SHAFAQNA- According to Qaaf news agency, “Al-Mousim Al-Qurani 4” is the title of the series of the programs to be held in cooperation with a number of Quranic institutes of the country. The motto of the programs is “Quran, the Map of Change” which has been selected based on the verse 11 of Surah Al-...

SHAFAQNA – A shock new poll has revealed that 40% of Londoners are considering voting for George Galloway as Mayor of London. This news promises to shake up the final three days of what has been an otherwise lacklustre campaign from the larger parties. When asked “Did you know George Galloway, the f...

SHAFAQNA – Nearly 450 Rohingya Muslims are homeless after a huge fire bu ed down several shelters at a camp for inte ally displaced people Tuesday. About 50 shelters were destroyed at the Baw Du Pa camp located near Sittwe, the capital of the weste state of Rakhine. The French news agency, AFP, says...

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SHAFAQNA – Millions of Shiite pilgrims converged Tuesday on a golden-domed Shiite shrine in Baghdad to commemorate the a iversary of the martyrdom of a revered Imam as authorities tightened security measures in the Iraqi capital amid conce s of more attacks by Saudi-backed Salafi, Wahhabi extremists...

[embedded content] SHAFAQNA – Peace-talks on Yemen have broken down in Kuwait, somewhat. The former regime’s delegation has withdrawn from the direct peace talks. The Ansurallah movement has blamed the suspension of talks on the lack of seriousness and the inability to take decisions on the part of ...

SHAFAQNA – Musa al-Kadhim was bo during the conflict between the Abbasids and Umayyads, and was four years old when As-Saffah, the first Abbasid Caliph, took the throne. His mother, Hamidah, was a former slave from either Berbery or Andalusia. Al-Kadhim was brought up in a large family, with nine si...

SHAFAQNA – Imam Ali (AS) said: For the inferiority of this world it is enough to say that nowhere else God is disobeyed except in this world and except by abandoning it (disobedience of God) nothing can be attained from what is with God [1]. We must know where we are, where we have come from, our ac...

SHAFAQNA – It is narrated from Imam Kazim (AS) who said: The magnanimous person is a well behaved human being who is protected by Allah (SWT) and he/she will not be abandoned until God takes him/her to the paradise. God has not appointed any prophet unless he was magnanimous. My father always advise...

SHAFAQNA – The Grand Ayatollah Sistani answered a question about bribery. Question: What is the ruling regarding bribery? The Grand Ayatollah Sistani: Bribe is Haram. Source: PERSIAN SHAFAQNA

SHAFAQNA – The Grand Ayatollah Shobairi Zanjani answered a question about discussing with others the fault of the person who accepts bribe. Question: When everyone is aware of the situation that a person accepts bribes, if we say in a gathering: Yesterday such a person accepted a certain amount of b...

SHAFAQNA- Imam Musa al-Kadhim (AS) and Modesty: One day 7th Imam, Imam Musa Al-Kadhim (AS) was passing by the tent of a Nomad who was a black man. Imam Musa Al-Kadhim (AS) went up to him and said “Salam Alaikum”, in a warm and friendly ma er. Upon leaving, Imam Musa Al-Kadhim (AS) said good-bye to h...

SHAFAQNA- The Importance of the Month of Rajab by Sheikh Dr Shomali

Representational image. Getty Images SHAFAQNA- Two lawsuits filed in Califo ia on Monday claim that Muslim women were discriminated against in separate incidents because of their religion and for wearing the hijab. One of the suits claims that police in Long Beach forcibly removed a suspect’s headsc...

SHAFAQNA – Bo in Madina on 7th Safar 128 Hijri (10.11.745AD). Died in Baghdad Iraq 25th Rajab 183 Hijri (4.9.799 AD) Period of Imamate was 35 years. Imam Musa Ibn Ja’far was bo during the struggle between the Ummayads and the Abbasids. He was only four years old when Abul Abbas “Saffah”, “The Shedde...

SHAFAQNA – A top Los Angeles County sheriff’s official has resigned amid mounting criticism over emails he sent mocking Muslims, blacks, Latinos, women and others from his work account during his previous job with the Burbank Police Department, the Sheriff’s Department a ounced Sunday. After previou...

SHAFAQNA – Hate crimes against Muslims in France more than doubled from 2014 to 2015, according to a new report by the National Consultative Commission on Human Rights (CNCDH). The gove mental agency’s a ual report measures France’s progress in its ideological war againstracism, antisemitism and xen...

There is confusion over the conditions of their death. Two months after the kidnapping the monks were found, apparently executed and beheaded, but knowledgeable sources contend that they were killed not by their captors but in a failed rescue attempt by the Algerian Army.The monks of Tibhirine and C...

SHAFAQNA – It is narrated from Imam Baqer (AS) who said: Flattery and jealousy are not part of believer’s morality except in attaining knowledge [1]. Imam Khomeini wrote: (Sometimes) it is extremely difficult to distinguish between praise and flattery and the human being must seek refuge with God to...

SHAFAQNA – The Grand Ayatollah Safi answered a question about selling and buying goods on credit with higher prices. Question: What is the ruling about buying and selling goods on credit and paying by installments with higher prices? The Grand Ayatollah Safi: Buying and selling goods by installments...