http://www.abna.ir ahlulbayt news agency - shia news www.abna.ir Thu, 17 May 2012 03:29:19 GMT http://www.abna.ir/data.asp?lang=3&id=315707 http://www.abna.ir/data.asp?lang=3&id=315707 The EU issued a document on Tuesday, denouncing a spate of “potentially discriminatory or even anti-democratic bills” tabled in the Zionist parliament – Knesset. http://www.abna.ir/data.asp?lang=3&id=315706 http://www.abna.ir/data.asp?lang=3&id=315706 Anti-corporate protesters and labor unions in Los Angeles have staged a protest rally, urging city officials to take meaningful measures to hold banks accountable for their business policies. http://www.abna.ir/data.asp?lang=3&id=315705 http://www.abna.ir/data.asp?lang=3&id=315705 The first international conference on women and Islamic Awakening will be held in Tehran from July 14 to 15. http://www.abna.ir/data.asp?lang=3&id=315704 http://www.abna.ir/data.asp?lang=3&id=315704 Opposition forces in Bahrain warned about a new plot hatched by Riyadh to annex Bahrain territories to Saudi Arabia under the guise of an agreement with the Manama regime. http://www.abna.ir/data.asp?lang=3&id=315702 http://www.abna.ir/data.asp?lang=3&id=315702 Anti-regime protesters in Bahrain have set tires on fire and blocked the main roads leading to the capital, Manama, as government forces continue their severe suppression of demonstrators. http://www.abna.ir/data.asp?lang=3&id=315701 http://www.abna.ir/data.asp?lang=3&id=315701 Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast has said that the proposal to form a union between Persian Gulf Arab states will only aggravate the situation in the crisis-hit Bahrain. http://www.abna.ir/data.asp?lang=3&id=315697 http://www.abna.ir/data.asp?lang=3&id=315697 Anti-regime protesters in Bahrain have set tires on fire and blocked the main roads leading to the capital, Manama, as government forces continue their severe suppression of demonstrators. http://www.abna.ir/data.asp?lang=3&id=315695 http://www.abna.ir/data.asp?lang=3&id=315695 Judiciary Chief Ayatollah Sadeq Amoli Larijani on Wednesday castigated western states for their contradictory stance on the issue of Bahrain. http://www.abna.ir/data.asp?lang=3&id=315693 http://www.abna.ir/data.asp?lang=3&id=315693 An Iraqi court heard on Tuesday witnesses who claimed that Vice President Tareq al-Hashemi masterminded killings of his opponents. http://www.abna.ir/data.asp?lang=3&id=315690 http://www.abna.ir/data.asp?lang=3&id=315690 Egyptian presidential candidate Ahmed Shafiq has threatened to repress anti-government protests if he wins the country''s upcoming presidential election. http://www.abna.ir/data.asp?lang=3&id=315543 http://www.abna.ir/data.asp?lang=3&id=315543 The construction work of a congregational mosque was begun in Urozgan province of Afganistan. http://www.abna.ir/data.asp?lang=3&id=315541 http://www.abna.ir/data.asp?lang=3&id=315541 “Al Saud and Al-Khalifa should take the lesson of what happened to Ghadafi and Mubarak,” said Grand Iranian Shia cleric, Ayatollah Nouri HAmedani. http://www.abna.ir/data.asp?lang=3&id=315538 http://www.abna.ir/data.asp?lang=3&id=315538 Senior Iranian jurisprudent referred to the efforts of Bahraini nation in confronting Al Kalifa and rejected their withdrawal from seizure of their country by Saudi Arabia. http://www.abna.ir/data.asp?lang=3&id=315536 http://www.abna.ir/data.asp?lang=3&id=315536 Terrorist attacks were being planned for Lebanon in the coming days by terrorist groups linked to an extremist organization that entered the country lately, well-informed sources revealed to As-Safir newspaper on Wednesday. http://www.abna.ir/data.asp?lang=3&id=315511 http://www.abna.ir/data.asp?lang=3&id=315511 It is high time to clear wrong perceptions about Islam and Muslims,” said Al-Sheikh Al-Sayyed Affeefuddin Al-Gailani, a renowned Islamic scholar of Malaysia, during his visit to the International Islamic University Islamabad (IIUI) on Tuesday. http://www.abna.ir/data.asp?lang=3&id=315507 http://www.abna.ir/data.asp?lang=3&id=315507 http://www.abna.ir/data.asp?lang=3&id=315503 http://www.abna.ir/data.asp?lang=3&id=315503 The Common Council gave final approval Tuesday for construction of a mosque, the first in Waukesha County. http://www.abna.ir/data.asp?lang=3&id=315497 http://www.abna.ir/data.asp?lang=3&id=315497 Bosnian Serb ex-army chief Ratko Mladic goes on trial Wednesday, accused of war crimes and crimes against humanity in his campaign of ethnic cleansing and the massacre of Muslims at Srebrenica. http://www.abna.ir/data.asp?lang=3&id=315488 http://www.abna.ir/data.asp?lang=3&id=315488 The Palestinians in the Netherlands and solidarity activists staged, on Tuesday, a sit-in outside the Parliament in The Hague, to commemorate the 64th anniversary of the Palestinian Nakba and to show solidarity for the prisoners in Israeli jails, who have finally achieved their demands after a hunger strike that lasted twenty-eight days. http://www.abna.ir/data.asp?lang=3&id=315487 http://www.abna.ir/data.asp?lang=3&id=315487 At least 18 people have been arrested in Baku after Azeri police broke up an opposition protest demanding freedom of assembly and the release of political prisoners. http://www.abna.ir/data.asp?lang=3&id=315486 http://www.abna.ir/data.asp?lang=3&id=315486 The United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) is to discuss Bahrain’s rights record in the upcoming session of its Universal Periodic Review (UPR) Working Group in Geneva. http://www.abna.ir/data.asp?lang=3&id=315475 http://www.abna.ir/data.asp?lang=3&id=315475 Chief organizer of Nusrat-ul-Quran International Quran Competition in Iraq said the desecration of the Holy Quran in small Florida church was aimed at spreading Islamophobia and the culture of violence in the US. http://www.abna.ir/data.asp?lang=3&id=315473 http://www.abna.ir/data.asp?lang=3&id=315473 "Israeli" Minister of "Defense" Ehud Barak, stated that "the reports received on Iran, and specifically on Iran''s nuclear program, clearly show to all intelligence agencies in the free world that our claims are true." http://www.abna.ir/data.asp?lang=3&id=315470 http://www.abna.ir/data.asp?lang=3&id=315470 Final stage of the sixth edition of the Most Beautiful Recitation Contest of the Holy Quran is slated to be held on May 19, 2012 in the UAE, Al-Ittihad daily newspaper reports. http://www.abna.ir/data.asp?lang=3&id=315469 http://www.abna.ir/data.asp?lang=3&id=315469 A Pakistani Shia, namely Syed Mehdi Raza, embraced martyrdom when Wahhabi terrorist opened fire on him. http://www.abna.ir/data.asp?lang=3&id=315458 http://www.abna.ir/data.asp?lang=3&id=315458 Bahraini regime forces have once again attacked anti-government demonstrators, using tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse the protesters in the capital, Manama. http://www.abna.ir/data.asp?lang=3&id=315457 http://www.abna.ir/data.asp?lang=3&id=315457 Unidentified gunmen shot and killed two members of the minority Hazara Shia community and injured another person in Quetta city of southwest Pakistan today, police said. http://www.abna.ir/data.asp?lang=3&id=315455 http://www.abna.ir/data.asp?lang=3&id=315455 Sheikh of Al-Azhar demanded Islamic Scholars to stand against the movie of “Muhammad (P.B.U.H)” and try to refrain from releasing the movie. http://www.abna.ir/data.asp?lang=3&id=315454 http://www.abna.ir/data.asp?lang=3&id=315454 The Mufti of the Lebanese Republic Sheikh Mohammed Rashid Qabbani stressed Tuesday that "since May 15 1948, the Zionist entity formed a force of occupation and colonization established on the Palestinian land. http://www.abna.ir/data.asp?lang=3&id=315453 http://www.abna.ir/data.asp?lang=3&id=315453 The head of the Council on American-Islamic Relations'' (CAIR) New York Board says attacking Muslims is on the rise in the US due to the election season, Press TV reports. http://www.abna.ir/data.asp?lang=3&id=315451 http://www.abna.ir/data.asp?lang=3&id=315451 http://www.abna.ir/data.asp?lang=3&id=315410 http://www.abna.ir/data.asp?lang=3&id=315410 Analysts and political experts in the region have been focusing on how serious the threats of the Zionist regime in recent days are. They want to uncover the hidden motivations of such harsh rhetoric especially given the fact that the Zionist regime has never been involved in any direct war with Iran. http://www.abna.ir/data.asp?lang=3&id=315407 http://www.abna.ir/data.asp?lang=3&id=315407 The United States is considering the removal of the anti-Iranian Mujahedin-e Khalq Organization (MKO) from its terrorism watch list. http://www.abna.ir/data.asp?lang=3&id=315404 http://www.abna.ir/data.asp?lang=3&id=315404 Islamist figures that have taken office in Arab countries or are close to it are faced with many questions whose answers will have a profound effect on the situation of Islamism in Arab and non-Arab countries. http://www.abna.ir/data.asp?lang=3&id=315401 http://www.abna.ir/data.asp?lang=3&id=315401 Former French Prime Minister Michel Rocard says the Supreme Leader of Islamic Revolution’s fatwa (religious edict) on banning nuclear arms will help promote confidence about Iran’s nuclear activities. http://www.abna.ir/data.asp?lang=3&id=315397 http://www.abna.ir/data.asp?lang=3&id=315397 Bahrain authorities extend the detention of prominent human rights activist, Nabeel Rajab on charges of releasing tweets deemed insulting to the government http://www.abna.ir/data.asp?lang=3&id=315378 http://www.abna.ir/data.asp?lang=3&id=315378 Saudi Arabia and Bahrain are expected to announce closer political union at a meeting of Gulf Arab leaders on Monday, a Bahraini minister said, a move dismissed by the Shiite Majority opposition as a ruse to avoid political reform, and to make the Majority Shiite Population of Bahrain a Minority By Merging into Saudi Arabia and other PGC States. http://www.abna.ir/data.asp?lang=3&id=315376 http://www.abna.ir/data.asp?lang=3&id=315376 A 30 volume collection holding the articles of Islamic Awakening Conference has been released by Nehzat Narmafzari publishing institute. http://www.abna.ir/data.asp?lang=3&id=315374 http://www.abna.ir/data.asp?lang=3&id=315374 The occupying force of Zionist regime has missed its ability to choose between peace and war; this is the outcome of resistance, Iran’s cultural attaché to Beirut Seyed Mohamad Hossein Reiszadeh said at a cultural event here on Monday. http://www.abna.ir/data.asp?lang=3&id=315371 http://www.abna.ir/data.asp?lang=3&id=315371 The Gaza Strip has exported Palestinian-made clothes for the first time after a five-year Israeli ban, an official says. http://www.abna.ir/data.asp?lang=3&id=315322 http://www.abna.ir/data.asp?lang=3&id=315322 Astana is hosting the fifth Islamic Conference of Environment Ministers on May 17-18 under the aegis of the Islamic Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (ISESCO), Kazakh Foreign Ministry spokesman Altai Abibullayev said. http://www.abna.ir/data.asp?lang=3&id=315321 http://www.abna.ir/data.asp?lang=3&id=315321 Iraqi Security forces announced here today that the federal police arrested 17 persons wanted for terrorist charges west of the city. http://www.abna.ir/data.asp?lang=3&id=315310 http://www.abna.ir/data.asp?lang=3&id=315310 Bahraini regime forces have once again attacked anti-government demonstrators, using tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse the protesters in the capital, Manama. http://www.abna.ir/data.asp?lang=3&id=315308 http://www.abna.ir/data.asp?lang=3&id=315308 A Grand Iranian Shia cleric denounced Saudi Arabia’s seizure of Bahrain saying that the country belongs to the people and not to the (Persian) Gulf States. http://www.abna.ir/data.asp?lang=3&id=315307 http://www.abna.ir/data.asp?lang=3&id=315307 Madhurani said: Daddy you term Islam as the religion devoid of manner and conduct and you think yourself to be cultured and well-mannered person still you warn me to kill if I accept Islam, while our prophet (pbuh) saved girls from being buried, nearly 1500 years ago. http://www.abna.ir/data.asp?lang=3&id=315303 http://www.abna.ir/data.asp?lang=3&id=315303 In the US Senate primary in California on June 5th, where 23 candidates vie to challenge Senator Dianne Feinstein in November, conservative candidates were recorded on video verbally attacking teachers, Muslims, and minority groups to excite their base at GOP and Tea Party venues. http://www.abna.ir/data.asp?lang=3&id=315298 http://www.abna.ir/data.asp?lang=3&id=315298 The EDL is allegedly planning on holding a march in Bristol on Saturday, July 14 – the same day as the city’s annual Pride celebrations. http://www.abna.ir/data.asp?lang=3&id=315295 http://www.abna.ir/data.asp?lang=3&id=315295 Plans are underway for holding the fifth edition of Kazan national exhibition of Islamic books and literature on June 7, in the Republic of Tatarstan. http://www.abna.ir/data.asp?lang=3&id=315294 http://www.abna.ir/data.asp?lang=3&id=315294 On the occasion of birth anniversary of Hazrat Fatemeh Zahra (SA), a ceremony was held on May 13 in Istanbul, Turkey. http://www.abna.ir/data.asp?lang=3&id=315290 http://www.abna.ir/data.asp?lang=3&id=315290 Bahrainis have staged anti-US rallies outside the capital to protest against Washington’s support for Manama''s ongoing crackdown on peaceful demonstrations. http://www.abna.ir/data.asp?lang=3&id=315287 http://www.abna.ir/data.asp?lang=3&id=315287 The Bahraini opposition leader also stated that the people of Bahrain “alone have the right” to decide and the ruling Al Khalifa regime has “no right to decide a union or confederation with any country.” http://www.abna.ir/data.asp?lang=3&id=315284 http://www.abna.ir/data.asp?lang=3&id=315284 A protest rally was held in Toronto, Canada against the systematic genocide of Shia Muslims in Pakistan. http://www.abna.ir/data.asp?lang=3&id=315273 http://www.abna.ir/data.asp?lang=3&id=315273 Iran''s state TV says authorities have hanged a man who was sentenced to death for the 2010 killing of a nuclear physicist. http://www.abna.ir/data.asp?lang=3&id=315265 http://www.abna.ir/data.asp?lang=3&id=315265 OIC calls for enabling the Azerbaijani refugees to return homes in safety, honour and dignity. http://www.abna.ir/data.asp?lang=3&id=315251 http://www.abna.ir/data.asp?lang=3&id=315251 Raghad, late Saddam Hussein’s daughter, has stated that her father had been refusing to talk to “Al Jazeera” after he had discovered from the Russian that this station works with the enemies and has intentions to separate Arabs. http://www.abna.ir/data.asp?lang=3&id=315249 http://www.abna.ir/data.asp?lang=3&id=315249 Arab states of the (Persian) Gulf Cooperation Council have failed to make any concrete decision on forming a confederation that would initially merge Saudi Arabia with Bahrain. http://www.abna.ir/data.asp?lang=3&id=315238 http://www.abna.ir/data.asp?lang=3&id=315238 A top lawmaker has said the Syrian government, enjoying the support of its nation, will never collapse by bomb explosions http://www.abna.ir/data.asp?lang=3&id=315237 http://www.abna.ir/data.asp?lang=3&id=315237 The fifth round of dialogues between the Center for Interreligious Dialogue and the Armenian Orthodox Church, Catholicosate of Cilicia, kicks off yesterday, May 14, in Tehran. http://www.abna.ir/data.asp?lang=3&id=315112 http://www.abna.ir/data.asp?lang=3&id=315112 Noted Shia cleric Kalbe Jawad on Saturday demanded carving out of 20 per cent share for Shia Muslims in all the government schemes being run for the welfare of Muslims. http://www.abna.ir/data.asp?lang=3&id=315110 http://www.abna.ir/data.asp?lang=3&id=315110 Reports about a Virginia military course that taught officers to prepare for a total war on Islam indicate the US right wing agenda even before 9/11, an analyst tells Press TV. http://www.abna.ir/data.asp?lang=3&id=315109 http://www.abna.ir/data.asp?lang=3&id=315109 British people in London staged a rally to protest at the Zionist regime''s crimes and occupation of the Palestinian territories. http://www.abna.ir/data.asp?lang=3&id=315108 http://www.abna.ir/data.asp?lang=3&id=315108 There are two viable solutions to the sustained crisis in Syria: the fall of the government or political reform and a gradual change of the system. The former is favored by the armed groups and their Western and Arab sponsors, while the latter is supported by the Syrian people and the anti-Western camp including Russia and China. http://www.abna.ir/data.asp?lang=3&id=315107 http://www.abna.ir/data.asp?lang=3&id=315107 Palestinians have demonstrated outside Downing Street to demand freedom for Palestine, ahead of Nakba Day, which marks the 64th anniversary of the eviction of Palestinians from their homes by Israelis. http://www.abna.ir/data.asp?lang=3&id=315106 http://www.abna.ir/data.asp?lang=3&id=315106 Media advisor for the Russian government Modest Kolerov said here on Monday that there are no documents available to indicate that Iran is manufacturing nuclear arms. http://www.abna.ir/data.asp?lang=3&id=315105 http://www.abna.ir/data.asp?lang=3&id=315105 Many Palestinians remember and reference al-Nakba, also known as the Catastrophe, on May 15 every year. The event marks the expulsion of nearly a million Palestinians, while their villages were destroyed. The destruction of Palestine in 1947-48 ushered in the birth of Israel. Older generations relay the harsh and oppressive memory of their collective experience to younger Palestinians, many of whom live their own Nakbas today. http://www.abna.ir/data.asp?lang=3&id=315061 http://www.abna.ir/data.asp?lang=3&id=315061 Iran''s Majlis Speaker Ali Larijani says the recent regional developments and the popular revolutions in the Middle East and North Africa have isolated the Israeli regime. http://www.abna.ir/data.asp?lang=3&id=315044 http://www.abna.ir/data.asp?lang=3&id=315044 Unknown thieves targeting holy sites stole seven Islamic clocks from several mosques in Dibba Al Hosn worth nearly Dh14,000 and all of them disappeared almost at the same time. http://www.abna.ir/data.asp?lang=3&id=315042 http://www.abna.ir/data.asp?lang=3&id=315042 The wife of a jailed Bahraini activist on hunger strike for more than three months says his condition appears better, but he is still only taking water and juice in his protest against government crackdowns in the Gulf kingdom. http://www.abna.ir/data.asp?lang=3&id=315026 http://www.abna.ir/data.asp?lang=3&id=315026 A top Iranian Shia cleric highlighted the important responsibility of Iran regarding world Muslims calling Islamic Revolution in Iran as the beating heart of world liberal moves. http://www.abna.ir/data.asp?lang=3&id=315024 http://www.abna.ir/data.asp?lang=3&id=315024 Western countries are intimidated by Hijab (veil) inasmuch as it is the symbol of Anti-hegemony,” said the deputy of the Head of the Judiciary, Seyyed Ebrahim Raeisi. http://www.abna.ir/data.asp?lang=3&id=315022 http://www.abna.ir/data.asp?lang=3&id=315022 MP Jamal Khudari the director of the Popular Committee against the Siege affirmed that the proposal of the Zionist Environment Minister Gilad Erdan to cut off the supply of electricity to the Gaza Strip is very serious and considered it a death penalty. http://www.abna.ir/data.asp?lang=3&id=315018 http://www.abna.ir/data.asp?lang=3&id=315018 In a shameless effort to criminalize criticisms of Israel, pro-Israeli circles in some western countries have been trying to equate criticisms of Israeli policies and actions with anti-Semitism. The brazen effort is ostensibly intended to intimidate and silence the increasing awareness, especially among younger generations on college campuses, that Israel is in fact a racist country par excellance that is disguised as a democracy. http://www.abna.ir/data.asp?lang=3&id=315017 http://www.abna.ir/data.asp?lang=3&id=315017 Bahraini Prime Minister Prince Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa has declared Manama’s support for a Saudi plan to unify the six Arab states of the [Persian] Gulf Cooperation Council, a report says. http://www.abna.ir/data.asp?lang=3&id=315014 http://www.abna.ir/data.asp?lang=3&id=315014 Activists have released video footage showing alleged potential suicide bombers being presented at an auction in western Saudi Arabia before being shipped off to Syria. http://www.abna.ir/data.asp?lang=3&id=315005 http://www.abna.ir/data.asp?lang=3&id=315005 Wahhabi Armed men have assassinated the Imam of the Ruqayya mosque, Sheikh Abbas al-Laham in the Syrian capital Damascus. http://www.abna.ir/data.asp?lang=3&id=314938 http://www.abna.ir/data.asp?lang=3&id=314938 An Iranian court has sentenced 13 people after finding them guilty of involvement in espionage activities for the Israeli intelligence agency, Mossad. http://www.abna.ir/data.asp?lang=3&id=314936 http://www.abna.ir/data.asp?lang=3&id=314936 Defense Minister Brigadier General Ahmad Vahidi on Sunday said Iran is to launch Fajr satellite into space as a national defense project in June. http://www.abna.ir/data.asp?lang=3&id=314932 http://www.abna.ir/data.asp?lang=3&id=314932 Bahrain’s public prosecution has ordered a one-week extension for the detention of human rights activist Nabeel Rajab, his lawyer says. http://www.abna.ir/data.asp?lang=3&id=314929 http://www.abna.ir/data.asp?lang=3&id=314929 As Saudi Arabia has reportedly thrown its weight behind a plan to unify the six Arab member states of the [Persian] Gulf Cooperation Council, many analyst see the move as Riyadh’s agenda to expand its dominance over Bahrain. http://www.abna.ir/data.asp?lang=3&id=314925 http://www.abna.ir/data.asp?lang=3&id=314925 To many, one reflection of religiosity is the way people dress, which is a means to express the religious identity.