SHAFAQNA – The blessed existence of Lady Fatima Zahra (AS) is the proof of Allah (SWT). If the Prophet (PBUH) is the proof is not because he is a prophet, is due to him being infallible and if Imam is the proof is not because he is Imam, is due to him being infallible. If a person is infallible, his...

SHAFAQNA – It is narrated from Imam Ali (AS) who said: Having close ties with family and blood relations brings kindness and degrades the enemy [1]. Imam Sadeq (AS) also said: Keeping close ties with family and blood relations causes good morality, makes hands charitable, makes the life clean, incre...

SHAFAQNA – At the night of their wedding, Imam Ali (AS) noticed Lady Fatima Zahra (AS) was anxious and crying. Imam Ali (AS) asked Lady Fatima Zahra (AS): What is bothering you? Lady Fatima Zahra (AS) replied: I thought about my situation and deeds, it reminded me of the end of my life and the grave...

When I see the pictures of the Belgium bomb victims and the bodies of children and women killed in the blast in Pakistan, tears run down my cheeks. I imagine if my brother, husband or kids were i ocently caught up in a terrorist attack or murdered by areligious fanatic. The pain would be indescribab...

SHAFAQNA- Tech giant Google collaborated with Al-Jazeera to develop an interactive online tool to encourage defections during the Syrian civil war, according to emails in WikiLeaks’ archive of Hillary Clinton’s emails. “Please keep close hold, but my team is pla ing to launch a tool on Sunday that w...

SHAFAQNA- An Alberta Muslim group has started a hotline to help people report incidents of vandalism or discrimination related to Islamophobia. The Alberta Muslim Public Affairs Council launched its new toll-free phone line last week. Faesal Khan Suri said the hotline was not set up in response to g...

SHAFAQNA – There is growing fear among American Muslims that aspects of Donald Trump’s anti-Muslim proposals and Islamophobia are creeping into the political mainstream, according to Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) Gove ment Affairs Manager Robert McCaw. Muslims in the United States are...

SHAFAQNA – Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair said “many millions” of Muslims hold a viewpoint that is “fundamentally incompatible with the mode world.” Blair, who supported the U.S. invasion of Iraq more than a decade ago, said the West would face “increasingly frequent acts of terrorism” unl...

Armed Yemeni tribesman SHAFAQNA – Saudi Arabia has been at war with Yemen long before its grand coalition of allies decided to unilaterally wage a vengeful military campaign against this poorest nation of Southe Arabia on March 25, 2015. Yemen’s misfortune began at the very moment its people rose a ...

SHAFAQNA – Keeping close ties with family and blood relatives is much emphasized in Islam and this good deed will satisfy the emotional needs of the human being. Allah (SWT) emphasized this important issue in Ayahs 19-21 of Surah Al-Ra’ad: “Is then one who knows that which have been revealed to you ...

SHAFAQNA – In order to recruit young people into its cause, Daesh follows a number of steps. Understanding the mind set of a vulnerable person Christia e Boudreau both sorrowfully and practically reflects on her son’s recruitment into a terrorist organisation in these FAST interviews we conducted wi...

SHAFAQNA – Libya will “open the floodgates” and let thousands pour into Europe if the West does not help combat illegal immigration, officials have wa ed. As Europe fears a bumper year for Mediterranean crossings, detention centres and coastguards say they are chronically underfunded and lack the ba...

SHAFAQNA – A hijacked EgyptAir airliner has landed at La aca airport in Cyprus, reports from the BBC read this Tuesday. News agencies quote airline and Egyptian gove ment sources as saying that the domestic flight travelling from Alexandria to Cairo was taken over by at least one armed hijacker. The...

SHAFAQNA – Massive rallies have been held across Yemen to on the a iversary of the ongoing Saudi-led aggression against the poorest Arab country. In Yemen’s capital Sana’a, demonstrators converged at Saba’een Square on Saturday to slam the Saudi military campaign that has left about 9,400 people dea...

SHAFAQNA – The Grand Ayatollah Sistani answered a question about custody of a healthy child by a mother who has AIDS. Question: What is the ruling about the custody of a healthy child by a mother who has AIDS and the first breast feeding? The Grand Ayatollah Sistani: The custody and guardianship of ...

SHAFAQNA – One day the Prophet of Islam (PBUH) asked Imam Ali (AS): How do you find your wife? Imam Ali (AS) replied: What a good friend and companion in the way of obeying Allah (SWT). Then The Prophet (PBUH) asked his daughter Lady Fatima Zahra (AS): How do you find your husband? Lady Fatima Zahra...

SHAFAQNA – In her description of Imam Ali (AS), Lady Fatima Zahra (AS) said: He is a Divine Leader, the manifestation of light and luminosity, he is the centre of the attention of all the creatures and seekers of the truth, a pure child from a pure family, he is a truthful speaker and a guide, he is...

SHAFAQNA – Following a series of violent terrorist attacks in Belgium, Turkey and now Pakistan, Shafaqna interviewed US Senator Angus King on issues related to counter-terrorism, foreign policy and how Muslims continue to be seen through the lens of terrorism, even though they remain the main victim...

SHAFAQNA – Prominent members of Glasgow’s Muslim community have called for calm and solidarity following the fatal stabbing of a shopkeeper whose messages of interfaith harmony united his multicultural community. Police have confirmed that the man arrested in co ection with Thursday evening’s killin...

SHAFAQNA – Well know for his xenophobic remark against Mexicans, Muslims, and more generally all people of colours, presidential hopeful Donald Trump has mastered the art of saying nothing while delivering empty platitudes – letting his audience fill the blanks with their own incensed hatred and big...