SHAFAQNA- They are life for knowledge and death for ignorance. Their forbearance tells you of their knowledge, and their silence of the wisdom of their speaking. They do not go against right nor do they differ (among themselves) about it. They are the pillars of Islam and the asylums of (its) protec...

SHAFAQNA- Demand for Quran apps in India has gone up this year with thousands of downloads. Seema Tasneem is able to spend the over two hours of her commute in a very judicious way this Ramadan. On her way from Yeshwantpur to Sarjapur, she slips out her smartphone to read the Quran. “I have download...

SHAFAQNA-People in Regina, the capital city of the Canadian province of Saskatchewan, were able to enjoy something not every community in the world is able or willing to accomplish. Under a large tent in downtown’s Victoria Park, dozens of people from all different backgrounds and beliefs shared a m...

Sheikh Nadi al-Badri, a scholar from Egypt’s renowned Su i institute of lea ing, al-Azhar University, has sent a letter to the Holy Shrine of Imam Hussain in regard to the deadly terrorist attack which occurred in the holy Iraqi city of Karbala on Tuesday, which was the first day of the holy month o...

SHAFAQNA – UNICEF says most of the children migrants who have crossed the Mediterranean Sea from Libya to Italy this year were unaccompanied by adults, making them vulnerable to abuse and exploitation. The children’s agency says 92 percent of some 7,600 children who made the dangerous and often dead...

SHAFAQNA – The Islamic Center of Hamburg, Germany, will host a Quran reading session on the 15th of the holy month of Ramadan (June 21). The center a ounced that the program will be organized on the occasion of the birthday a iversary of Imam Hassan (AS) in Mid-Ramadan. It has also pla ed a Quranic ...

SHAFAQNA – This Ramadan 2016 Shafaqna had the privilege of conducting an interview with Hujjatul Islam wal Muslimeen Allama Abbas Abidi – of of Shiite Islam most prominent scholars, and carrier of Shiite Islam tradition across Europe and Britain. The founding director of Hidyat TV, Allama Abbas Abid...

SHAFAQNA – Imam Ali (AS) said: The fasting in the month of Ramadhan, is a shield against Divine Torments [1]. [1] Nahjul Balaghah, Sermon 110.

SHAFAQNA – The believer must know that the seed of all prosperity is the control of the soul. Control means supervising the soul, the child does not need as much attention as the soul [1]. One of the most important aspect of this supervision is the control of the mouth. If the piece of bread that is...

Commentary of the Quran (Chapter 2:51-54)By: Mohammad Sobhanie Prophet Musa on Mount Sinai – Part II بِسْمِ اللَّـهِ الرَّحْمَـٰنِ الرَّحِيمِوَإِذْ وَاعَدْنَا مُوسَىٰ أَرْبَعِينَ لَيْلَةً ثُمَّ اتَّخَذْتُمُ الْعِجْلَ مِن بَعْدِهِ وَأَنتُمْ ظَالِمُونَ ﴿٥١﴾ ثُمَّ عَفَوْنَا عَنكُم مِّن بَعْدِ ذَٰلِكَ ل...

SHAFAQNA – The Council on American–Islamic Relations (CAIR) has condemned the Orlando nightclub mass shooting that left at least 50 people dead and 53 others injured on Sunday, calling it a hate crime. The gunman, identified by US media as an alleged Daesh sympathizer named Omar Mateen, a US citizen...

SHAFAQNA – Britain’s leading daily newspapers are urging their readers to vote to quit the European Union in the June 23 EU referendum, academics have found. Loughborough University researchers have taken a forensic look at 1,127 news stories published by ten top daily papers since the start of May,...

SHAFAQNA – Mohamad “Jerry” Mohajer read the name of each of the 49 people killed in Sunday’s terrorist attack at a nightclub in Orlando, Fla. The gesture was a way for those gathered at an interfaith prayer vigil held at the Islamic Society of Michiana to show support and compassion for the victims,...

SHAFAQNA – The Grand Ayatollah Safi answered a question about carrying out endoscopy whilst fasting. Question: Endoscopy is a device which enters digestive tract and takes pictures without anything entering stomach. Can this operation make fasting void or not? The Grand Ayatollah Safi: According to ...

SHAFAQNA – The Grand Ayatollah Sistani answered a question about fasting and weakness. Question: Can a person who is unable to fast in the month of Ramadhan and is weak, fast? The Grand Ayatollah Sistani: Weakness on its own even though it may be severe ca ot be the justification for not fasting, un...

SHAFAQNA – Following is a letter Professor Muhammad Marandi, one of Iran most prominent academics, and intellectuals pe ed to the United Nations. Professor Marandi was gracious enough to share his words with Shafaqna. It is in times such as ours that we ought to listen to our intellectuals, scholars...

SHAFAQNA – The Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR) strongly condemns the gove ment of Bahrain’s increasing use of citizenship revocation as a tool to punish political dissent, rendering many people stateless, thus leaving them vulnerable to human rights violations. In 2016, BCHR documented the re...

SHAFAQNA – The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Prince Zeid bin Ra’ad Al Hussein, called of Bahrain to halt repression and severe restrictions on freedom of expressions. He made the following remarks on Bahrain during his opening statement for the Human Rights Council’s 32nd sessio...

SHAFAQNA – The Grand Ayatollah vahid Khorasani answered a question about the rules of fasting for breastfeeding mothers. Question: What is the ruling about a woman (mother) who breastfeeds a child? The Grand Ayatollah Vahid: This question has 4 conditions;The first condition: The woman (mother) know...

SHAFAQNA – Once more violence has put Islam, and its people in the eye of a furious storm, as hordes of madmen have claimed death to be their Islamic prerogative. Under the dark ba er of Wahhabism – this devolution fed from hatred, ignorance and absolute insanity, the world has come to know of Islam...