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Ayatollah Misbah Yazdi, speaking to a group of university students yesterday, spoke about the status of the youth in the Islamic revolution and the importance of correctly understanding our role-models in Islamic history. Regarding the youth, his eminence said: “One of the blessings and bounties of our nation today are …

Ayatollah Makarem Shirazi, at the end of his advanced studies (bahth kharij) class on Tuesday, spoke about the recent comments made by the premier of Turkey regarding the Shia. He stated: “Recently, the prime minister of Turkey has said that the Shia are liars and they practice religious dissimulation (taqiyya). …

MOSCOW (AP) — Russia may revise its stance in the Iranian nuclear talks amid tensions with the West over Ukraine, a senior diplomat warned Wednesday. Russia’s Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said, according to the Interfax news agency, that Russia didn’t want to use the Iranian nuclear talks to “raise …

TEHRAN, Iran — Last week, Palestinian Islamic Jihad leader Ramadan Abdullah Shalah, a close ally of Tehran, visited the Qatari capital of Doha to meet his ally and comrade Khaled Meshaal, the leader of Hamas, according to sources close to Shalah. It is rare that someone like Shalah visits Doha, given the tight …

Egyptian authorities have refused to renew prominent Hamas leader Mousa Abu Marzook’s residency permit, a Hamas spokesman said. It is now believed that Abu-Marzook may be deported when his permit expires next month. Speaking to the Jordanian newspaper Al-Sabeel, Hosam Badran called on the Egyptian authorities to review their decisions relating …

On 13 March 2014, an awards presentation ceremony was held in Quetta. Its sole purose was to honor those Takfiri Deobandis who have dedicated their lives in promoting and justifying the Shia genocide in Pakistan. To all intents and purposes, it was the First Shia Genocide Awards Ceremony. The head …

Alaa Moussa remembers a time when Akka’s old city looked much different. Over the last decade, he has watched his hometown’s fabric change significantly: new restaurants, bars, hotels and youth hostels are now wedged between the historic stone buildings, homes and cultural landmarks. Situated on the northern coast of the Mediterranean Sea …

Shia publisher and owner of a bookshop was arrested and detained for selling Nehjul Balaghah, a book of sermons and sayings of Imam Ali (A), in Lahore on Monday. Police arrested Syed Mohammad Raza Shah, owner of Matkaba tur Reza from his Urdu Bazaar sales point. Police of Lahore had …

Senior British army officers have blocked an investigation into the killing and mistreatment of Iraqi prisoners during the Iraq occupation, a public inquiry has found. Al-Sweady Inquiry into the incidents heard on Monday that senior British army officers have been making efforts to block a military police investigation into the …

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — MIKHLIF AL-SHAMMARI has been jailed repeatedly, declared an infidel, ruined financially and shot four times — by his own son — all for this: He believes his fellow Sunni Muslims should treat Shiites as equals. In a Middle East torn by deepening sectarian hatred, that is …