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Dr Leonard Lewisohn

The Iran Heritage Foundation greatly regrets to announce the death of Dr Leonard Lewisohn, who died suddenly in California on 6 th August while attending the Association for Iranian Studies conference. Lenny was Iran Heritage Foundation Fellow and Senior lecturer in Persian and Sufi Literature at the Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies, University of Exeter (2004-2011).

Sunni Shia Dialogue – Event Highlights & Full Video Now Available

On April 28th, 2018, the Shia Muslim Council along with its partners, the Islamic Shura Council of Southern California, CAIR, MPAC and Bayan Claremont presented a unique symposium to discuss Sunni and Shia relations.

Afghan Shia mosque attack kills 25

A suicide bomber has killed 25 people and injured at least 23 more in an attack on a Shia mosque in Afghanistan, an official has told the BBC. The attacker struck as people were attending Friday prayers in the eastern city of Gardez, Paktia province spokesman Abdullah Asrat said.

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I CONCURSO LATINOAMERICANO DE CREACIÓN CULTURAL DE EID AL-GHADIR

En el Nombre de Dios, Clemente, Misericordioso. Con el objetivo de celebrar el día en el que el Profeta Muhammad (P) declaró frente a la Comunidad Islámica (Ummah) que tras su fallecimiento el liderazgo de la comunidad recaía en la persona de ‘Ali ibn abu Talib (P), en el evento conocido como Ghadir Jum; el Centro Islámico Amir al-Muminin (P) con sede en la Ciudad de México, México; tiene el placer de publicar la siguiente CONVOCATORIA, para todos los musulmanes de Latinoamérica.

Prominent Saudi Women Activists Arrested

(Beirut) – Saudi authorities have arrested the internationally recognized women’s rights activist Samar Badawi and an Eastern Province activist, Nassima al-Sadah, in the past two days, Human Rights Watch said today. Badawi and al-Sadah are the latest victims of an unprecedented government crackdown on the women’s rights movement that began on May 15, 2018 and has resulted in the arrest of more than a dozen activists.

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Quetta: Death toll jumps to 31 in election day blast

At least 31 people have been killed, including two policemen, in a bomb blast near a polling station in the Pakistani city of Quetta, according to officials. More than 40 others were wounded in the blast on Wednesday, Waseem Baig, a spokesperson for Quetta Civil Hospital, told Al Jazeera.

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Saudi-UK media tie-up: Targeting the non-Arabic-speaking Middle East

Long satisfied to attempt to dominate pan-Arab media and battle it out with Qatar’s state-owned Al Jazeera television network, Saudi Arabia has now set its hegemonic sights on influencing the media landscape of the non-Arabic speaking greater Middle East.

Africa Federation Archives – Murrabi Hassanalibhai Suleman “Chacha” – The Founder of Hyderi Imambara South London

SECRETARIAT AFRICA FEDERATION ARCHIVES SECTION 20th July 2018 (6th Zilkaad 1439 AH) Download: Africa Federation Archives – Murrabi Hassanalibhai Suleman “Chacha” – The Founder of Hyderi Imambara South London (PDF, 280KB) Download: Africa Federation Archives – Murrabi Hassanalibhai Suleman “Chacha” – The Founder of Hyderi Imambara South London (PDF, 276KB)

Al-Ghuraifi Says Sheikh Isa Qassim’s Health Situation Stable, He Has High Spirit

2018-07-20 – 4:10 p Bahrain Mirror: Sayed Abdullah Al-Ghuraifi, one of senior Shiite clerics in Bahrain, said that the health situation of spiritual leader of Shiite cleric Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim is “stable”. He added in a sermon he delivered in Imam Al-Sadiq Mosque on Thursday (July 19, 2018) that the medical examinations of Sheikh Isa are “continuous and under care of senior consultants”.

Pakistani elections spotlight the country’s contradictory policies

A virulently anti-Shiite, Saudi-backed candidate for parliament in Pakistan’s July 25 election symbolizes the country’s effort to reconcile contradictory policy objectives in an all but impossible attempt to keep domestic forces and foreign allies happy. Ramzan Mengal’s candidacy highlights Pakistan’s convoluted relationship to Islamic militants at a time that the country risks being blacklisted by an international anti-money laundering and terrorism finance watchdog.