SHAFAQNA – Donald Trump has branded Pope Francis “disgraceful” for claiming the Republican presidential frontru er was “not a Christian” over his pledge to build a wall across the US-Mexico border. Retu ing home to Vatican City from a trip to Central America, the Pope said: “A person who thinks only...

SHAFAQNA – BCHR Vice-President Said Yousif Al-Muhafdah says the reason the 2011 democratic uprising in Bahrain was crushed was the opposition of Saudi Arabia and UAE to democracy in the Persian Gulf region, as well as US and UK hypocrisy. Inspired by the widespread ‘Arab Spring’ movements in countri...

SHAFAQNA – A guaranteed supply of oil has bought a guaranteed supply of security. Ignoring autocratic practices and the export of Wahhabi extremism, Washington stubbo ly dubs its ally “moderate.” So tight is the trust that US special operators dip into Saudi petrodollars as a counterterrorism slush ...

SHAFAQNA – Bahrainis have staged fresh protests across the tiny Persian Gulf island amid a wave of rallies held to mark the a iversary of the 2011 popular revolution. A march was held in the village of Abu Saiba just outside the capital Manama, demanding the release of top Shia cleric Sheikh Ali Sal...

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SHAFAQNA – Ever since the United States intervened in Iraq following claims Saddam Hussain had acquire weapons of mass destruction, the Middle East, and to a greater extent the Islamic world has suffered a series of overlapping and protracted crises – all of which have been more or less pi ed down t...

SHAFAQNA – When Alyce Sugiyama hears U.S. presidential hopeful Donald Trump provoke fear and anger over Syrian refugees, Muslim-Americans and immigrants in general, the 90-year-old Sonoma County native recalls the four years she spent in a Japanese inte ment camp during World War II. Sugiyama, who w...

SHAFAQNA – Turkey on Friday says America should severe ties with Kurdish fighters. Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said “resorting to terrorist groups like the YPG is above all a sign of weakness”. Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu is on an official visit to Georgia. He alleged tha...

SHAFAQNA – Leading rights group Amnesty Inte ational has strongly criticized Britain for supplying Saudi Arabia with billions of pounds worth of arms which are broadly used in attacks on Yemen. In a new report, Amnesty cited dramatic rise in revenues of BAE Systems — the British-based multi-national...

SHAFAQNA – It is narrated from Imam Ali (AS) who said: The person whose aspiration is conce ed with what goes in his stomach, his value is equal to what comes out of his stomach [1]. [1] Qorarul Hekam, Page 143, Hadith 2577.

SHAFAQNA – Allah (SWT) mentioned in Ayah 77 of Surah Al-Qasas: “Seek a place in the hereafter with what God has given to you and do not forget your share in this world. Act kindly, just as Allah (SWT) has treated you kindly. Do not aim to cause mischief on earth; God does not like mischief makers.” ...

SHAFAQNA- While Al-Qaeda-like groups are relying on donations and convincing Muslim opinion worldwide, the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS) is exploiting both the local population and resources on their controlled territory. In 2015, the media headlines were unanimous. Business insider de...

A man holds the Bahraini flag during an anti-gove ment rally by main opposition group Wefaq in Bilad al-Qadeem, west of Manama, April 15, 2012. Thousands of protesters chanted slogans against the gove ment and anti-F1 slogans as they marched on the main highway. REUTERS/Hamad I Mohammed (BAHRAIN - T...

SHAFAQNA- On Thursday night the Moslems finish the night prayers. They sit down in lines. They implore Allah, the Merciful Creator, to forgive them their sins. They ask him to be pleased with them. Sweet words flow out of the mosque minarets. The words fly high in the clear sky full of stars: Allah,...

We weren’t able to find such a hadith[1] saying: “Every day is Ashura and every place is Karbala”.[2] Yet, this sentence is a correct conclusion obtained from the incident of Karbala and the line of movement of our imams and contains some valuable and instructive points; because although another Ash...

SHAFAQNA- If you are looking for something very easy and healthy to start your day, a glass of hot water with plenty of lemon mixed in can be the best thing for you. One of the major health benefits of drinking lemon water is that it paves way for losing weight faster, thus acting as a great weight ...

SHAFAQNA- Every year, a special day comes to meet us–it comes bearing gifts, promises, and chances for new begi ings. We meet this day in retu with wide open arms, gleeful at the prospects that this day could bring. We spend the evening in thanks and prayer, in hopes that we may reap the benefits of...

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