Archive for 2016

‘The [Bahrain] criminal court postponed the trial of Bahrain’s Shia spiritual leader Sheikh Isa Qassim and two others to 4 December 2016. The authorities are prosecuting Sheikh Isa Qassim in relation to one of Shia Muslims’ religious duties. Sheikh Isa Qassim had his citizenship arbitrarily revoked in June 2016.’
See this and other updates at ADHRB Newsletter 184.

Meeting in LA: Threatening Letters Sent to Mosques

Kuwait opposition clinch strong showing in first election after years of boycott

See also Arab Gulf States Institute

Lecture – Angela Andersen, “The Role and Meaning of the Alevi Cemevi: Islamic Congregational Architecture Outside the Mosque Paradigm” (5 Dec. Cambridge, U.S.) | H-Islamart | H-Net

Majlis for Imam Husayn

Thursday, December 1st
7:00pm
Murray Dodge Hall, Princeton University

Majlis Speaker
Sheikh Faiyaz Jaffer, Associate Shia Muslim Chaplain at New York University

Poetry/Nauha reciters
Arif Kazmi (Urdu)
Zaigham Ahsan Naqvi (Urdu)
Dr. Hussein Mhanna (Arabic)

Iraq: Dozens killed in petrol station suicide attack

See also Washington Post, BBC and The New York Times.

Bahraini Authorities Continue Crackdown on Activists: More Human Rights Defenders and BCHR Members Face Reprisals – Americans for Democracy & Human Rights in Bahrain

For the full text of ADHRB Newsletter 183, click here.

A Treasury of Virtues: Sayings, Sermons, and Teachings of Ali, with the One Hundred Proverbs, attributed to al-Jahiz (Library of Arabic Literature)

See also: Light of the Heavens: Sayings of the Prophet Muhammad

Shiites are participating in the world’s largest pilgrimage today. Here’s how they view the world.

Kabul: Suicide blast at Shia mosque, casualties feared

See also Washington Post.
See also BBC.