Distinguished Qur’an reciters, memorizers and masters, attending the 34th International Qur’an Competition, met Ayatollah Khamenei during a Qur’anic session at the Husseyniyeh of Imam Khomeini (ra) on Thursday April 27, 2017. Stressing the fact that Qur’an mobility in Iran and other Islamic countries should continue strongly, Ayatollah Khamenei asserted: “We, ...
Read More »ISIS threat: Cameron wants an alliance with Iran
Britain must prepare to ally itself with Iran to combat the “shared threat” of extremists in Iraq and Syria who want to create “a terrorist state” that could extend to “the shores of the Mediterranean,” David Cameron has said. Suggesting that it was now in the UK’s national interest to ...
Read More »HSBC closes some Muslim groups’ accounts
HSBC bank has written to Finsbury Park Mosque and other Muslim organisations in the UK to tell them that their accounts will be closed. The reason given in some cases was that to continue providing services would be outside the bank’s “risk appetite”. The wife and teenage children of a ...
Read More »President Obama voices support for Israel at White House iftar
An American Muslim organisation has criticised Barack Obama for using a White House iftar on Monday as an opportunity to voice his support for Israel. The Muslim Public Affairs Council, which attended the event along with many other US Muslim leaders, said it was appalled at the president’s actions. At ...
Read More »US blacklists companies accused of Hezbollah ties
The United States moved Thursday to blacklist a group of companies it claimed covertly helped Lebanon’s powerful Hezbollah movement acquire components for surveillance drones. The US Treasury placed sanctions on Beirut-based Stars Group Holding, which it said purchased electronics and other technology via offices in China and Dubai to support ...
Read More »‘Terror suspect’ wins payout from transport police
A 28-year-old man from London has won an undisclosed sum from two police forces for being detained unlawfully under terror laws after trying to make a complaint on a train. The case has called into question how anti-terror legislation is being used while the government forces through emergency surveillance legislation ...
Read More »The role of oil and gas in the Syrian conflict
With the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) and al-Nusra Front in control of several oil fields in Syria, the two radical Islamist groups entered the “oil exporters’ club,” with Western enablement. This, in addition to the closely anticipated hydrocarbon discoveries in Syria’s territorial waters and other pertinent developments, ...
Read More »Ayatollah Hamedani: The West stole and secularized the pure sciences.
Ayatollah Nouri Hamedani, addressing a gathering in Tabriz, spoke about the academic service of the Islamic world to all of mankind. He stated: “A look at Islamic history shows that the greatest blessings bestowed upon humanity were gained from the religion of Islam and the school of thought of the Ahl al-Bayt ...
Read More »Press release: Secret terrorism trial would set another dangerous precedent
IHRC believes that all criminal defendants should enjoy the fundamental right to open justice The impending trial of two suspects charged with terrorism offences in secret in a closed court would amount to an abandonment of the fundamental right to a fair trial and disproportionately impact Muslims. The trial of ...
Read More »The fast and the smooth: Ramadan travel is big business this year
The Moroccan sales manager Madiha Zoubiri is like many Abu Dhabi residents. She prefers not to travel during Ramadan. “My concept of a holiday is to take a break from everything related to real life,” she says. “If I was fasting, I wouldn’t be able to do all of the ...
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