The martyrdom anniversary of the Eight infallible Imam Reza (AS) is being observed in across the world including Pakistan, Iran, India, Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Bahrain, Kuwait, Saudia Arabia, United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Kastania, Africa, Nigera and other parts of the world.
According to the Shiite News Correpondent, the congregation and procession are being held across the world to commemorate the martyrdom of Imam Reza (AS).
In Iran, Concurrent with the anniversary of martyrdom of 8th Infallible Imam of the Prophet of Islam Mohammad (PBUH) Household, Imam Reza (AS), all of the Islamic Iran’s cities are mourning this sad occasion.
Imam Reza (AS) holy shrine in the city of Mashhad, northeastern Iran, is currently host to millions of pilgrims, who are mourning the anniversary of martyrdom of Imam Reza (AS).
The holy city of Mashhad and the holy shrine of Imam Reza (AS) have been draped in black on the anniversary of martyrdom of Imam Reza (AS), while the Muslim nation of Iran mourns this sad occasion throughout mosques, Husseiniyehs, and other religious sites across the country.

Hezbollah’s deputy secretary general for political affairs says the Lebanese movement would consider any attack on Iran or Syria as aggression against themselves.

“Hezbollah considers any attack on any faction of the resistance movements, or on the two supporting nations of Iran or Syria, as an attack on all of them,” Hassan Khalil told Kuwait’s Al-Dar.

“We will respond to any Israeli aggression on Lebanon,” he added.

Earlier this month, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said that Damascus would stand by Beirut, should Israel launch another war on Lebanon.

“Syria will stand alongside the government and people of Lebanon against any possible Israeli aggression launched on Lebanon,” Assad said in a meeting with visiting Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri in Damascus.

Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak had recently said that Syria should clinch a peace deal with Israel or find itself in a “full-fledged war” with Tel Aviv.

A few days later hawkish Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman threatened Assad with a war in which “his family will lose power” on top of a military defeat for the country.

Safiyeddine: Keeping “Israelis” Worried, Anxious, and Terrified is One of our Aims

Head of Hezbullah’s Executive council Syed Hashem Safiyeddine pointed out that the resistance is one of Lebanon’s most important points of strength and should not be squandered. Syed Safiyeddine stressed in a ceremony held in Jibshiit on the anniversary of the martyrdom of Hizbullah’s leaders that Lebanon’s political identity in its relationship with “Israel” has forever been determined.

He lauded all stances consolidating with the resistance against “Israel” and its threats, stressing that it is one of Hezbullah’s aims “to keep the “Israelis” terrified, anxious, and worried about their situation, because the moment they feel secure, they will not leave the resistance and its people alone; they will do everything possible to target our country.

“As a resistance and a people, today we hold Lebanon’s points of strength. The patriotic Lebanese who cares for his country, nation, and future should also care for all points of strength in this country. The resistance is one of these points of strength which Lebanon holds, and no one is allowed to squander it,” he concluded.

Thursday the 12th of July, 1962 was no ordinary day for the southern town of Tair Dibba of Lebanon. On that day the town’s Fayez Moghnieh family received a new born they named Imad Moghnieh, the first and eldest of his brothers. Relative to his peers, Imad’s childhood flew rapidly, and he died martyr before old age set in. He was assassinated at the age of 45, on the 12th of February, 2008. His martyrdom became a beacon to the resistance fighters, just as his life, biography and deeds were.
Imad was brought up by modest and spiritual parents; their religiosity and love of Ahl-Albait was passed onto him from a young age. He was worthy of the legacy which he bequeathed in turn to the thousands of Mujahideen he met, and the thousands of Mujahideen to come.

From his childhood through youth to his martyrdom, Imad was a special person, known for his religiosity and piety, jovialness and love for others. His great sense of tolerance and humility with the pious was contrasted with an intense and rugged arrogance and condescension to the enemies of God, the enemies of His Messenger and the enemies of the believers.

Due to difficult living conditions, Fayez Moghnieh’s family moved along with Imad and his brothers to the southern suburbs of Beirut to settle in the town of Shiah, a suburb which became a source for a great number of martyrs and cadres of resistance.
Imad went to Shiah school until the beginning of 1975 when the civil war began in Lebanon. He joined the ranks of Fatah movement at the time to defend the Palestinian resistance and protect his people in the wake of attacks and killings by forces loyal to “Israelis”. Imad enrolled in one of the elite units of the Fatah movement, soon to rise rapidly in its ranks, although he was the youngest among his peers at the time. He received a great deal of training and combat skills in the ranks of this unit. When he was later put in charge of one of Fatah’s centers, he drew a large number of young people to the unit, who rallied around him and acted under his orders though they were mostly older than him at the time.

Despite his responsibilities in the Fatah movement, and despite the war and its almost daily battles, Imad clung to his religious commitment and was a regular attendant at Shiah mosque and a committed listener to the sermons of its preachers and classes of its teachers, among them Ayatollah Mohammad Hussein Fadlallah, who came to the area from al-Naba’a locality in East Beirut, in the wake Phalange Party attacks on its people.

Imad headed a cell of faithful people that provided protection and escort for Ayatollah Fadlallah, after the failed assassination attempt on his life in 1980, until the “Israeli” invasion of Lebanon in 1982, when he, along with a number of his brethren were among the first Mujahideen to confront the advancing “Israeli” Army in Khaldeh area.
He remained in Beirut during its siege and the period that followed, when the “Israeli” Army moved into a number of Beirut’s neighborhoods. He was among the Mujahideen who silently worked against the “Israelis”, inflicting them with heavy losses and casualties which they had to carry with them as they were forced to retreat out of Beirut.

Not settling for its withdrawal from Beirut, Imad pursued the “Israeli” forces into the south and was among the initial founders of resistance action against “Israel”. He moved with his friends to join the ranks of the resistance since its founding beginnings in 1982, when Hajj Radwan-known as a commander, planner, military and security engineer- was responsible for the planning and execution of many jihad operations against the occupying “Israelis.”

Martyr Hajj Radwan was a forerunner among brothers and martyrs who achieved many resistance victories in southern Lebanon throughout the years of “Israeli” occupation. He was the victor and the “Israelis” lost in the many confrontation rounds he engaged them in. He developed a resistance combat school that was to become a model, whether by planning, implementation, equipage, or knowledge of and work on enemy capabilities and weaknesses.

The Americans accused Hajj Radwan of masterminding their humiliating exit from Lebanon, along with the French forces, which invaded Lebanon in the framework of a multinational force to replace the “Israeli” occupation forces in Beirut. According to U.S. intelligence, Hajj Radwan was behind the bombings against the Americans in Lebanon, including the simultaneous bombing of the Marines in 1983, which killed 241 Americans, and the French paratroopers Camp that killed at least 63 French paratroopers.
This led to the collapse of the U.S. plan in Lebanon, as the Americans were forced to retreat from the Lebanese arena.

Thus, strength-building was conducive to the goal of victory.
This led eventually to victory in the year 2000; at the time, he was the field commander against a first time ever retreat by the “Israeli” Forces from Lebanon, the first unconditional “Israeli” retreat from Arab land since the establishment of Zionist entity.
He also commandeered the July 2006 war victory, a heroic epic that totally transformed modern warfare doctrine; a war victory studied in depth by friends and foes alike, who are still working on understanding it, in order to either emulate it or to find ways to confront it.

After his martyrdom, Hajj Radwan deserved the exceptional title of “Leader of the Two Victories” given to him by Hizbullah Secretary General Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, the May 2000 and the July 2006 victories.

Head of Iraq’s Accountability and Justice Commission says the US interferes in the war-torn country’s electoral process.

Ahmed Chalabi has accused Washington of putting pressure on the commission in charge of vetting the candidates.

He attended a news conference on Sunday and condemned the US intervention in Iraqi affairs, Press TV correspondent in Baghdad reported.

“The appeal committee was publicly submitted to the pressure of foreign groups, like (US) Vice President Biden who said when he was in Iraq that he hoped Iraqi justice will dissolve the committee of integrity and accountability,” said Chalabi.

“Or when the American ambassador in Baghdad expressed his wish that the Iraqi justice system will solve an inconvenient matter — the issue of the 500 candidates,” AFP quoted him as saying.

His remarks follow a decision by an appellate court to ban 145 candidates from participating in parliamentary elections, expected on March 7, over ties to Iraq’s former Dictator Saddam Hussein’s Baath party.

The appeals panel reinstated only 26 of the 171 candidates, who appealed their disqualification.

The committee had barred 500 candidates from participation in election over ‘ties with Saddam Hussein’s political and military apparatus.’ But an appellate court reduced the number of banned candidates to 145.

Amid the dispute last month, US Vice President Joe Biden paid a visit to Baghdad. His visit was aimed at persuading Iraqi officials to reverse the ban on candidates with links to the Baath party, according to Chalabi.

It may be noted here that the United States wants the participation of the Saddam Loyalists Baathists in the upcoming General election in Iraq. The Shiite community in Iraq was stage massive protest demonstration across the Iraq against the US pressure to allow the terrorists of Saddam’s Baath’s party in the upcoming election.

Acording to the Shiite News Correspondent,Hundreds of thousands shiite Muslims had killed by the Saddam’s and Baathists during the regime Government in Iraq.

anniversary of the martyrdom of Hezbullah Key Leader Hajj Imad Moghniyeh, the deputy Chairman of the Higher Islamic Shiia Council Sheikh Abdul Amir Kabalan visited the grave of Hajj Imad in Rawdat al-Shahidain, Beirut.

According to the Shiite News Correspondent, Ayatullah Kabalan headed a delegation of religious leaders and icons from Lebanon from various sects. The delegation was received by the parents of martyr leader Hajj Imad as well as MPs Ali Ammar and Bilal Farhat, in addition to numerous personalities from Hizbullah. Imam Mahdi Scouts saluted the visitors and played the national anthem.

Sheikh Qabalan placed a wreath on the martyr leader’s grave and read, with all attendees, the Fatiha on the soul of Hajj Imad and martyr Hadi Nasrallah (son of Hezbollah leader Syed Hassan Nasarallh) and all other martyrs.

Yemeni Shia fighters live up to the terms of a ceasefire deal with the government by withdrawing from an occupied airport and removing north-based roadblocks.

“Today, we carried out our withdrawal from the perimeter of the airport of (the city of) Sa’ada,” Mohammed Abdel Salam, spokesman for the fighters, also known as Houthis, was quoted by AFP as saying on Saturday.

The fighters also denied allegations that they had made attempts to assassinate Interior Minister Undersecretary Mohammed al-Qawsi, Reuters reported, citing a Saturday broadcast by the Qatar-based Al-Jazeera television.

Army commanders said the ceasefire came into effect at midnight (2100 GMT Thursday) after Yemen’s President Ali Abdullah Saleh agreed to halt assaults on Houthi positions in a bid to end more than five years of intermittent fighting.

Sana’a intensified the raids in August and was in November joined by Saudi Arabia which claimed that the fighters had been involved in cross-border attacks on the Kingdom.

The truce came two weeks after the Shia fighters offered a unilateral ceasefire with the government to protect civilian lives.

The United Nations says 250,000 civilians had been displaced and hundreds have been killed since Sana’a started the war on the Houthis in 2004.

Salam, who said the fighters had begun removing the checkpoints in the north said, “Measures are underway to hand over the Saudi prisoners to a mediator.”

Muslims around the world on Saturday observed the martyrdom anniversary of the Prophet of Islam Mohammad al-Mustafa (SAWW), who left this day (Safar 28) for his heavenly abode in 11 A.H and the grandson of holy Prophet Imam Hassan (AS).Sent by the Almighty as the `mercy to the creation’, Prophet Mohammad’s 23-year mission saw the flowering on earth of the revealed word of God, the holy Qur’an.

The anniversary of the martyrdom of Holy Prophet Mohammad (SAWW) and Imam Hassan (AS) was observed in the entire Muslim world with religious zeal and fervor.
The congregation and procession held at mosques, Husseiniyehs, Imam Bargahs and the holy shrines of descendants of the Prophet of Islam across the world especially in Madina, Makkah, Najaf, Karbala, Kazmeen, Samarah, Qom, Mashad, and Syeda Zainab (SA) in Damuscus.

According to the Shiite News Correspondent, Biggest gatherings of mourners were in the holy city of Najaf were the Millions of mourners were gathered to commemorate the martyrdom of Holy Prophet Mohammad (SAWW) and Imam Hassan (AS) to the Ameer-ul-Momineen Hazrat Ali Ibn-e-AbuTalib (AS).
However the Millions of mourners were flocked in Mashhad and Qom, where the eighth infallible successor of the Prophet, Imam Reza (AS), and his sister Fatima al-Masouma (SA), lie in rest respectively.

Safar 28 is a double day of grief, for it also marks the martyrdom anniversary of the Prophet’s elder grandson Imam Hassan al-Mujtaba (AS) who was poisoned in Medina in 50 A.H.

Imam Hassan, who along with his younger brother Imam Hussain, was hailed as the “leaders of the youth of paradise” by the Prophet, succeeded to the Imamate in 40 A.H. following the martyrdom of his father Imam Ali (AS).

However, after six months as the spiritual head of the Islamic state, Imam Hassan (AS) was forced to abdicate the caliphate by the rebel governor of Syria Muaviyah Ibn Abu Sufyan and other dissenters who were opposed to the legacy of Prophet Mohammad (SAWA).

Meanwhile, martyrdom anniversary of Prophet Mohammad (SAWW) and Imam Hassan (AS) were also observed in Pakistan, India, United States, Kuwait, Saudia, Bahrain, Lebanon, Africa, and rest of the world with religious fervor and Zeal.

Imam Hassan (AS) was martyred through poisoning and was laid to rest in the Baqie cemetery of Medina.

About 3,000 people have marched through downtown Oslo in protest of the printing of a caricature of the Prophet Muhammad (SAWW) by a Norwegian newspaper. Protesters called on Friday that they wanted to show the Norwegian media how hurtful such images are to Muslims. Islamic tradition has always opposed any depiction of the prophet, even favorable ones.
The demonstrators chanted slogans such as “God is greater” in Arabic and waved placards calling for a boycott of the daily newspaper.
“We have done nothing to anybody. We want to live here in peace. Norway is our home. Our children live here. Why should they (Norwegian media) hurt us like this?” said Naradim Muhammad, a 43-year-old school teacher who helped organize the demonstration.
On February 3, the newspaper published a photograph showing a man in front of a computer screen with a depiction of the holy prophet as a untold picture of an animal.
The picture accompanied an article about the posting of offensive materials about Muslims and Jews on the Facebook page of Norway’s security police.
The Acting editor-in-chief of the daily Dagbladet, Lars Helle, was quoted by AP as saying that he doesn’t regret printing the image and that he welcomed Friday’s protest.
“It was a test for Norwegian society, whether this would be a peaceful protest or not,” Helle said.
He said Dagbladet has not received any direct threats since it published the caricature.
A hacker attack originating from Turkey brought down the newspaper’s website for two hours Wednesday evening, though Helle said it was ‘unclear’ whether it was connected to the caricature’s publication.