SHAFAQNA –xa0In the poor Nice suburb of Ariane, many Muslims feel their community is being unfairly blamed for the Bastille Day attack that killed 84 people, and fear discrimination and social divisions will grow in its wake. Islamic State claimed the attack and hailed Tunisian-bo Mohamed Lahouaiej ...

Palestinians who come from the Souq need to go through a gate that is controlled electronically. Today, one of the border police officers manning it, for whatever reason, decided to make this a difficult and humiliating ordeal for a Palestinian. A man, his wife, and his mother were going to the mosq...

SHAFAQNA –xa0While world nations remain mostly oblivious to the crippling danger presented by Saudi Arabia – a nation which wealth has shielded it from criticism, and whose leaders have stood immune from legal pursuits, the Kingdom has a lot to answer to … Actually it is not so much Saudi Arabia as ...

SHAFAQNA-xa0After the death of Yazid, there was much confusion. Marwan, who was banished by the Prophet (S) and then allowed to come back by the first caliph, now assumed power. His reign was in dispute and even the Sunnis do not recognise him as a caliph. Within a year, he passed away. He had nomin...

SHAFAQNA-xa0Abu Jafar Muhammad bin Ali bin Shahr Aashub bin Ali Nasr bin Abul Jaush Mazandirani, nicknamed Rashid al-Din and Azzedine (1096-1192 A.D. / 489-588 A.H.) was a well-Known Shi’ite exegetist, traditionist, scholar and jurist, It is said that he and his father were the inhabitants of Sari a...

The Battle of Uhud An excerpt from The Brother of the Prophet Muhammadby M. Jawad Chirri, Director of the Islamic Center of America,Two Volumes, Harlo Press 1988, Revised Edition. The Qureshites came out from the Battle of Badr with an astonishing result which they did not expect. They were confiden...

SHAFAQNA –xa0Some 49,000 children will die of malnutrition in areas once cut off by northeaste Nigeria’s extremist uprising if they don’t get treatment, the U.N. children’s agency wa ed Tuesday. UNICEF called on charities and donors to respond quickly to avert a tragedy in Bo o state, where nearly a...

SHAFAQNA xa0–xa0A travelling exhibition is taking a positive message about Islam on the road this summer. The Mobile Muslims Exhibition is a coast-to-coast campaign that is looking to debunk some of the common misconceptions about the religion and culture through community education. The 40 day jou ...

SHAFAQNA –xa0Israeli opposition leader Isaac Herzog wa ed of what he called “growing hatred and racism” in Israel encouraged by right-wing politicians, adding that it could pave the way for further deadly violence. “We are on the verge of an uprising of hatred, racism, darkness and upcoming killings...

[embedded content] SHAFAQNA –xa0Her name is Ghazza, an 8 year-old Yemeni girl, Ghazza’s life is holding but by a thin thread – her body exhausted by cancer, and a chronic lack of medical care. Like thousands of children Ghazza stands not a chance against Saudi Arabia humanitarian blockade. If variou...

SHAFAQNA – It is narrated from Salman (RA) who said: I am amazed at six things; three of them make me laugh and three of them make me cry. Those which make me cry are: Separation from friends of the Prophet Mohammad (PBUH); trepidation of the Day of Judgment; and standing in front of God. But three ...

SHAFAQNA – The Prophet of Islam (PBUH) said: Allah (SWT) has placed four things (deeds) in four other things (deeds). 1. The blessing of knowledge has been placed in respecting the teacher.2. Permanence of belief is in revering God.3. Happiness in this world by being kind to the father and the mothe...

Theresa May has driven extreme policies that surveil and criminalize Muslims, migrants and refugees Now that the Conservative Party’s Theresa May has a clear path to becoming the next prime minister of Britain, much of the media coverage is focusing on her “unpredictability,” “resolve” and,unfortuna...

BIOGRAPHY OF LATE AYATOLLAH BORUJERDI Sayyid Hussain Tabatabaii Borujerdi, popularly known as Haaj Agha Hussain Borujerdi, son of Sayyid Ali, was bo in the year 1292 A.H. (Lunar) in Borujerd, and passed away in the mo ing of Thursday, 12th Shawwal 1380 A.H./Lunar (10th Farvardin 1340 A.H./Solar) in ...

SHAFAQNA-xa0Ibn Abbas narrated from the Prophet (P.B.U.H&H.P):When the verse “Those who believe and do righteous deeds are the best of the creation” (Quran 98:7) was revealed, the Messenger of Allah (P.B.U.H&H.P) said to Ali (A.S): “They are you and your Shia.” He continued: “O Ali! (On the Day of J...

SHAFAQNA –xa0A vast majority of the French do not believe their authorities can deal with the threat of terrorism, a recent poll by Ifop found. Figures show nearly 70 percent of those surveyed after the tragedy in Nice see the gove ment failing to provide security. According to an Ifop (French Insti...

SHAFAQNA –xa0Saudi authorities have detained the Turkish defense attaché to Kuwait at Ankara’s request. Meanwhile, Germany has wa ed Erdogan that re-establishing capital punishment will derail EU membership talks. Quoting unnamed Saudi sources, Saudi-owned broadcaster Al-Arabiya reported Monday that...

SHAFAQNA – Fear God, avoid the consequences of (bad) deeds, wake up from sleep of negligence. have foresight, consider the consequences of deeds. Remember your dangerous previous deeds. Do not neglect the pressure of the grave, the interval between death and resurrection (Barzakh) and the difficulti...

SHAFAQNA – Allah (SWT) in a Divine Narration said: Swear to My Glory, Splendour, Beauty, Elegance, Eminence of My Position and Place that no servant of Mine preferring God’s wishes to his/her own unless I will make all his/her efforts directed towards the affairs of the hereafter, will place indepen...

SHAFAQNA –xa0Sheikh Hussein al-Deihi, deputy secretary general of Bahrain’s main opposition movement, al Wefaq, has issued a statement following the dissolution of the movement criticizing the tyrannical rule over Bahrain and insufficiency of the gove ment which has led to chaos and dictatorship ove...