SHAFAQNA – Muslim students might just be facing the hardest challenge of their lives, Islamophobia in schools. A prime example is Bayan Zehlif, the Califo ia student who was identified with the name “Isis Philips,” instead of her real name in the yearbook last week. She received her senior high scho...

SHAFAQNA – Lady Hakimah, the daughter of Imam Jawaad (AS) and the sister of Imam Hadi (AS) narrated: I was asked by Imam Hassan Askari (AS) to help with the childbirth of Lady Narjes Khatoon (the mother of Imam Mahdi (AJ)). I went to lady Narjes Khatoon and after examining her, saw no sign of pregna...

SHAFAQNA – In commentary of Ayah 81 of Surah Al-Isra which says: “Say the truth has come and falsehood perished; for falsehood is bound to perish “, Imam Baqer (AS) said: When Imam Mahdi (AJ) starts his uprising, the unjust regimes will perish and be destroyed [1]. [1] Atharul Sadeqeen,Vol. 29, page...

SHAFAQNA – The Grand Ayatollah Sistani answered questions about smoking cigarette. Question: The medical advice says smoking is the main cause of heart problems and cancer and sometimes shortens life. Therefore, what is the ruling about smoking cigarette for the following people? The one who has jus...

SHAFAQNA – Pope Francis will meet the spiritual leader of the world’s Su i Muslims in an unprecedented encounter at the Vatican on Monday, the pontiff’s spokesman said Thursday. Sheikh Ahmed al-Tayeb, the grand imam of Cairo’s Al-Azhar, the most prestigious institution in Su i Islam, will have an au...

SHAFAQNA – Two thousand poor and deprived people from seven provinces of the country visited Mashhad and Holy Shrine of Imam Reza (A.S.), on the eve of birth a iversary of Hazrat Ali Akbar (A.S.) and in the second phase of a plan known as “Pilgrims of Imam Reza (A.S.)”. Concurrent with the tenth day...

SHAFAQNA – Imam Ali (AS) said: Be aware that the one from us (Imam Mahdi (AJ)) who will face future mischief, will tread with a bright light and will behave in the same way and tradition of the Prophet (PBUH) and Imams (AS) in order to undo the knots, to set free the slaves and imprisoned nations, s...

SHAFAQNA – Ayah 140 of Surah Al-Nesa says: “Already Allah (SWT) revealed to you that whenever you hear God’s signs disbelieved in or ridiculed, you must not sit with them unless they change to some other topic; if you did, you would be like them. God will gather all the hypocrites and disbelievers i...

SHAFAQNA-Indonesia’s Tourism Ministry plans to develop West Sumatra as a halal tourist destination to attract more tourists from Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) countries. Minister Arief Yahya said at a coordination meeting with 19 regents and mayors in Padang, West Sumatra, earlier this m...

BBC SHAFAQNA- A brave Muslim woman stood in front of an angry crowd of anti-Muslim protesters in Belgium and took selfies that promoted peace and shut the haters down. Twitter @Sophialfigha A Muslim woman had the ultimate “clap back” against anti-Muslim protesters outside of the third a ual Muslim E...

© Robert Galbraith © Robert Galbraith / ReutersSHAFAQNA- Email addresses and passwords for over 100 million LinkedIn members have been put up for sale on the Darknet by the same hacker who stole the data from the site in 2012. LinkedIn has admitted that the 2012 hack was significantly worse than pre...

SHAFAQNA – Plans by the gove ment a ounced in today’s Queen’s Speech to introduce a new law against non-violent extremism represent a direct attack on civil liberties and Britain’s Muslim communities. The Counter-Extremism and Safeguarding Bill envisages introducing a new civil order regime such as ...

SHAFAQNA – The US Senate on Tuesday approved legislation that would allow victims of the 9/11 terror attacks to sue Saudi Arabia, defying vocal opposition from the White House. “This bill is very near and dear to my heart as a New Yorker because it would allow the victims of 9/11 to pursue some smal...

SHAFAQNA – A mosque in Geelong, 75km south of Melbou e, Victoria, was destroyed in a suspicious fire on Wednesday mo ing. Police say the fire was reported at 2.15am after a nearby resident heard a loud bang. The resident went to investigate and saw the mosque alight. “At this stage it appears the fi...

SHAFAQNA – In a move expected to increase the number of Muslim students in British universities, the UK gove ment has approved new charitable Shari’ah-complaint loans for Muslim students to increase diversity in campuses. “We will introduce an alte ative finance system to support the participation o...

SHAFAQNA – Worshipping Allah side by side, the Muslim community in Northe Ireland has overcome ethnic and sectarian divisions, offering a role model to Muslims worldwide. “When we started, in the main, Friday prayer time, we only had about 30 or 40 people,” Javaid, one of the founders of the Northe ...

SHAFAQNA – The 12th edition of the Inte ational Conference on Mahdism (Mahdaviat) Doctrine will be held in the Iranian holy city of Qom. Hujjat-al-Islam Sayyed Masoud Pourseyedaghayi, director of the Ayande Roshan (bright future) institute which organizes the a ual conference, made the a ouncement i...

SHAFAQNA – Imam Ali (AS) wrote to Malik Ashtar: Avoid asking for privileges and refrain from allocating a thing exclusive to yourself when all the people have the same right as you; and do not be neglectful towards whatever is related to you and is clear to everyone because in any case you are respo...

SHAFAQNA – The Grand Ayatollah Makarem Shirazi answered a question about insuring trained dogs for the benefit of the public. Question: A company which is a pioneer in developing and advancement of new insurance policies and for issuing insurance covering trained dogs against dangers arising from ac...

SHAFAQNA – When a sin is committed, the si er must repent to God and not be content with that sin because being satisfied with a sin is worse than the sin itself and will make the human being fearless of committing sins again and again. It is narrated from Imam Sajjad (AS) who said: Never be happy w...