Ghadeer Celebrations at Zainabia Imambargah , Bombay

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JNN 28 Nov 2010 Mumbai : There was a Grand Celebration of Ghadeer Anniversary last night at Zainabia Imambargah.

The local and outsation poets were at their best. Javed Gopalpuri from Bihar earned tremendous appreciation from the audience and was forced to repeat his magical style of recitation and high quality of poetry.

Sarwar Nawab from Lucknow, Razi Biswani from Jaunpur, Khursheed Muzaffar Nagri, Nayab Balyawi and others uplifted the sensational atmosphere of this poetic feat. Dr. Shaoor Aazmi was conferred an Award in memory of late S.Ghulam Hasnain Kararvi for his contribution to Urdu literature.

Mashhood Danapuri, Khurshid Hallauri, Mahdi Aazmi and others were the darling of the crowd. Compering of the function by Naseer Aazmi was at its best. Maulana Hasnain Kararvi  set the tone of the programme by his electrifying speech on Ghadeer, highlighting the final Hajj of the Holy Prophet of Islam (s.a.).

This grand function opened up with the recitation of the Holy Qur’an by Tusi Rizvi.
The occasion was right enough to  launch Urdu weekly “Hamara Waqt” by the hands of Maulana Hasnain Kararvi. Mr. Ali Abbas is the editor of this weekly.

The Wilayati crowd enjoyed the evening so much that  It all ended at 6.00 AM.

Below are some of the photographs of the Ghadeer function.

Sarajevo Muslims Celebrated Eid-al-Ghadeer

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JNN 28 Nov 2010 According to the Islamic Culture and Relations Organization, Hojat-ol-Islam Eidi, head of the center, congratulated the attendants on the two great Eids of Al-Adha and Ghadir.

Next, Gholam Reza Yusofi, Iranian ambassador to Bosnia, gave a speech on the importance of Ghadir as a complement to prophethood noting that continuity is essential for man’s perfection in human and social spheres.

The educational and research programs of Molla-Sadra Center were then announced by Mr. Kamali, deputy of the center.

A documentary film was also screened featuring the center’s educational and cultural programs such as holding the first special program on Ashura in Sarajevo with the cooperation of Iran Cultural Center in the city, educational contests and activities as well as research and scientific gatherings which were held by the center last year.

The program continued with reciting some literary poems on the occasion of Eid-al-Ghadir as well as the views of the world’s great figures about the lofty status of Imam Ali (AS) which were read out by a teacher of Iranian school in Sarajevo.

Religious tributes to Imam Ali (AS) and Hazrat-e Zahra (SA) were also recited in Persian by a young man from Bosnia.

Pakistani Govt. Increases the head Money for Anti State Anti Shia Groups

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27 Nov 2010 : Pakistan has announced a reward of around USD 120,000 to anyone providing information about pro-Taliban militants involved in the killing of Shia Muslims.

Interior Minister Rehman Malik says that most militants belonged to the banned Laskhar-e-Jhangvi and Sipah-e-Sahaba, AFP reported.

These groups are accused of killing hundreds of Shia Muslims in different parts of the country over the past years.

These groups inspired by Wahhabi ideology also orchestrated the assassination of Iranian diplomat Sadiq Ganji in Lahore and were involved in the killing of Iranian Air Force cadets visiting Pakistan in the early 1990s. The extremist outfits were banned by former president Pervez Musharraf in 1999.

The Interior Ministry earlier said that the bomber involved in the 2007 assassination of Benazir Bhutto along with the death of 20 others in Rawalpindi also belonged to Lashkar-e-Jhangvi.

The extremist groups have also recently targeted key security and civilians centers in major cities in Pakistan.

“The government will make arrangements to settle the informers and their families anywhere in the country, even abroad, if they fear that Taliban might hurt them,” Interior Minister Rehman Malik told reporters in Islamabad on Saturday.

Pro-Taliban groups have launched a violent campaign against Shia Muslims over the past years.

Shia Muslims in Pakistan’s Kurram Agency have been facing a humanitarian crisis since November 2007 when pro-Taliban militants cut off the area from the rest of the country.

According to local sources, more than 2,000 Shia Muslims have been killed in the region since the start of the campaign by pro-Taliban and al-Qaeda-linked militants.

The extremist groups have launched a violent campaign against Shia Muslims, and are stretching their campaign southwards.

Quetta, the capital of Pakistan’s restive Balochistan Province has witnessed several instances of violence against the Hazara Shia community in recent months.

Several Shia religious gatherings have been targeted in the central province of Punjab over the past few months. Shia sources say they make up one-third of Pakistan’s population of nearly 160 million. Since the 1980s, thousands of people have been killed in sectarian-related incidents in Pakistan.

Pakistan is also plagued with violence as it is struggling with non-UN-sanctioned US aerial strikes as well as attacks by militants on NATO trucks carrying supplies to the US-led forces in war-ravaged Afghanistan. Militant attacks, unsanctioned drone s