikes on various parts of Yemen despite earlier claims that it had ordered its forces halt their attacks on Yemen with the beginning of peace talks in Sweden. “The fact that the coalition forces and their mercenaries have continued their aggression against Yemen on the ...
Read More »Bahraini refugee footballer begins open-ended hunger strike in Thailand
Bahraini footballer Hakeem Ali al-Araibi has launched an open-ended hunger strike in protest against an “unfair decision by a Thai court to arrest” him and prevent him from returning to his place of residence in Australia. The chairman of the [Persian] Gulf Institute for Democracy and Human Rights, Yahya al-Hadid, in ...
Read More »Number of Yemenis in food crisis or emergency could hit 20mn, warns WFP
The UN food agency says more than 15 million people in Yemen are in food “crisis” or “emergency,” warning that the number could increase to 20 million without sustained food aid, as the brutal war imposed by Saudi Arabia on the impoverished nation nears its fourth anniversary. The World Food Programme (WFP), ...
Read More »“Israel” on Al-Laqqis: One of Hezbollah’s Top Innovators and Technical Minds
Yehya Dbouk The “Israeli” enemy links [Martyr Leader] Hassan al-Laqqis to the qualitative expansion and development of Hezbollah’s military capabilities. According to Hebrew reports, the martyr was responsible for “integrating the most sophisticated technological weapons into Hezbollah’s arsenal”. He also contributed to the most important technological developments achieved by the ...
Read More »Chapter 1: Man and Animals
Man himself being a kind of animal, has many things in common with other animals. At the same time he has many dissimilarities which distinguish him from other animals and make him superior to them. The main and basic features distinguishing man from other living beings, on which his humanity ...
Read More »UN: Yemen on Brink of Major Catastrophe
Local Editor UN aid Chief Mark Lowcock has warned that Yemen is “on the brink of a major catastrophe”. Wrapping up his trip, Lowcock said conditions had deteriorated alarmingly since his last visit in October 2017. “In Aden, I met emaciated children so malnourished they could barely open their eyes,” ...
Read More »Nigerians rally in Abuja to demand Zakzaky’s release
Nigerian Muslims have once again waged protest rally in the capital of Abuja to demand the release of top Muslim cleric Sheikh Ibrahim Zakzaky. Calling for justice for the 65-year-old cleric, who was beaten and arrested in 2015 along with his wife on trumped-up allegations, the protesters chanted slogans in ...
Read More »Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said,
ـ الإمامُ الصّادقُ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): علَيكُم بِإتيانِ المَساجِدِ؛ فإنّها بُيوتُ اللّهِ في الأرضِ ، ومَن أتاها مُتَطَهِّراً طَهَّرَهُ اللّهُ مِن ذُنوبِهِ وكُتِبَ مِن زُوّارِهِ فَأكثِرُوا فيها مِن الصَّلاةِ والدُّعاءِ. Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, ‘It is incumbent upon you to attend the mosques, for verily they are the houses of Allah ...
Read More »Iraq floods leave 21 dead in two days
At least 21 people have died and tens of thousands displaced by heavy rains that have battered Iraq over two days, the health ministry and United Nations said on Sunday. Women and children were among the dead, health ministry spokesman Seif al-Badr told AFP. Some had drowned, but others had ...
Read More »Reason, Faith & Authority: A Shi‘ite Perspective
Mohammad Ali Shomali From a Shi’a point of view, there are four sources on which any investigation about Islam has to be based: the Glorious Qur’an, the Sunnah (including sayings, actions and tacit approval of the Prophet), reason, and consensus. After a careful consideration of these four sources, it becomes ...
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