SHAFAQNA – The University of Chicago plans to hold a Shia Studies Symposium on Friday and Saturday, April 1-2. Organized by the university’s Shia Studies Group, it is said to be aimed at providing an interdisciplinary, non-area-specific forum for the discussion of research on Shiʿism by faculty and ...

SHAFAQNA – Ayatollah Nouri-Hamadani said that the economies of the Islamic world should not be dependent on non-Muslim countries because God placed within humankind certain characteristics and if man recognizes these characteristics and does not let them flourish, he will not prosper. In a meeting w...

SHAFAQNA – Together a growing and lucrative industry, the Islamic sector also remains thoroughly under-developed. It is to remedy such a gap, and link together entrepreneurs, business owners, and other professional that MLW Co ect decided to organize the UK’s first B2B event – to be held at the pres...

SHAFAQNA – If a person makes a promise but then breaks it with unjustified excuses is untrustworthy and such a person ca ot be reliable friend or relation. It is narrated from Imam Ali (AS) who said: Do not rely on someone who is not faithful to his/her promise [1]. A human being must assess his/her...

SHAFAQNA – The poorest country in Southe Arabia, Yemen has sustained a military aggression of such violence, and furious rage that not even its landscape could escape the ravage of war. Before Riyadh imperious need to bring Yemen to heel, mountains were exploded, and hills were levelled. Before Riya...

SHAFAQNA – According to the Prophet of Islam (PBUH) and Imam Ali (AS), Lady Fatima Zahra is the most honourable lady of the both worlds. This means that Lady Fatima Zahra (AS) has reached a sacred position that no one has ever been able to reach. She is the head of all women of the both worlds from ...

SHAFAQNA – The Grand Ayatollah Sistani answered a question about the kinship of the foster child who is breastfed by the foster mother. Question: If a foster child is breastfed by the foster mother for one week continuously, who becomes Mahram (close relatives who ca ot marry this child later on) to...

SHAFAQNA – Based on Divine Responsibility and religious duty, Lady Fatima Zahra (AS) defended the very important issue of Welayat. Her defence of Welayat was not due to tribal bias nor for the sake of the world nor for personal or family gains but for the prosperity of the human beings. That is why,...

SHAFAQNA – There are holy verses in the Quran which refer to the sacred position of Ahlul Bait (AS) such as Ayah 33 of Surah Al-Ahzab. Lady Fatima Zahra (AS) always tried to make clear to people the sacred position of Ahlul Bait (AS) as described in the holy Quran and based on all those facts, recom...

SHAFAQNA- 1. Praise and Eulogy is for Allah for the blessing and bounties which He has bestowed. And thanks to HIM upon what He revelated (to His servants) And Praise is for HIM upon the common boons and blessings which He bestowed upon His servants without their request And upon the comprehensive a...

SHAFAQNA- People in Saudi Arabia have held a funeral ceremony for a young Shia Muslim who was killed under regime torture nearly a month ago. The funeral ceremony of Makki al-Aridh was attended by people in the city of Awamiyah in the Qatif region of Easte Province on Wednesday. During the ceremony,...

SHAFAQNA – President Rouhani described April 1 (Iranian Islamic Republic Day) as the day of crystallization of democracy and Islamism in the country and said: “We should use all our energy to protect the Islamic Republic of Iran and make attempts for the country’s progress and development”. In this ...

SHAFAQNA – Earlier this March the Syrian Arab Army secured a victory against the Black Flag Army which is likely to be remembered as THE pivotal moment which saw the balance of this war of attrition flip in favour of the Resistance. When I say Resistance I am referring to this grand coalition agains...

SHAFAQNA – Tens of starving Iraqi women, who have taken to the streets of the city of Fallujah, some 69 kilometers west of Baghdad, in protest against a famine brought on by Daesh, showered the terrorists with stones upon their attempt to disperse the crowd with water. “Famine is killing us,” read t...

SHAFAQNA – Grand Ayatollah Naser Makarem-Shirazi has offered his condolences on the demise of Hujjat al-Islam Sayyid Jawad al-Wida‘i, a prominent Shi’a Muslim cleric was one of the most prominent leaders of the Bahraini revolution. Hujjat al-Islam al-Wida’i, who passed away at the age of 93 on Monda...

SHAFAQNA – Project Zainab, a British-based NGO will hold an important event on April 10, at the Islamic Center of England. Shafaqna will cover the event.

SHAFAQNA – According to media reports in Belgium, women hailing from ethnic and religious minority groups, most specifically Muslims, have been the subject of an intimidation campaign by far right groups in Brussels. Muslim women were confronted and intimidated by right-wing protesters disrupted a p...

SHAFAQNA – The Fourth High Criminal Court, presided over by Ibrahim Al-Zayed with the memberships of judges Osama Al-Shadhili and Wael Ibrahim and Ahmad Al-Sulaiman as secretariat on Monday (March 28, 2016), decided to re-summon witnesses in the trial of the Al-Wefaq senior member Sheikh Hassan Isa,...

SHAFAQNA – Secretary General of Imam Ali Holy Shrine, Sayyed Nizar Habl al-Mateen opened Ahbab al-Ameer (peace be upon him) specialized Koran Kindergarten belonging to Imam Ali Holy Shrine in al-Tusi Street. Sayyed Habl al-Mateen said “we create a Koranic ideological and lover Ahl al-Bait generation...

SHAFAQNA – Recent reports by the press have confirmed that Daesh is working to drive a further wedge in between communities in Europe, calling on Muslims to take up arms against “Weste ers.” In keeping with its hideous sectarianism, and violent ideology, Daesh militants are attempting to sell Muslim...