SHAFAQNA – New Yorkers protested on Friday, 3 June against the siege on Gaza in support of Palestinian fishermen under attack by Israeli occupation forces. To date, 70 fishers have been detained by Israeli naval forces and 20 boats confiscated in 2016; these numbers parallel the already troubling fi...

SHAFAQNA – The Grand Ayatollah Safi answered a question about adult girls who are not able to fast. Question: The adult age for woman has been mentioned as 9 years in Resalahs and it becomes Wajeb for her to perform religious duties, while the girl is so small that if she fasts she will get ill and ...

SHAFAQNA – The Grand Ayatollah Safi answered a question about marrying those with Haram incomes. The Grand Ayatollah Safi: But marrying a person whose job is Haram and his income is Haram, although intrinsically it is not forbidden, that is also of those marriages which will not be enjoyable for Mus...

SHAFAQNA- People from across the world, especially in Vietnam where he refused to be drafted for a US war, are mou ing the death of boxing legend, Muhammad Ali, who passed away at the age of 74 late on Friday. Tributes rolled in from around the world of sports, entertainment and politics just hours ...

The Saudi-led coalition launching air campaign against Yemen rejected on Sunday a UN report that placed it on an a ual blacklist over the deaths of hundreds of children in air strikes. “The report is imbalanced and does not rely on credible statistics, nor does it serve the Yemeni people,” coalition...

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Fighters of the terrorist group Islamic State have publicly executed 19 Kurdish women, local activists in Mosul reported. They were bu ed alive in iron cages in one of the city squares, sources told Kurdish ARA News agency. The women, who belonged to the Kurdish Yezidi minority, were executed on Thu...

If there’s one thing the Democratic hopefuls vying for their party’s presidential nomination agree on, it’s that Muhammad Ali was The Greatest. Campaigning in Califo ia ahead of the state’s critical primary, Democratic front-ru er Hillary Clinton remembered Ali with a subtle jab against the presumpt...

Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi has vowed punitive legal action against television networks that disseminate erroneous and misleading reports in support of the Daesh terror group. Addressing the nation in a live broadcast late on Saturday, Abadi offered a fierce criticism of satellite televisio...

As we come to the end of our discussion, we find that Su ites and Shi’ites do not disagree on any fundamental point in Islam, and that the mercenary writers, whose goal is to divide Muslims, can not substantiate any of their accusations.They have tried to spread falsehood and deliberately mislead so...

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has said that Afghanistan’s security is still a challenge for NATO because fighting and violence remains in Afghanistan.He was addressing a gathering of academic personalities, researchers and Intellectuals and diplomates at University Warsaw. The question of ...

SHAFAQNA- The 4th edition of a Quran festival in the holy month of Ramadan will be organized in Qatif Province of Saudi Arabia. According to Qaaf news agency, the Quran Center of “Al-Safa” Charity Association in the Shia-dominant city of Safwa will hold the event. “Al-Sediqah Al-Zahra (SA)” Mosque i...

SHAFAQNA- A recent wave of terror has fueled anti-Muslim hostility worldwide, fostering a negative image of Islam — a faith still unfamiliar in Japan. But Japan’s youth have been seeking answers to questions including what Islam really teaches and why it is blamed for violence. Many schools have int...

SHAFAQNA- Through us you got guidance in the darkness and secured high position, and through us you got out of the gloomy night. The ears which do not listen to the cries may become deaf. How can one who remained deaf to the loud cries (of the Qur’an and the Prophet) listen to (my) feeble voice. The...

SHAFAQNA – It is narrated from the Prophet of Islam (PBUH) who said: The one who makes an effort to manage his family (ea ing for his family), is like the swordsman in the way of God [1]. The Prophet of Islam (PBUH) was against any kind of begging and this sentence is mentioned repeatedly from the P...

SHAFAQNA – It is narrated from Imam Ali (AS) who said: Do not consult with the liar because he/she is like mirage, the liar will make far off seem close to you and makes near seem far off from you (and always is moving in the opposite direction as you are) [1]. [1] Qorarul Hekam, Vol.6, Page 310, Ha...

SHAFAQNA – Muslims in the northe hemisphere face the most challenging Ramadan for more than 30 years, with long summer days creating the shortest possible window for breaking their daily fast. The Islamic holy month, which is expected to begin on Monday, straddles the summer equinox this year, meani...

SHAFAQNA – Political activism among Muslim Americans might well be on the rise, driven by Donald Trump’s anti-Muslim rhetoric. “It’s really forcing us to politically organize,” said Essma Bengabsia, an 18-year-old Muslim New York University student from New Jersey who calls the anti-Muslim campaign ...