SHAFAQNA – In the Name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful NO PLACE FOR VIOLENCE INPURE ISLAM Assalamu alaikum brothers and sisters, Muslim Congress condemns the senseless killings of i ocent victims of the massacre in Orlando last night and sends condolences to the families of the victims. There...

SHAFAQNA – With Ramadan 2016 well under way the United Nations has suddenly awaken to the sheer devastation its main “sponsor”, Saudi Arabia, unleashed on the impoverished Yemeni nation. Alone, shun by the high and mighty of this world, it took the holy month of Ramadan for Weste nations to finally ...

KASHGAR, CHINA - SHAFAQNA – Muslims worldwide are currently celebrating the holy month of Ramadan. In Kashgar, in Northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Muslims have joined the first Jumah, the most important prayer session of the week, during Ramadan. It’s the first Jumah during Ramada...

SHAFAQNA – It’s ungrateful and disrespectful to cause harm in a country has given you safe passage – especially at a time of peace and reflection. Enraged and disgusted are just some of the sentiments I felt reading how a refugeecamp was allegedly bu ed down by Muslims. They did it, apparently, beca...

SHAFAQNA – The US gove ment has wa ed its citizens both at home and abroad to be alert to an increased risk of terror attacks, as Isis and its followers seek to mark the Muslim holy month with violence. The State Department alert cited an audio message by the Isis spokesman Abu Mohammad al-Adnani, w...

SHAFAQNA – The Grand Ayatollah Sistani answered question about nose bleed and the blood entering the throat at the time of fasting.Question: When nose bleed happens, if a person looks up for the blood to stop, the blood may enter the throat; a) Can this act make fasting void (Baatel)?b) Does it make...

SHAFAQNA – The Grand Ayatollah Fayyaz answered a question about the timespan for a country which has no dawn or sunset. Question: I am in Sweden and do not know how many hours I should fast. The Grand Ayatollah Fayyaz: If the country you are living in has day, night, dawn and sunset, must act accord...

The second edition of a national group Quran competition has been underway at the holy shrine of Hazrat Abbas (AS) in Karbala, Iraq. According to alkafeel.net, the competition began on the first day of the holy month of Ramadan on June 7. It has been organized by the Center for Training Quran Recite...

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SHAFAQNA – In order to bring you, our readers, closer to realities and truths, Shafaqna will conduct a series of exclusive podcast interviews with renown political analysts politicians, officials, religious leaders, and academics. As always our aim is simple – knowledge. In a world run, and based on...

SHAFAQNA – As usual, since the Zaria massacre, I used to send messages to our brothers and sisters, so today, I would like to use this opportunity to once again condole with all the people who have fallen victim to this barbaric crime committed by the Nigerian army, that has affected hundreds of fam...

SHAFAQNA – A top Bahraini activist, Zainab al-Khawaja, has said she has left the country for Denmark after being released from prison. She is the latest protestor to go into exile since pro-democracy protests started in 2011. Zainab al-Khawaja is the daughter of well-known activist Abdulhadi al-Khaw...

SHAFAQNA – Amnesty Inte ational slammed the UK Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond over his “muted response”, after the Bahraini authorities toughened the prison sentence of Bahraini opposition leader and Secretary-General of Al-Wefaq National Islamic Society Sheikh Ali Salman. “The verdict drew condem...

SHAFAQNA – #GIVE CAMPAIGN’ TO FEED THOUSANDS OF HOMELESS PEOPLE OF ALL FAITHS AND NONE IN CITIES ACROSS THE WORLD AS MUSLIMS BEGIN MONTH OF RAMADHAN · 18 June shall see over 15,000 homeless being fed across 30 cities worldwide · Global #Give campaign launched by inte ational organisation Who is Huss...

SHAFAQNA – From Rumi to Richard Branson, the value of giving is something that has not gone unrecognised over the centuries. Furthermore,most spiritual and religious traditions frame charity as the means to receiving divine providence. Giving in all its forms is recognised as a selfless act in respo...

SHAFAQNA – According to Islamic narrations, Ramadhan has been mentioned as one of the names of Allah (SWT) [1]. That is why it has been recommended to call it with the word month, (i.e., month of Ramadhan). Hisham ibn Salem narrated from Imam Mohammad Baqer (AS) by saying: Eight of us were with Imam...

SHAFAQNA – Eating a lot kills the heart, causes rebellion and lack of control. Hunger is one of the good characteristics of the believer. Yahya ibn Ma’az said: If you ask all the angels, the seven skies, 124000 prophets, any book, guardian and Imams to intercede to reconcile you with your soul and e...

SHAFAQNA – For American Christians, religious freedom is the hot topic of the day, but in they eyes of one Georgia Southe Baptist official, that liberty doesn’t apply to Muslims. Gerald Harris, who earlier this week sounded off about religious liberty at the Christian Index, is now facing the prospe...

SHAFAQNA – Notorious for his bigotry and racist comments against Israel’s 2.2% Christian population and being the head of Israel’s far-right Yisrael Beiteinu party, Israel’s belligerent defense minister Avigdor Lieberman attacked his country’s 168,000 Christians calling them ‘fifth column’ and denou...