SHAFAQNA –xa0British tourists in Spain have been wa ed of a fresh terror threat to popular holiday resorts across the country after a fanatic allied to Daeshxa0called on Muslims to attack busy destinations including shopping centres and cruise ships. Nightclubs, planes, cinemas and cafes and bars in...

SHAFAQNA –xa0Six aid agencies call on the UN to hold the Saudi-led Coalition to account Six aid agencies today expressed their disappointment that the Saudi-led Coalition has not been put back on the UN’s list of parties responsible for grave violations against children in Yemen. The agencies – Acti...

SHAFAQNA –xa0Both the Saudi-led coalition and Yemen’s Houthi rebels have violated the humanitarian law during the past six months of the conflict. That’s according to the latest report by the United Nations. The document in particular blames Houthi rebels for using civilians as human shields. At the...

SHAFAQNA – Advising Komail ibn Ziad in his will, Imam Ali (AS) said: O’ Komail, swear to God I am not a flatterer in order that people obey me and I am not the one who makes false promises or false threats so that they do not disobey my orders, I am not interested in feeding Arabs for the purpose of...

SHAFAQNA – The Grand Ayatollah Shobairi Zanjani answered a question about donating eggs to infertility clinics. Question: Some women donate eggs to infertility clinics and a contract is signed between the donor and the receiver, is such an act allowed? The Grand Ayatollah Shobairi: Generally, concep...

Nazia (right) and Faisal Ali were kicked off a Delta Air Lines flight from Paris to Cincinnati on July 26.(Photo: Liz Dufour) Nazia Ali had removed her sneakers, finished sending a text message to her parents and was putting on headphones and settling into her seat for the nine-hour flight from Pari...

SHAFAQNA- IntroductionThey ask you about intoxicants and games of chance. Say: In both of them there is a great sin and means of profit for men, and their sin is greater than their profit. And they ask you as to what they should spend. Say: What you can spare. Thus does Allah make clear to you the c...

SHAFAQNA- After the unity of God, the mercy and compassion of God seems to be the most important aspect of the Qur’anic image of Him. There are more attributes in this category than any other category and altogether they are by far the most often repeated characteristics of God in the Qur’an. Every ...

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SHAFAQNA –xa0xa0In order to bring you, our readers, closer to realities and truths, Shafaqna will conduct a series of exclusive podcast interviews with renown political analysts politicians, officials, religious leaders, and academics. As always our aim is simple – knowledge. In a world run, and bas...

SHAFAQNA –xa0Member of the Assembly of Experts of Iran, Sheikh Hashem Hashemzadeh Herisi said on Thursday that Islam attaches great importance to the issue of human rights. Herisi made the remarks in a ceremony held in in this northweste Iranian provincial capital city to commemorate the Islamic Hum...

SHAFAQNA –xa0During a series of lectures in Mashhad, Grand Ayatollah Ja’far Sobhani emphasized that all scholars and intellectuals protect their historic places and monuments as a means of maintaining their civilization as well as their culture and explained the Quranic reasons supporting the idea o...

SHAFAQNA –xa0Crimes committed by the so-called Islamic State in Iraq’s Sinjar in 2014 may be considered as war crimes, crimes against humanity and even genocide, United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said on Wednesday in a statement on the second anniversary of Sinjar’s tragedy. The Secretary...

SHAFAQNA –xa0Minister of Inte al Affairs Be ard Cazeneuve met with the representative of the French Council of the Muslim cult (Conseil français du culte musulman, CFCM) on monday to discuss measures to combat radicalization and jihadist propaganda. Be ard Cazeneuve proposed these measures toxa0show...

SHAFAQNA – The Grand Ayatollah Shahroodi answered a question about the limit for Halal profit. Question: What is the limit for Halal profit? (Meaning what percentage can be added to saleable goods on top of their costs in order for the trade transactions to be correct and God willing Halal?) The Gra...

SHAFAQNA – It is narrated from Imam Sadeq (AS) who said: Be hopeful of God in such a way that you are not courageous enough to commit sins, and be so fearful of God that you do not lose hope of Divine Mercy [1]. In another narration, Imam Sadeq (AS) said: Fear is the guard for the heart and hope the...

SHAFAQNA-Iran said the United Nations (UN)’s decision to temporarily reverse the blacklisting of Saudi Arabia for killing Yemeni children amounts to a betrayal of the defenseless minors. Gholam-Ali Khoshroo, Iran’s ambassador and permanent representative to the UN, made the remark at a UN Security C...

“Love” and “striving for truth” are two key elements in the religion of Islam. This fact can be easily inferred by taking a quick glance at the life of the Messenger of Islam, Prophet Muhammad (PBUH&HP). Prophet Muhammad (PBUH&HP) was faced with many hardships and calamities put forth by the disbeli...

But Quraysh, with all its arrogance, feared that its reputation would be dented if the other Arabs heard that Muhammad had entered Mecca by force. Therefore, they sent a delegation led by Suhayl ibn Amr ibn Abd Wadd al-Amiri to see the Prophet and ask him to tu back that year, but said that they wou...

Inte ally displaced children attend a class inside a cave in the rebel-controlled village of Tramla, in Idlib province, Syria March 27, 2016. REUTERS/Khalil Ashawi SHAFAQNA –xa0With just 60 days to go before the start of the new school year, hundreds of thousands of Syrian parents are faced with the...