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Saudi Arabia’s ground and air attacks on Yemen’s Hudaydah have displaced some 35,000 families so far, says the UN. “As of 13 July, approximately 35,000 displaced households have been verified, and 20,000 of them have received RRM assistance,” said the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) on …

Lebanon’s Military Tribunal has sentenced seven Lebanese nationals in absentia to hard labor on charges of espionage for Israel’s Mossad spy agency and collaboration with Israeli authorities. The tribunal, chaired by Brigadier General Hussein Abdallah, issued the verdicts against Fadi Hashem, Charbel Hashem, Maroun Hashem and Lina Aanid on Tuesday after they were …

The Iraqi Heath Ministry says eight demonstrators have so far lost their lives in protests over poor public services and alleged corruption in various southern cities in the Arab country since daily protests began in Iraq’s Basra port city a week ago. The ministry announced the grim news at a press …

My Road to Islam In the Name of God the Most Merciful My road to Islam started when I made the decision about thirty years ago to find this Kingdom of God that Jesus told us to seek.  I struggled with the idea of a Sovereign God that was in …

The Spiritual Resurrection of a Lost Youth   Bismillah ar-Rahman ar-Raheem, Asalaamu Alaikum W/r W/b, From Calvary to Karbala.  My name is Brother Yahya Hayder Seymour and the following is my conversion story to the path of Islam and eventually the Path of the Ahlul Bayt (as). The Path of …

American Shia convert becomes victim of Islamophobia   Westfield, North Carolina By Shia News September 11, 2001 changed the lives of thousands of people. This is the story of Kalil Malek Rafi Muhammad, a black American Shia convert who is a Vietnam veteran. Kalil lives in Westfield, North Carolina. Recurrent …

Sheikh Ahmed Amin al-Antaki Sheikh Ahmed al-Antaki’s birth and upbringing The full name of Sheikh al-Antaki is Ahmed son of Yousif son of Ali son of Qanbar al-Haza . Sheikh al-Antaki was born in a village called ‘Ensow’ on the outskirts of Antakia. The village of Ensow comprises of two …

My Journey to Islam By Sr. Fatima Bism Allah Al-Rahman Al-Rahem Al-Salaam Alaikom I was born in Canada into a nonreligious family, so I never knew or understood anything about God or who he really was. Growing up I went to a Catholic school and they do not really talk …

My journey toward Islam started out about 30 blocks from the Pacific ocean in Long Beach, California. My parents divorced when I was 4 years old and , shortly after, my father moved to another city and left me, my twin brother and my younger sister alone to be raised …

“In the name of Allah, the most Beneficent the most Merciful” “Islam” a religion of tolerance, peace, humanity, respect & justice has been given a bad name by an ignorant & misguided Muslim group against the teaching of the Holy Qur’an they know well. We as Muslims must make Justice …