SHAFAQNA – Palestinians have marked the 68th a iversary of the massacre of over 100 Palestinian civilians by Zionist militia forces in the West Bank village of Deir Yassin. The Saturday event in the weste al-Quds (Jerusalem) village came as Palestinians in occupied East al-Quds (Jerusalem) and elsew...

SHAFAQNA – The Grand Ayatollah Sisatni answered a question about doing Istekharah (divination) for marriage. Question: Is it necessary to do Istekharah for marriage? The Grand Ayatollah Sistani: The uses of Istekharah are when despite consultation, a person is in doubt or confused and ca ot reach a ...

SHAFAQNA – It is narrated from Imam Baqer (AS) who said: If you want to know you are a good and prosperous person or not, look inside yourself carefully. If you like those who obey and pray to God and if you are not satisfied with those who commit sins, then there is goodness inside you and Allah (S...

SHAFAQNA- A Muslim IUPUI student who is a member of a Palestinian student group says she’s being repeatedly harassed and falsely accused of supporting terrorism. Police are trying to figure out who is making the blog posts, posters and phone calls about the student. The student, who asked only to be...

SHAFAQNA – Iranian blockbuster ‘Muhammad (PBUH), the Messenger of God’, made by acclaimed director Majid Majidi, will be screened in the 34th Fajr Inte ational Film Festival later this month. The film that has become the biggest box-office hit in Iranian film history, has been already screened in No...

SHAFAQNA – People have held demonstrations across Bahrain to voice their outrage at US Secretary of State John Kerry’s visit to the tiny Persian Gulf state. Bahrainis poured onto the streets of several areas in the Arab country on Thursday, setting fire to US flags and Kerry’s portraits. Prior to Ke...

SHAFAQNA – Islam these days has found itself sitting at the heart of furious debates – many of them dealing with the legitimacy of its teachings, the culture it has fostered by way of its Scriptures, and the political principles it has carried. Many of Islam detractors have argued that Islam stands ...

SHAFAQNA – Today Yemenis will mark the a iversary of their conversion to Islam. At such a time when Yemen faces a war of aggression and invasion, millions will remember how the sons of Hamdan came to submit to the Word of God by way of Islam’s First Imam, Islam’s first appointed Custodian, the very ...

SHAFAQNA – It is narrated from the Prophet of Islam (PBUH) who said: There are four things which destroy the heart and the soul as well as help to grow the hypocrisy like water causes the growth of the tree. One of these, is to listen to useless and idle things [1]. Jaber ibn Abdullah has narrated f...

SHAFAQNA – Mohammad ibn Moslem narrated: I heard from Imam Baqer (AS) who said: Qana (music which cause rapturous and ecstatic feelings in a person) is one of the sins which Allah (SWT) has promised fire for it and then Imam Baqer (AS) recited Ayah 6 of Surah Luqman [1]. [1] Wasa’elul Shia, Vol. 17,...

SHAFAQNA – Human’s soul is very delicate and shows reaction quickly. If human being for a purpose, exerts pressure on his/her own soul, a reaction which is typical of the soul of the human, i.e., escape and evasion, takes place. For example the Prophet (PBUH) instructed to do the prayers as much as ...

SHAFAQNA- When Alaa Atwi went outside to the packed school grounds the Monday before spring break, she expected to eat lunch with a friend and head to class afterward. Unfortunately, the hijab she wore caught the attention of Ron Underwood, a hostile preacher. Atwi found herself defending her faith....

SHAFAQNA – For over a year now, Yemen has suffered under the fire unleashed by Theocratic Saudi Arabia. Since March 25, 2015, Yemen – the most impoverished nation of Southe Arabia, and arguably the world, has withstood the military assault of a grand coalition of countries, so that Riyadh could fina...

SHAFAQNA – A South Korean state-run tourism promotion agency is pushing to introduce a “Muslim-friendly certificate” for local restaurants in South Korea where visitors could be served well-prepared halal food, industry sources said on Thursday, news agencies reported. According to the sources, the ...

SHAFAQNA – The Human Rights Watch (HRW) says Saudi Arabia used US-made cluster bombs in two recent airstrikes on a busy market in Yemen, which killed scores of civilians. The March 15 bombing targeting the northweste town of Mastaba marked the second-deadliest airstrike conducted by the Saudi campai...

SHAFAQNA – For years, Islam has been misunderstood and politicized by American pundits and politicians. The consequences of this climate are evident in the growing number of anti-Muslim incidents that are occurring across the country. Although it’s a ridiculously unfair burden to put on American Mus...

SHAFAQNA – A gem hidden deep in Arabia, Yemen’s history still echoes of the footsteps of some of the world’s most prominent historical, and religious figures. The land time forgot, a land made red and gold by the intensity of its Sun, Yemen’s religious history has been unfairly portrayed – redacted ...

SHAFAQNA – It is narrated from Imam Kazim (AS) who said: Try to divide your daily life into four parts: A part for prayers to God; a part for ea ing livelihood; a part for socialising with brothers and trusted individuals who make you understand your faults and are sincere towards you in their heart...

SHAFAQNA – It is narrated from the Prophet of Islam (PBUH) who said: There are three sins which attract (Divine) punishment in this world and will not be delayed until the hereafter: Unkind behaviour towards parents, oppressing and coercing other people, and ingratitude towards others good deeds [1]...

SHAFAQNA – The believer must know that, Hussain ibn Ali (AS) is a great soul and a sacred soul. Basically, when the soul is great, the body falls into difficulty; and when the soul is small, the body is in comfort. Mutanabbi, the famous Arab poet said: when the soul is great, the body has no choice ...