Cleric calls for security by Iraqi officials

TEHRAN, May 7 (MNA) An Al-Azhar University professor has criticized Wahhabists on their exhumation of a Prophet's companion. Sheikh Ahmed Khalil Ahmed said that exhumation of Muslim tombs was religiously prohibited. Why on earth you, Wahhabists, ...

TEHRAN, Apr. 30 (MNA) Ayatollah Sistani's representative says the Leader's guidelines have shown scholars the right path to attaining unity between Muslims. In an interview to Al-Alam on Monday Sheikh Hani Hamid al-Thamer, Grand Ayatollah Sistani's ...

However well intentioned, the gathering of a number of Islamic scholars and preachers at a conference in Cairo which addressed the conflict in Syria between 13-15 June ended up as an exercise in irresponsibility. I say this not only as a supporter ...

Only one candidate for the Iranian presidential election is an ayatollah, while several are from the Revolutionary Guard, a branch of Iran's military founded after the Islamic Revolution. FRANCE 24 spoke to an Iran specialist for further insight. On ...

In the days after the joint Syrian ArmyLebanese Hezbollah victory over the rebels in the strategic town of Qusayr, the Assad regime has been positively giddy, announcing plans for a major offensive to retake the northern city of Aleppo. Assad's key ...

A Delhi government circular that excludes migrant children from availing quota facility under the economically weaker section (EWS) category is under the scanner of Delhi high court. Justice G S Sistani recently issued notice to the Delhi government ...

Unhappy with failure of state authorities to preserve and protect the fast diminishing water bodies in the capital, the Delhi high court has issued contempt notice to the environment secretary and the DDA vice-chairman. Justice G S Sistani recently ...

Clashes in Syria between Assad loyalists and the resistance are continuing uninterruptedly. Some 700,000 people have now left Syria, while those who are left face a huge struggle to survive. The United Nations High Commission for Refugees is trying ...

The political split between Shiites and Sunnis may well be an irreversible reality that will dominate Arab politics for years The political split between Sunnis and Shiites is in danger of becoming an irreversible reality, which will dominate Arab ...