More than 13 million gather in Karbala for Arbaeen
Source: Associated Press BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq’s top Shiite cleric says more than 13 million have gathered in the holy city of Karbala to mark Arbaeen, the annual commemoration marking […]
‘Every attack is a massacre’: Afghanistan’s Shiite minority increasingly targeted in their places of worship
Source: Los Angeles Times By Shashank Bengali Contact Reporter Dozens of men gathered in a dust-blown graveyard Saturday to pay their last respects to 83-year-old Karbalai Mohammad Anwar Noori, one of […]
Suicide bomber strikes Shiite shrine in Pakistan, killing 20
Source: Associated Press By ABDUL SATTAR QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — A suicide bomber struck a Shiite shrine packed with worshippers in a remote village in southwestern Pakistan on Thursday, killing […]
Iran sentences New Age-style Shiite Islam founder to death
Source: Associated Press TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — An attorney for the founder of a mystical, New Age version of Shiite Islam says an Iranian court has sentenced his client to death. Mahmoud Alizadeh Tabatabaei tells The Associated Press that the court sentenced Mohammad Ali Taheri to death on charges of […]
Suicide attack on Kabul Shi’ite mosque kills at least 30
Source: Reuters KABUL (Reuters) – A suicide bomber blew himself up at the entrance to a Shi’ite Muslim mosque in Kabul as other attackers stormed the building, killing at least […]
Top Saudi appeals court upholds death sentences of 14 Shi’ites: paper
Source: Reuters DUBAI (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia’s top court has upheld the death sentences of 14 men convicted of armed attacks, all of them from the Sunni-ruled kingdom’s Shi’ite Muslim […]
Targeted Shiites take their protest to Pakistani capital
Source: Associated Press By KATHY GANNON ISLAMABAD (AP) — Battered by bombings that have killed scores of people, Pakistan’s Shiite Muslims on Wednesday took their protests to the Pakistani capital. […]
U.S. and Saudi Arabia Impose Terror Sanctions on Hezbollah Leader Hashem Safieddine
Source: Time (WASHINGTON) — The Trump administration imposed its first terrorism sanctions jointly with Saudi Arabia on Friday as President Donald Trump travels to the kingdom on his first overseas […]
The Shia’s teaching regarding Imam Mehdi (as).
The Twelfth Imam Imam Mehdi (AS) This article has been broken into four sections due to its length. You can either click on the part you wish to go to or simply scroll down to view the whole document Introduction Birth Miscellaneous Information on Imam Mehdi (AS) Sunni Documentation on […]
Special specifications of Imam al-Mahdi (as) (according to Shi’ite Encyclopedia)
I provided extensive traditions from the six authentic Sunni collections concerning the fact that Imam al-Mahdi (as) who is different than Jesus (the messiah) WILL come and he is the descendant of the Prophet (S) and his daughter Fatimah (sa). The traditions further illuminated the fact that Jesus (who was […]
Iraq suicide bomb: Shia pilgrims among nearly 80 dead
Source: BBC Nearly 80 people, many of them Shia pilgrims, have been killed in a truck bomb attack at a road stop in Iraq, a security official says. The blast […]
Afghanistan Kabul mosque suicide attack kills dozens
Source: BBC A suicide bomber has killed at least 27 people at a Shia Muslim mosque in the Afghan capital, Kabul. Many more were wounded in the blast at an annual Shia ceremony at the Baqir ul Olum mosque in the west of the city. The attacker arrived on foot […]
Iraq violence: Dozens dead in Baghdad suicide attack on Shia
Source: BBC At least 32 people have died in a suicide attack targeting Shia in Iraq’s capital Baghdad, officials say. More than 60 were injured in the blast, carried out […]
Suicide bombers hit Shi’ite gatherings in Baghdad, at least 11 dead: police
Source: Reuters Suicide bombers attacked two Shi’ite Muslim processions in Baghdad on Monday, killing at least 11 people and wounding more than 40, police and medical sources said. Islamic State claimed responsibility for the blasts at the Shi’ite events commemorating the slaying of Prophet Mohammad’s grandson Hussein. A bomber detonated […]
In this part of India, Sunnis and Shiites show the world a different way to pray
Source: RNS LUCKNOW, India (RNS) At Eid al-Adha prayers this week, a hundred Shiite and Sunni Muslims offered joint prayers as a show of peace between two Muslim sects often better […]
Iran ‘foils plot by Sunni militants to bomb Tehran’
Source: BBC The authorities in Iran have thwarted a plot by Sunni militants to bomb targets in the capital Tehran and other cities, the intelligence ministry says. The ministry said […]
‘Offensive question in Hajj applications will be amended’
Source: Tribune LAHORE: The Ministry of Religious Affairs on Friday gave an undertaking at Lahore High Court (LHC) that the government would amend a question, deemed offensive by the Shia community, […]
Saudi Arabia puts Shi’ites on trial for spying for Iran
Source: Reuters Saudi Arabia has put 32 people on trial, including 30 members of its own Shi’ite Muslim minority, accused of spying for Iran, several local newspapers and television reported on Monday. The 32, including an Iranian and an Afghan, were detained in 2013 sparking expressions of concern among Saudi […]
Religious diplomacy in Iraq
In Shia Muslims’ holiest site, a new openness to other faiths Dec 5th 2015 CORDIAL encounters between representatives of different creeds are common enough in the Western world, whether the organisers are universities, governments or NGOs. (In the latter case, inter-faith activity is often aimed at building bridges by tackling […]
Muslim call girl in London offers to marry clients first
The Muslim Times Editor’s note: I believe Nikkah Mu’tah is more akin to prostitution than a marriage. So even if a sect leadership is allowing it, it does not take our accountability to the All Knowing God. We are all answerable as individuals and not as members of sects. Source: […]