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SHAFAQNA – The Grand Ayatollah Sistani answered a question about smoking at the place with a “smoking is forbidden” sign. Question: In some buses and other vehicles is written “smoking is forbidden”, is smoking allowed in such places? The Grand Ayatollah Sistani: if this case is depending on the implicit condition that the passenger in that vehicle has accepted, and/or such a thing is the govemental rule which after entering the country must be observed, it is necessary to act accordingly and doing the opposite is not allowed. Source: PERSIAN SHAFAQNA SHARE Facebook Twitter Previous articleSouth Sudan agrees to 4,000 more UN peacekeepers Next articleHouthi forces captur...

SHAFAQNA –The Houthi forces, backed by the Yemeni Republican Guard, seized a number of points inside the Midi Desert near the Saudi-Yemeni border today, advancing as far north as the Jizan Region of Saudi Arabia. According to Al-Masdar’s Yemen War correspondent, Tony Toh, the Houthi forces and their allies killed 41 fighters from the Saudi-led Coalition on Monday after seizing a number of sites from the latter. Making matters worse for the Saudi-led Coalition, the Houthi forces continued their advance in the Najran Valley, as they capturednew points near the provincial capital. The Saudi-led Coalition’s recent losses in the Jizan and Najran regions has taken a toll on their morale, as they ...

SHAFAQNA – It is narrated from Imam Baqer (AS) who said: If you want to know there is good in you or not, look at your heart. If you like those who obey God, and do not like those who commit sins, there is good in you, and God likes you. But if your heart does not like those who obey God, and likes those who commit sins, know that there is no good in you and God does not like you, and every human being stays with someone who he/she likes [1]. [1] Osul Kafi, Vol. 3, Page 192. SHARE Facebook Twitter Previous articleHouthi forces capture Saudi border points Let's block ads! بخوانید...

SHAFAQNA –The African market for Islamic banking and finance is unique for several reasons. Among other things, the continent is witnessing an unprecedented economic growth in in last decade combined with huge market potential. Indeed, almost half of the continent’s population is Muslim Attractiveness and popularity of the industry among non-Muslims is also increasing. It is also a fact that just 20% of African families have a bank account, while many remained unbanked sometimes for religious reasons The African market is also unique given the advantage that retu on investment in Africa is higher than in any other developing region. Moreover, Islamic banking and finance in Africa is support...

SHAFAQNA –The Saudi women who need their fathers, husbands and brothers’ permission to benefit their legal rights of working, studying and traveling, are now using social media in a bid to end males’ rule over their life. The Saudi women have created #سعودیات_نطالب_باسقاط_الولایة (#StopEnslavingSaudiWomen ) to emphasize that the govement should hear the women’s voice and respect their rights, adding that the progress of any society is evaluated by the situation of women. They have also reminded the Saudi rulers of regional women’s freedom to do whatever the Saudi females are baed. On the opposite side, the make opponents of the demand insist the necessity for respecting Saudi Arabia’s laws,...

SHAFAQNA –If the world has become desensitise to human suffering, there are still crimes so tragic and uecessary, so violent in nature and abominable in the tragedy they carry, that we caot help but pause. Should you have missed it somehow War has held Yemen hostage since March 25th, 2015, a day which saw Saudi Arabia unilaterally move against its impoverished neighbour in the name of “democracy building.” Yemen’s war you were told then, was a necessary evil, a democratic mean to end a popular movement Riyadh cared little for, since it spoke in negation of its religious extremism – Wahhabism. As Riyadh weaved its narrative the world sat back, gleefully deaf to the cries Yemen let out in its...

SHAFAQNA – Since al-Saud imprinted its will on the Hejaz … the country now bears the name of its owner, this one house has made a fortune on by claiming to be the righteous custodian of all Islamic traditions and holy sites, begiing with Mecca. According to The Economist, the kingdom generates over $8.5 billion in revenues per year – not exactly cheap change. Since the world has kept mum before the tyray of al-Saud rights activists have decided to call on Muslims to resist in a maer which will best hamper Riyadh – boycotting haj. SHARE Facebook Twitter Previous articleAyatollah Ali Khameini on Yemen: “Saudi govt. slaughters Yemeni children with US weapons” Next articleY...

SHAFAQNA – “When you witness that it is almost a year and a half now that Yemen has been under bombardment, is this a minor event? They are constantly bombarding a country. And they are not bombarding its military centers, rather they are bombarding its markets, hospitals, public squares and schools and the people’s houses and gatherings. This is not a minor event, rather it is a very grave crime. They do not understand what the month of Ramadan and a month of haraam are and they do not differentiate between children and adults. They have murdered so many children! Well, this is a grave crime as well which has unfortunately been committed by the Saudi govement. However, they have done so ...

SHAFAQNA –One of France’s highest courts suspended the burkini ban in the town of Villeneuve-Loubet on Thursday, holding that the ban violated civil liberties including freedom of religion and movement. The ruling sets a precedent that could be used to challenge bans in other municipalities. On Tuesday, an image of French authorities forcing a Muslim woman to disrobe on the beach sparked outrage on social media. It was the second such incident in France that day—earlier, a beachgoer in a head scarf and tunic was fined because her attire was not “an outfit respecting good morals and secularism.” The response was swift on Twitter, where people noted the double irony that such actions are only...

SHAFAQNA – The Grand Ayatollah Sistani answered a question about taking medicines mixed with some alcohol. Question: Is it allowed to take medicines mixed with some alcohol (for example 10%)? The Grand Ayatollah Sistani: It is not allowed; but you can mix the medicines in water to reduce the level of alcohol to minimum (for example 2% or less) which there is no problem in this case. Source: PERSIAN SHAFAQNA SHARE Facebook Twitter Previous articleDebate on the Burkini, France and the fall of democracy Next articleCorrectness of divorce if it transpires that the woman has been pregnant/the Grand Ayatollah Shahroodi’s answer Let's block ads! بخوانید...

SHAFAQNA-Saudi security forces shot dead a suspected militant who tried to detonate explosives outside a mosque in the Qatif region in easte Saudi Arabia, where many Shia Muslims live, the interior ministry said on Wednesday. “The man was shot outside a mosque in the town of Um al Hamam and died while being transported to the hospital. He had explosive materials in a bag,” an interior ministry spokesman was quoted as saying by Saudi state news agency SPA. Police found a Pakistani residency card on the man, the statement said. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attempted attack on Tuesday but the militant Islamic State group has carried out several deadly shootings and b...

SHAFAQNA- Octopuses are notorious escape artists, able to squeeze and squish themselves into and around nearly any obstacle they encounter. In an ode to these crafty cephalopods, researchers have created the first completely soft-bodied robot, dubbed the “octobot.” The palm-sized machine’s exterior is made of silicone. And whereas other soft robots have had at least a few hard parts, such as batteries or wires, the octobot uses a small reservoir of hydrogen peroxide as fuel. When the hydrogen peroxide washes over flecks of platinum embedded within the octobot, the resulting chemical reaction produces gas that inflates and flexes the robot’s arms. As described online today in Nature, the ga...

Courtesy of May Saleh and Bahrain Mirror SHAFAQNA – Speaking on the sideline ofThe Inteational Conference to Support the Yemeni People – held on August, 20-21, 2016 in the British capital, LondonBahraini opposition figure, Saeed al-Shehabi, stressed on the importance of accountability, transparency and justice when addressing the issue of Yemen. “This is an illegal war with unfounded allegations and unjustified aggressions by the Saudis and must stop,” he emphasized during a workshop. “Every aggression and war in the world, since the second world war, has been addressed and has been called for to stop except this one. Why? Because the Saudis are involved,” he added. The themesof reparation, ...

Saudi pilots have launched yet another airstrike on a school in the Yemeni province of Ta’izz, with no information immediately available on possible casualties. According to Yemen’s al-Masirah television, the air raid hit the al-Rawd school in the district of Dabab in weste Ta’izz early on Monday.In the war Saudi Arabia has launched on Yemen, the Saudi forces have been targeting schools, hospitals, residential buildings, roads, markets and refugee camps. Reports by media outlets in the United States — which has offered intelligence support for the Saudi war by helping Saudi forces acquire “targets” — have pointed to the incompetence as well as cowardice on the part of the Saudi pilots conduc...

SHAFAQNA –The relationship between Saudi Sui and Shia has always been characterized by conflict. Shia Muslims in Saudi Arabia are a minority group that account for 10 to 15 percent of the population in a mainly Sui country. The Shia communities in Saudi Arabia are mostly concentrated in the Easte Province, where the population is estimated at 33 per cent. Since the 1980s, the nature of the conflict transition from military confrontation to the Saudi Shia’s movement for equal rights and affirmation of their culture. (Al Rasheed 1998). Saudi Shias are working establish their community in a Sui society that punishes their religious expression, limits their political participation and civil lib...

SHAFAQNA – The crowd is chanting “We won’t bow down” as Saudi jets circle over head #Sanaa#Yemen – @omeisypic.twitter.com/xxB5xfhwWx — Gissur Simonarson (@GissiSim) August 20, 2016 Millions flocked to the Yemeni capital, Sana’a this Saturday to publicly declare their support and allegiance to the Resistance – as fronted by the Ansarallah movement. As the crowd roared its determination to withstood foreign aggression, Saudi jets flew low in the sky – yet another attempt to bully a people into compliance. Undeterred men, women, and children stood in the capital, defiant in their determination to push against Wahhabi imperialism – a nation united in its Freedom, its faith, and its pluralism....

SHAFAQNA – The Grand Ayatollah Khamenei answered a question about taking possession of assets from adult children by a father. Question: How much a father is allowed to take possession of his adult independent child’s assets? And if he (the father) takes possession of something that he is not allowed, is he (the father) liable for it? The Grand Ayatollah Khamenei: The father is not allowed to take possession of his wise and adult child’s assets unless with the child’s permission; and taking possession of assets without child’s permission is Haram and the father is liable, except in exceptional circumstances. Source: PERSIAN SHAFAQNA SHARE Facebook Twitter Previous articleImam...

SHAFAQNA – Amal contacted me two years ago. She was 30 years old, a junior university professor, and she needed help. For four years her father had beaten her, locked her in her room, and threatened to stop her from working because she wanted to marry a non-Saudi professor. Now she wanted to explore a potential escape from the country of her birth, Saudi Arabia. For a Saudi woman, personal choice is a luxury. Her decisions must conform to her male guardian’s. Only women with agreeable guardians can control their lives. The rest must live with whatever limitations their guardians dictate. Amal consulted a lawyer, but it left her even more desperate. Courts approve less than five percent of a...

SHAFAQNA –Saudi Arabia’s human rights record, especially with regards to protecting women, has often been called into question. Although women’s rights have been incrementally extended in recent years – they were allowed to vote in municipal elections for the first time last year – their actions are still severely restricted. In a country where a woman caot even open a bank account without her husband’s permission, here are several other things they are still unable to do: Drive a car There is no official law that bans women from driving, but deeply held religious beliefs prohibit it, with Saudi clerics arguing that female drivers “undermine social values”. In 2011, the “Women2Drive” campai...

SHAFAQNA –Custodian of Astan Quds Razavi said in the meeting with authorities of the Aual Meeting of Hazrat Ali Asghar (A) World Congress, “Arbaeen is exclusive to Imam Hussein (A) so that Ashura would not remain in Karbala and to be lost in history. This movement indicates that Ashura movement is alive forever.” Sayyed Raeisi in the conference held in Quds auditorium of Central Library of Astan Quds on Friday evening, Aug 5, said, “The sacred bloods shed over the earth on Ashura was for reviving Islam and providing for establishment of Islamic sovereignty by Imam Mahdi (AJ).” Referring to a part of Arbaeen pilgrimage prayer that considers Imam Hussain’s (A) blood as a cause of wiping ignor...