SHAFAQNA-xa0An experimental cancer treatment based on rainforest berries has been successfully shown to destroy tumours in a matter of days. A drugxa0based on the fruit of the Australian blushwood tree is currently undergoing trials in Queensland. Denise Powell, a cancer patient who is part of the t...

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...

SHAFAQNA –xa0Once a month on a Sunday afte oon, a dozen Muslim women meet at the Moroccan Deli-Cacy on Lygon St and take up positions on tables and benches. The women sip tea, nibble on biscuits and wait for their dates, who line up out the door to meet their matches. But it’s not romance they want ...

SHAFAQNA –xa0The British referendum on membership in the European Union on 23 June has exposed deep layers of racism and xenophobia in the United Kingdom and raises serious conce s about the welfare of minorities and immigrants in the country. Verbal violence and the murder of a politician who devot...

SHAFAQNA –xa0The relationship between Saudi Sunni 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 Sunni country. The Shia communities in Saudi Arabia are mostly concentrated in the E...

SHAFAQNA – The Grand Ayatollah Shahroodi answered questions about the sale and the use of genetically modified (GM) foods. Question: What is the ruling about using GM foods which are directly or indirectly from genetically modified plants or animals (including from Halal meat or Haram meat)? Is the ...

SHAFAQNA – The Grand Ayatollah Sistani answered a question about feeding children in day nursery in non-Islamic country. Question: I live in France and have a two year old son who goes to a day nursery and eats lunch there. From the start I requested that no meat must be given to him because the mea...

SHAFAQNA –xa0Our times are times of great upheaval and injustice! Regardless of what faith, if any, anyone holds I don’t think that anyone will disagree with my statement. And while humanity has faced many periods of great hardship, I don’t think any period of our History has been more absolutely vi...

SHAFAQNA – The Grand Ayatollah Seyyed Sadeq Rouhani answered questions about repentance by an apostate. Question: Is repentance by an apostate acceptable or not? Is the religious punishment for such a person cease to be valid? The Grand Ayatollah Rouhani: It is accepted between that person and Allah...

SHAFAQNA – Organized by Stop The War, Sheba for Democracy and Human Rights and several other prominent NGOs, Yemen Inte ational Conference in Support of the People of Yemen kicked off this Saturday (August 20, 2015) at the Pullman Hotel in central London. Over the span of two days – Saturday and Sun...

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SHAFAQNA –xa0A suicide bomber reportedly targeted a wedding ceremony in the city of Gaziantep in southe Turkey near the border with Syria on Saturday night. The local gove or said it was carried out by “terrorist organizations.” Turkish national broadcaster NTV confirmed the news, saying a “terroris...

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 Re...

A Turkish flag flutters atop the Turkish embassy as an Israeli flag is seen nearby, in Tel Aviv, Israel June 26, 2016. REUTERS/Baz Ratner/File Photo SHAFAQNA – Turkey’s parliament approved a reconciliation agreement signed with Israel in June which has brought to an end a six-year rift between the t...

SHAFAQNA –xa0New York has knocked off London as the world’s premier city for foreign investment in commercial real estate due to fears the vote to leave the European Union would diminish the British capital’s appeal as a global financial center. Data on cross-border property transactions indicate gr...

SHAFAQNA – It is narrated from the Prophet of Islam (PBUH) who said: The one who has good behaviour, God will grant him the position of the one who is fasting and stays up all night (to worship God) [1]. In this regard, Imam Ali (AS) said: The title of the believer’s book (the book of the believer’s...

SHAFAQNA – However long you live in this world, but the end is death. It is said to him do not enter this alley, it is dead end, but the stubbo goes, it is also dark, his forehead hits the wall. The world is also a cul-de-sac, at the end our foreheads hit the gravestone, and then suddenly we start t...

SHAFAQNA xa0–xa0Austrian conservative politicians called for a ban on full body veils on Thursday, saying the veils would hinder women to integrate into the mainly Catholic Austrian society. Public debate about a ban on full body veils was ignited in several European countries after three French Med...

SHAFAQNA –xa0Iran’s Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Ghasemi strongly condemned terrorist blasts early this mo ing in two Turkish cities of Van and Elazig. “Enemies with their dirty hands have intensified their desperate efforts to create insecurity and instability in the region, especially in Isla...

young woman wearing burkini sitting by the beach SHAFAQNA –xa0Since several French mayors decided to ban from their beaches the “burkini”, or full-body bathing suit, wo by some conservative Muslim women, a lot of criticism of French restrictions on women’s liberties has resurfaced. Just as with the ...