Palestinians angered at Israeli mayor

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The Israeli mayor’s visit to the al-Aqsa Mosque compound in East al-Quds (Jerusalem) has sparked anger among Palestinians and Islamic authorities.

Nir Barkat, the Israeli mayor of East al-Quds, paid a visit to the al-Aqsa compound on Tuesday while he was escorted by the regime’s police forces.

The al-Aqsa Foundation has harshly lashed out at Barkat’s move, describing it as the “storming” of the compound by the Israeli official.

“This does not give any legitimacy to considering al-Aqsa part of the jurisdiction of the Jerusalem municipality, and does not erase the eternal Islamic character of the mosque,” read the statement issued by the al-Aqsa Foundation.

Similarly, the Islamic Waqf, which is in charge of the compound, has denounced Barkat’s visit, calling it “political”.

Barkat’s Tuesday tour came shortly after Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas urged the UN Security Council to hold an emergency meeting on Israeli aggression in East al-Quds and attacks on the al-Aqsa Mosque.

The al-Aqsa Mosque has been the scene of clashes between Palestinian worshippers and Israeli settlers and troops in the past few weeks. Tel Aviv has imposed fresh restrictions on the access of Palestinians to the holy site.

Palestinians are extremely angry at Tel Aviv’s raids and restrictions, considering them as parts of Israel’s plan to judaize and desecrate the holy Islamic site. Palestinians argue that al-Quds is the capital of a future Palestinian independent state, and that its heritage should remain intact.

Over the past decades, Israel has tried to change the demographic makeup of al-Quds by constructing illegal settlements, destroying historical sites and expelling the local Palestinian population.

The al-Aqsa compound, which lies in the Israeli-occupied Old City of al-Quds, is a flashpoint. The location of the compound, known to Jews as the Temple Mount, is the holiest site in Judaism. The mosque is Islam’s third-holiest site after Mecca and Medina in Saudi Arabia.

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‘Syria refugees’ hosts need more aid’

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The United Nations has warned against “the most dramatic humanitarian crisis” in Syria, calling for more funding to help countries like Lebanon and Jordan, which are hosting millions of Syrian refugees.

“The host countries need and deserve much stronger financial support to their budgets to allow them to address the structural gaps,” UN High Commissioner for Refugees Antonio Guterres told an international conference in Berlin on Tuesday on the situation of Syrian refugees.

Noting that three million Syrian refugees leave “enormous” impacts on Syria’s neighbors, he said, “Economics, public services, the social fabric of communities and the welfare of families are all affected, not to mention the security impact of the Syrian conflict in the whole region.”

Guterres described the situation in Syria as “the most dramatic humanitarian crisis the world has faced in a very long time.”

Meanwhile, Lebanese Prime Minister Tammam Salam also on Tuesday called on the UN to increase funding to boost Lebanon’s economic development.

“I would like…to call for the adoption of more concrete measures to increase funding for the purposes of development and to accelerate the resettlement of [Syrian] refugees,” Salam told the Berlin conference.

Salam also urged the UNHCR “to explore ways to enable the Syrian refugees to exercise their right to return to their homes. This … may prove to be the most appropriate and effective solution. “

“In order to reach an effective solution … we must focus on finding ways to encourage donors to increase their contributions to funding development projects aimed at the rehabilitation of public services and the expansion of educational and health institutions as well as promote stability,” Salam said.

He noted that Lebanon “is beyond its absorption capacities and urgently needs other countries to share its burden.”

More than 1.1 million Syrian refugees are currently taking shelter in Lebanon. The influx of Syrian refugees is exerting huge pressure on Lebanon’s poor infrastructure, education and health systems.

More than three million Syrians are said to have taken shelter in Lebanon, Jordan, Turkey and Iraq since the outset of the crisis in Syria in March 2011. Western powers and their regional allies – especially Qatar, Saudi Arabia and Turkey – are the main supporters of the militants operating inside Syria.

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Leader stresses unity in Muslim world

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Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has underscored the need for unity among all Muslim countries amid enemy plots to create rift in the Islamic Ummah.

Addressing a group of Iranian Hajj officials in Tehran on Tuesday, Ayatollah Khamenei described Islamic unity as “the Islamic Republic’s fundamental slogan”, which means that Muslim states should set aside enmities and stand by each other vis-à-vis important global issues.

The Leader further described Hajj pilgrimage as an opportunity that must be seized in order to foil enemy plots, which are hatched to separate Iran from the rest of the Muslim world.

“Raising a barrier between the Islamic Republic [of Iran] and the rest of the Muslim world is one of the ploys [used by] the enemies of unity in the Islamic Ummah,” the Leader stated, adding that every Muslim is obligated to make efforts to help raze this “fake barrier.”

Ayatollah Khamenei also warned of false enemy propaganda aimed at spreading illusions about Iran and Shia Islam.

The annual pilgrimage of Hajj brings millions of Muslims together from a variety of nationalities, races and sects.

Hajj, as one of the world’s largest gatherings, is a demonstration of the solidarity of the Muslim people and their submission to God. Hajj rituals take place during six days (8th-13th) of the Islamic lunar month of Dhul-Hijjah.

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Pakistani court orders release of Top Shia Leader ‘Syed Ghulam Raza Naqvi’ after 18 years

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Lahore Anti-Terrorisim Curt (ATC) has order for the immediate release of top Pakistani Shia leader, Syed Ghulam Raza Naqvi on Monday after he was passed his 18 years imprisonment without any charges.

Shia leader Ghulam Raza Naqvi, the Head of Sipah-e-Muhammad Pakistan (SMP) was imprisoned in 1996.

SMP is a Shiite Islamic resistance group and a former political party based in Pakistan that was formed in the early 1990s (the exact date of formation is not known) as a response to sectarian violence against Pakistani Shiite Muslims orchestrated by Deobandi takfiri terrorist movement such as Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan (also known Lashkar-e-Jhangvi).

On August 14, 2001, it was banned by President Pervez Musharraf.

Maulana Ghulam Raza Naqvi  who has beenimprisoned in solitary confinement for the Last 18 years for the crimes he has never committed , on which he has been suspected ,But still he is not being freed , even after he has been acquitted from the Judiciary in all the cases against him , The only crime he confesses and is Proud of is that he belongs to the Shia community , and is the follower of Hazrat Muhammad PBUH , and his Ahle Bait.

Maulana Ghulam Raza Naqvi, who is the Chief of the Shia Organisation, Namely Sipah e Muhammad SAWW, The primary objective of the SMP is the protection of the Shiite community from Wahabi fundamentalist and terrorist outfits. Its main rival are the Wahabi terrorist Organisation like Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (LeJ), Sipah e Sahaba Pakistan and their allied Organisations and cells.

SMP chief Ghulam Raza Naqvi is also reported to have visualised the creation of Al Quds force comprising of both Shias and Sunnis to ‘liberate’ Jerusalem. But that was the Biggest crime he has ever thought of as this would have United the Two Main Sects of Muslim, and have given rise to the Unity among Muslims , against the Zionist Terrorism around the world and specially to liberate the Qibla e Awal of Muslims around the world.

Demo outside Camp Jail

Tens of Shiite people staged a protest outside the Camp Jail on Ferozepur Road in Lahore for few hours after the Punjab government didn’t release Ghulam Raza Naqvi in connection with Muharram.

Shadman police said Mr Naqvi, who was supposed to be released by jail authorities after the completion of his life-imprisonment on Monday, was again detained for a month on the orders of the provincial government.

Police said Naqvi’s followers, who came to receive their leader, raised slogans against the government and demanded release of their leader. The protest was in progress till the filing of this report.

Sipah-e-Muhammad Pakistan

Sipah-e-Muhammad Pakistan (S.M.P), Soldiers of Muhammad, is a Shiite Islamic group and a former political party based in Pakistan that was formed in the early 1990s (the exact date of formation is not known) as a response to sectarian violence against Pakistani Shiite Muslims orchestrated by Deobandi militant movement such as Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan (also known Lashkar-e-Jhangvi). On August 14, 2001, it was banned by President Pervez Musharraf as a terrorist organisation.

During the 1980s, Zia-ul-Haq allowed and encouraged the militant Deobandi Islamization of Pakistan. One of the organizations that arose in this period was the Sipah-e-Sahaba, a Deobandi-supremacist militant group that considered the Shiite Muslim minority to be ‘infidels’. The Deobandi militia Sipah-e-Sahaba targeted Shiite mosques, community leaders, as well as Iranian visitors and diplomats. They orchestrated the assassination of Iranian diplomat Sadiq Ganji in Lahore, Pakistan. They were also involved in the killings of Iranian Air Force cadets visiting Pakistan in the early 1990s, when sectarian attacks on Shiite Muslims in Pakistan were at their peak. Both acts occurred in the northern city of Rawalpindi and greatly disturbed contemporary Pakistan-Iran relations.

In response to this, Maulana Mureed Abbas Yazdani is believed to have formed Sipah-e-Muhammad as a splinter of the larger and more mainstream, Shiite political organization, Tehreek-e-Jaferia Pakistan (Movement of Shiites, Pakistan), since that organization was not encouraging a violent response to the Sipah-e-Sahaba’s attacks.

Sipah-e-Muhammad’s primarily aim was to target the leaders of the banned Deobandi militia Sipah-e-Sahaba or Lashkar-e-Jhangvi. However, with the subsequent rise in the violence against Shiite Muslims, it was thought to be reforming.

The movement was strong in various Shiite communities in Pakistan, and in the majority Shiite town of Thokar Niaz Baig ran a “virtual state within a state” in the 1990s.

The leaders of the Sipah-e-Sahaba (also known as Lashkar-e-Jhangvi) were also affiliated with the Taliban and its sub-groups in Pakistan.

The Government of Pakistan designated the Sipah-e-Muhammad a terrorist organization, and it is classified as a Foreign Terrorist Organization under U.S. law. As a result, its finances are blocked worldwide by the U.S government.

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Sayyed Nasrallah: Takfiris’ Atrocities Most Serious Distortion of Islam in History

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Hezbollah Secretary General Sayyed Hasan Nasrallah asserted that what the takfiris are committing nowadays is the most serious distortion of Islam throughout the history as the means of communication and media convey the images to the entire world.

During the third night of Muharram at Sayyed Al-Shuhadaa complex in the southern suburb of Beirut, Sayyed Nasrallah noted that the takfiris’ conduct deports the non-Muslims from Islam, adding that they kill and slaughter and base their atrocities on fabricated Prophet’s Hadiths.

“The takfiris present the Muslims as a group that are thirsty for bloodshed,” Sayyed Nasrallah said, “This would consecrate this falsified concept about Islam.”

His Eminence pointed out that the takfiri thought is based on atoning, shedding blood, confiscating properties and violating the honor of all who are different (others).

“The takfiri thought was established in the Arab world almost 200 years ago and was provided with financial as well as governmental capabilities which founded the universities, schools, newspapers, and houses of publications in order to pervade its concepts all over the world.”

“Islam, the nation and the Islamic societies are being threatened by this takfiri thought whose causes, not effects must be addressed.”

Sayyed Nasrallah called on defending Islam as he saw that the Sunni and the Shiite clerics must loudly convey the reality of Islam to the world.

Hezbollah leader considered that the confrontation with takfirism must be primarily cultural, intellectual and scientific

Sayyed Nasrallah also called on preventing the spread of this trend, considering that Saudi Arabia is primarily responsible for  this task by closing the schools from where the takfiri ideology emerges.

Sayyed Nasrallah went on to say that facing the takfiri trend is not carried out only by the security and the militarily option because “Islam does not seek murdering, but rescuing people in this life and in the afterlife.”

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Sweden: Stockholm joins the Nimr revolution / Pics

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Sweden, Stockholm  – Protest rallies have been held in Stockholm against the unjust sentence handed down to senior Shia cleric ‘Sheikh al Nimr’ in Saudi Arabia.

The protesters have condemned the death sentence for prominent cleric Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr, according to social media.

On October 15, Nimr was sentenced to death at the Specialized Criminal Court in the Saudi capital, Riyadh. In reaction to the sentence, people took to streets in the city of Qatif in Eastern Province to condemn the move.  There have also been demonstrations in other countries.

The senior Saudi Shia cleric, who was attacked and arrested in July 2012, is accused of delivering anti-regime speeches and defending political prisoners.

On Friday, a senior Iranian cleric warned Saudi Arabia against executing the death sentence.

“We warn Saudi Arabia… that this government will pay a heavy price for a [possible] execution of a Shia cleric,” Ayatollah Mohammad Ali Movahhedi Kermani told worshippers at the weekly Friday prayers in Tehran.

Human rights activists say the sentence issued for Sheikh Nimr was politically motivated.

Amnesty International has denounced the verdict, calling it “appalling”.


US protesters call on Saudi Arabia to free Sheikh Al-Nimr / Pics

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Protest rallies have been held in different US cities against the unjust sentence handed down to a Shia cleric in Saudi Arabia.

The protesters have condemned the death sentence for prominent cleric Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr, according to social media.

On October 15, Nimr was sentenced to death at the Specialized Criminal Court in the Saudi capital, Riyadh. In reaction to the sentence, people took to streets in the city of Qatif in Eastern Province to condemn the move.  There have also been demonstrations in other countries.

The senior Saudi Shia cleric, who was attacked and arrested in July 2012, is accused of delivering anti-regime speeches and defending political prisoners.

On Friday, a senior Iranian cleric warned Saudi Arabia against executing the death sentence.

“We warn Saudi Arabia… that this government will pay a heavy price for a [possible] execution of a Shia cleric,” Ayatollah Mohammad Ali Movahhedi Kermani told worshippers at the weekly Friday prayers in Tehran.

Human rights activists say the sentence issued for Sheikh Nimr was politically motivated.

Amnesty International has denounced the verdict, calling it “appalling”.



PHOTO: The supporters of Sheikh Al-Nimr in CHICAGO, USA show their disgust at the Saudi’s death penalty of the innocent Sheikh and call to FreeNimr




PHOTO: The Nimri’s of LOS ANGELES demonstrate near the Saudi consulate to ‪Free Nimr‬

PHOTO: The supporters of Sheikh Al-Nimr in ATLANTA, USA

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Iran’s Quran Radio Produces Quranic Programs in 7 Languages

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Iran’s Quran Radio has started the production of Quranic programs in 7 languages.

The programs are in English, French, German, Spanish, Turkish, Arabic and Swahili, Fars news agency reported.

They will be gifted to Islamic radios in other countries to be broadcast in the holy month of Ramadan next year (June- July 2015).

Recitation of the Quran, interpretation, and Quran teaching are among the contents of the programs.

They are being produced with the cooperation of the Islamic Culture and Relations Organization and Al-Mustafa International University.

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7th Conference on martyrdom of Imam Hussain held at Rawilpindi

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Rawalpindi Arts Council arranged 7th Shahadat-e-Imam Hussain Conference in connection with sacred month of Muharam.

The conference was presided over by Chairman Anjuman Aalmi Tehreek Panjtan Pak Pir Dr Azmat Ullah Sultan. DG Khana Farhang Iran Muhammad Akbari was chief guest at the occasion. The conference was also addressed by Syed Farhad Ali, Sayda Ruqia Shah, Agha Nayyer Abbas, Ali Akbar Kazmi, Naeem Qureshi, Syed Qamar Zaidi, Allah Yar Niazi, Hakeem Mehmood, Maulana Saleem Haider, Rafiq Mughal, Nisar Abbas, Syed Hasnain Sherazi and others religious scholars.

The speakers addressing at the occasion said that Shahadat-e-Imam Hussain is an example of truthfulness. They said that Imam Hussain refused to accept falseness which is need of the time. Resident Director RAC Waqar Ahmed thanked all the honorable guests. The conference was also attended by the leaders from Christian, Hindu and Bohra Community.

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Indian Students to Hold Conference : "ISIL-Threat to the World Peace"

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India’s Muslim Students Organization (MSO) has organized a conference to look into the formation of the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) terrorist group.

The conference, entitled “ISIL; Threat to the World Peace; Creation of CIA, Mossad and Saudi Intelligence” will be held in the Indian city of Jaipur on November 1.

The ISIL is a militant group in Iraq and Syria believed to be supported by the West and some regional Arab countries.

The terrorist group claims as an independent state the territory of Iraq and Syria, with implied future claims intended over more of the Levant, including Lebanon, occupied Palestine, Jordan, Cyprus, and Southern Turkey.

The ISIL militants have seized large swathes of land in Iraq and Syria, terrorizing all communities, including Shiites, Sunnis, Kurds and Christians in the areas they have captured.

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