Hawzah News Agency
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Suleimani’s assassination by US Drone strike was ‘Unlawful’: UN expert
The United States has failed to provide sufficient evidence of an ongoing, or imminent, attack against its interests to justify the strike, said Agnes Callamard, UN special rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions.
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Islamic Women’s Council says police failed to take March 15 threat against Hamilton mosque from person in Christchurch 'seriously'
New Zealand Muslims say the Government had years to tackle growing Islamophobia before the Christchurch attacks that killed 51 people and left many others seriously injured.
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Belgian protest for headscarf rights at university
The #HijabisFightBack event was organized by three local NGOs representing Muslim women and fighting for social inclusion.
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Kashmir bans Muslim gatherings but OKs Hindu pilgrimage
Under a government order effective the weekend of July 4, the regional administration has prohibited all social and religious gatherings but at the same time is allowing a Hindu pilgrimage to a shrine in Amarnath cave at an elevation of 3,888 meters (12,775 feet) in the Phalgam area of south Kashmir.
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Hezbollah receives message from Haniyeh to Sayyed Nasrallah about Israeli Annexation plot
The message indicated the threats posed by the Zionist annexation of the West Bank settlements to the Palestinian cause, calling for maintaining unity to confront the challenges.
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Deputy secretary-general of al-Nujaba:
Al-Kazemiz’s weak government cause of House of Saud’s impudence/Saudi Arabia a takfiri Regime
Al-Nujaba’s deputy secretary-general for seminary issues, in a live talk with Aletejah TV channel, condemning the insult of the Saudi paper, al-Sharq al-Awsat, stated, “This insult is a part of a comprehensive program for aggression towards the Iraqi sovereignty, land, nation, sources of emulation and national myths”, reported al-Nujaba’s Centre for Communications and Media Affairs in Iran.
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Iraqi holy shrines’ custodians, AQR chief custodian stress joint cooperation against coronavirus
In separate telephone calls, the custodians of the holy shrines of Imam Ali (AS), Imam Hussein (AS), Hazrat Abolfazl (AS), Imams of Kadhimiya (AS) and Imams of Askariya (AS) congratulated AQR chief custodian, Hoj. Ahmad Marvi, on the birth anniversary of Imam Reza (AS), the eighth Imam of Shia Muslims, describing the situation in Iraq and especially the holy shrines’ activities in the fight against the virus.
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Islam for non-Muslims – Chinese Imam in Hong Kong on a mission to explain his religion
The result is a book in Chinese, Understanding Islam. Yang says what sets Islam apart from other religions is the fact it touches all parts of a believer’s life.
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Chief Custodian announces management reshuffle at Astan Quds Razavi
Hoj. Ahmad Marvi appointed Mohammad Mehdi Baradaran as the managing director of AQR Organization in a decree that burdened him with the responsibility of preparing a roadmap for future development and transparency in service rendering to the pilgrims.
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Alaaddin Mosque, a Seljuk-era masterpiece famed for its crown gate, intricate decorations
The traces of history have been preserved in the Alaaddin Mosque, which is estimated to have been built in the 14th century, with works that have lasted for about 15 years.
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Thousands in Australia rally against racism defying public health rules
A last-minute appeal at the New South Wales Court of Appeal allowed a rally in Sydney, where several thousand people marched among heavy police presence, chanting, “Whose lives matter? Black Lives matter.”
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Sayyed Nasrallah addresses nation Tuesday night
The speech will tackle the latest political and economic developments in Lebanon and the Middle East amid the US economic siege on Lebanon and unjust sanctions on regional states.
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Hezbollah denounces Saudi paper’s abuse against Sayyed Sisitani, highlights his role in defeating ISIL in Iraq
Sayyed Sistani has always preserved Iraq’s safety, political stability and national unity, according to the statement which recalled the role of his eminence’s famous fatwa (religious decree) in fighting and defeating ISIL terrorist group on the Iraqi territories.
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UK Labour sacks candidate for old anti-Islamic tweets
A statement from Labour Party president Claire Szabó said the tweets from 2013 do not represent the views of the party.
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Condemning al-Sharq al-Awsat’s insult to the source of emulation;
Ayatollah Sistani’s influence cause of Saudis’ anger and insult: al-Nujaba
Two top-rank members of al-Nujaba Movement in separate twits strongly condemned the insult of Saudi newspaper to Grand Ayatollah Sistani and pointed to the influence of His Fatwa on the collective battle as the cause of their anger.
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Al-Nujaba’s successful operation for arresting Baghdad terrorists + photos
Al-Nujaba combatants in an operation carried out in the north of Baghdad managed to arrest a number of elements who were accused of terrorist acts.
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Museum of London gathers lockdown Ramadan experiences as part of Collecting Covid project
This year Ramadan took place between 23rd April and 23rd May, coinciding with some of the most stringent lockdown measures. To understand how the city’s Muslim community experienced this time, the Museum of London is eager to build a segment of its Covid collection dedicated specifically to a socially distant Ramadan.
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Holy shrine replete with joy, happiness on Imam Reza (AS) birth anniversary
The courtyards were decorated and illuminated on birth night of Imam Reza (AS) by a large number of pilgrims, neighbors and citizens of Mashhad, northwest Iran.
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Muslim world has to unite against forces trying to create divide amongst their ranks: Masood Khan
During a meeting with Prof. Dr. Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq, Director General Islamic Research Institute, International Islamic University in Islamabad, he said that the Muslim world has to unite against forces trying to create a divide amongst their ranks.
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Burton mosque to elect entirely new committee to run the venue
The Central Jamia Mosque Rizvia, on Uxbridge Street will be hosting its annual general meeting on Sunday, July 12, at the Pakistan Community Centre, in Uxbridge Street at 2pm and all members are urged to attend.
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New Zealand mosque attacker to be sentenced on Aug 24
The horrific shootings on March 15, 2019 at the Al Noor Mosque and Linwood Islamic Centre during Friday prayers, claiming 51 Muslim worshippers, sent shockwaves around the world.
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Resistance against injustice toward Muslims grows in India
Since India's Hindu nationalist-dominated Parliament passed a law that grants citizenship to refugees from Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Pakistan as long as they are not Muslim, there have been protests across the country demanding its repeal.
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Punjab mulls standardized model of mosques
A sum of Rs 10 million has been allocated in the Punjab budget 2020-21 for preparation of PC-II under the initiative titled ‘Standardized construction of mosques in Punjab’, Executive engineer headquarter Rafiq Wattu told APP by phone.
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Hamas urges Arab, Muslim unity against annexation
"I call upon our Arab and Muslim nations to support the Palestinian unified position in this national struggle and to support the steadfastness of our people and their heroic resistance," Ismail Haniyeh, chief of the organization, said in a statement.