Ahlul Bayt News Agency, EXTREMIST Wahhabis influenced by al-Qaeda are taking a hold in Ireland and some of these young adults are becoming influential in the country’s universities, the Muslim religious leader of a Dublin mosque has warned.

Imam Ali Al-Saleh, who runs the Shia mosque in Dublin’s Milltown, said fundamentalist Wahhabis who sympathise with al-Qaeda were living in Ireland and and that the recent arrest of a group of Wahhabis in Waterford and Limerick was proof of this.

“I think there is a problem with extremists in Ireland. Ireland is being used as a safe haven. We were not surprised over the arrests in relation to the plot in Sweden,” Dr Al-Saleh told the Sunday Tribune.

“Many extremist Wahhabis came to Ireland as asylum seekers. They are raising their children as extremists and these children have now grown into adults. There is now a problem in Ireland with extremists getting involved in university student societies. This is of concern.

These youths can be easily brainwashed. There are so many websites dedicated to extremism and so many speeches being made that influence these young people. It is a very hot atmosphere. We are warning people not to get involved.”

Dr Al-Saleh added that, as well as extremist Wahhabis who have been raised in Ireland, many middle-Eastern students are also arriving in Ireland to study.

“Al-Qaeda have used Ireland as a base. I think the most dangerous are the parents who raise their children as fanatical extremists. I have children in primary and high school. They tell me what they say about Osama bin Laden. They tell us their youth praise Osama bin Laden.”

“The reaction of extremists can be very harsh. There have been al-Qaeda leaders in Ireland – they have since been killed in Iraq and Afghanistan.”

Dr Al-Saleh said it was important to acknowledge Wahhabi extremism in Ireland but he is aware that some other imams do not agree with his views. “In Ireland we have this problem and we need to tackle it. By acknowledging it, I am defending Islam. To deny it is not accusing Islam, it is accusing extremists.”

Islam is now the second biggest faith in Ireland after Christianity with approximately 32,000 Muslims living here. Imam Ali Al-Selim, chairman of the Irish Council of Imams and head of the Sunni mosque in Dublin’s Clonskeagh, said he did not believe there was a problem with extremists Wahhabis in Ireland.

“We are an integrated part of Irish society here. Nothing has happened to show us there are radical Wahhabis who call themselves as Muslim in Ireland. We as Muslims condemn all violence whether it’s against Muslims or non-Muslims,” he said.

What you see below are the main points of the speech that the Prophet gave during the Hajj as well as on the 18th of Dhil Hajj at Ghadir Khum.

Importance of the Message

O People, listen (carefully) to what I explain to your since I am not sure whether I will be able to meet you after this year in this (sacred) place.

The Prophet announced that his death was approaching and therefore asked the people to listen to this message carefully. He talked about important issues of life which are relevant for all times and places.

Sacredness of Life, Honor, and Property

O People, verily your lives, your honor, and your properties are sacrosanct to one another…just as you regard this month (of Dhil Hajj), this day (of ‘Arafah), and this city as sacred. O Allah, be witness (that I have conveyed the message).

Life, honor, and property of Muslims are sacrosanct. The term “Muslim” – from silm – conveys the meaning that others are protected from the hands and tongue of the Muslims. Similarly, the termMo’min – from amana – stresses the virtue of honesty and trustworthiness in handling the property of others.

A Muslim’s honor and dignity is even more sacrosanct. So be careful before insulting or defaming someone, especially in the age of telephones and emails – think about what you write before pressing the “Send” button on your screen. How far some Muslims have moved away from the teachings of the Prophet can be seen in example of suicide bombers in Pakistan and Iraq who enter mosques and kill Shias. This takfiri Islam (presently manifesting in form of Wahhabism) is surely alien to the traditions and values preached by the Prophet Muhammad. How can those who explode bombs in Miladun Nabi(as seen previously in Karachi) be considered followers of the Prophet Muhammad?

Equality Among Muslims

O People, verily your Lord is One, and your father is one: all of you are from Adam, and Adam from the dust; and verily the most honorable of you in eyes of Allah is the one who is most pious. And therefore, an Arab has no superiority over a non-Arab, nor a non-Arab has any superiority over an Arab; neither a white person has any superiority over a black person, nor a black person has any superiority over a white person – except on basis of righteousness. Have I conveyed the message?

(The people responded, “Yes.”)

So let the one who is present, convey this to those who are absent.

The Prophet envisioned a Muslim community devoid of racism, and during his 11 years in Medina, he indeed succeeded in establishing a color-blind society. Presence of tribalism and racism, in open as well as in ingeniously hidden forms, among the Muslims shows how much we have deviated from the right path. Just look at the tragedy unfolding in Darfur between the Arab Sudanese and the African Sudanese – Muslims looting, raping, and killing Muslims!

Our first sense of identity should be Islam and not ethnicity and tribalism. The sense of pride should be based on piety, righteousness, and not on color or race.

Interest and Usury

Whosoever has an item entrusted to him for safekeeping must be return to the owner. All interest/usury (riba) due on anyone from the pre-Islamic era (Jahiliyya) are henceforth being waived. Your capital is yours to keep (but you cannot ask for its interest). The first usury that I am waiving is the usury that was due to Abbas ibn Abdul Muttalib.

The Prophet prohibited usury, starting with a member of his own family – his uncle Abbas. An ideal Islamic society would eliminate the exploitation of the poor by the rich.

On personal level, Islam promotes giving of interest-free loan, and on a commercial level, it prefers partnership between investors and workers who would share in profit and loss.

Women

O people, fear Allah in matters regarding your women. Verily, they have upon you certain rights, and you also have rights over them. They have to maintain their chastity, and they should not allow anyone whom you dislike to visit your houses except with your consent. You have to provide for them their food, clothing, and shelter in a just manner. Remember that you have taken them (as your wives) as Allah’s trust and have made them halal according to Allah’s book. Therefore, fear Allah in matters regarding your women and be kind to them.

In his last public address, the Prophet gave great importance to mutual rights between husband and wife. Wives are Allah’s trusts for husbands, and therefore they should be treated accordingly. And of course, the wives also have to respect of their husbands’ rights, especially in matters of decent behavior.

Shaitan’s Attempt to Misguide Muslims

O people, verily the Shaitan has lost all hopes of being worshipped in this land of yours, but he will be pleased to be obeyed in matters that you consider minor from your deeds.

The Prophet warned us that the Shaitan will try to misguide us in minor issues, and so we should realize that when minor sins pile up, they themselves turn into major sins.

Moreover, even if the Shaitan fails in preventing you from the ritual aspects of good deeds like prayers and charity, he will surely try to rob you of the spiritual aspects of these rituals. So always be vigilant against such satanic snares.

Sanctity of Others’ Properties

O people, Allah has fixed the share of each heir in the inheritance; no heir is allowed more than one-third (of what is bequeathed to him)…

O People, the believers constitute one brotherhood. Nothing from the property of a believer can be legitimate to the other except by his consent. Have I conveyed the message?

(The people responded, “Yes.”)

O Allah, be witness.

Again, the Prophet returns to the importance of respecting others’ properties and not taking anything more that what is rightfully ours. He singles out the example of the shares of inheritance: no Muslim should take more than what is his or her rightful share as assigned by the Qur’an.

It was so sad to see some “liberated Muslims” in Canada passionately campaigning against the Shari’ahlaws, even though it was being promoted as an optional dispute resolution mechanism. They specifically opposed the laws of inheritance which are clearly delineated in the Qur’an itself. These misguided souls didn’t realize that being “liberated Muslim” is a contradiction in terms; it is indeed an oxymoron. A true Muslim liberates himself or herself from the shackles of personal whims and desires and then submits to the will of God.

Guidance after the Prophet

I am a human being, and I fear that the messenger of God (i.e. the angel of death) will call me and I will have to accept that call. Therefore, I am leaving among you two important things, and as long as you hold onto them, you will never go astray: firstly, the Book of Allah, and second, my Progeny, my family. Verily the Graceful and Aware God has informed me that these two shall never separate (from one another) until they join me at the Fountain (of Kawthar in the hereafter). Have I conveyed the message?

(The people responded, “Yes.”)

O Allah, be witness.

Aware of his impending death, the Last Messenger of God could not have ignored the issue of succession. A Prophet who explained the minor things like physical cleanliness and purity could not have ignored the major issue of leadership after his death.

The Prophet clearly introduced the Qur’an and the Ahlul Bayt as the two main sources of guidance for Muslims. And he enforced this in Ghadir Khumm by declaring Ali bin Abi Talib (peace be upon him) as the Guide and Leader after himself. He said, “Whomsoever’s mawla (leader, master) am I, this Ali is also his mawla.”

Carry My Message Forward

All those who listen to me shall pass on my words to others and those to others again; and may the last ones understand my words better than those who listen to me directly.

Be my witness, O Allah, that I have conveyed Your message to Your people.

The message given by the Prophet to the Muslims at his last Hajj and at Ghadir Khum must be conveyed to each generation of Muslims.

Imam Ali-un-Naqi al-Hadi (A.S.), the Tenth Holy Imam of the Shi’ites in the world who defended and safeguarded the Islamic Sharia from the innovations spread by the ruling Abbasid caliphs was born in the holy city of Madinah on the fifteenth day of the month of Zee al-Hajjah in the year 212 A.H.

On this Happy and Joyous event we extend our Heartiest Greetings and Felicitations to all the lovers and followers of the Holy Ahlul Bayt(A.S.) in the world.

Saudi Arabia is hosting near three million Muslims from across the globe who are spending days and nights in prayer and devotion on the hajj pilgrimage.

The city of Mecca is at the heart of what is a life-altering experience for most of the pilgrims. Men and women perform the pilgrimage in the same way.

The pilgrims begin their journey by walking around the Kabaa, an ancient structure at the heart of the city’s Grand Mosque.

Dressed in white robes to symbolize purity, the pilgrims complete the first ritual of the Hajj by circling the sacred Kaaba seven times.

The 9th day of Dhul-Hijjah (the month of hajj) is called the Day of Arafat.

Pilgrims make their way to Mina, five kilometers east of Mecca for a ritual of prayer and reflection. They also throw stones at pillars that symbolize the devil.

The Muslim pilgrims then travel from Mina to Mount Arafat. The pilgrims spend the night praying in the Arafat Desert.

The tenth day of Dhul-Hijjah is Eid Al-Adha, the Feast of Sacrifice. Muslims then slaughter a sheep, goat, or camel to show their gratitude for Allah’s generosity and blessing and distribute the meat among the poor.

The Hajj is a core concept of Islam, gathering Muslims annually from all over the world.

The season of Hajj is the time of a spiritual rebirth and the dawn of monotheism across horizons over the world. Its rituals flow like a limpid river, offering chances to pilgrims to wash away the filth of sins or negligence and to eventually restore the sheen of their God-like innate disposition.

The shedding of the attire of snobbery and privilege in the Hajj rendezvous and the subsequent wearing of the uniform garment of Ihram altogether symbolize a unanimous Islamic Ummah and decree a symbolic call of unity and empathy to Muslims worldwide.

The Hajj calls “Your God is One God, so to Him surrender. And give good tidings unto the humble” (The Hajj: 34) on the one hand and “the Holy Mosque that We have appointed equal unto men, alike him who cleaves to it and the tent-dweller” (The Hajj: 25) on the other and in doing so, the Ka’aba embodies a call in unison for Islamic fraternity besides its call of monotheism.

The Muslims who have converged onto the holy place from the four corners of the world with an ardent desire for circumambulating around the Ka’aba or visiting the shrine of the Noblest Messenger, may the peace of Allah be upon him and his progeny, are expected to cherish the opportunity in consolidating their mutual brotherly bonds as it would heal many woes of the Islamic Ummah.

Nowadays, we clearly see that the hands of the ill-wishers of the world of Islam are busy more than the past driving wedges among Muslims, thus the Islamic Ummah is in need of integrity and unanimity more than ever before.

Today, the bloodstained claws of enemies are busy unleashing tragic scenes here and there across the Islamic lands; Palestine languishes under the wicked grip of Zionists and suffers a widening tribulation. The Al-Aqsa Mosque faces a grave threat; innocent people of Gaza, having already been subjected to an unprecedented genocide and still endure the harshest conditions; Afghanistan, under the boots of the occupiers, witnesses a new suffering on a daily basis; in Iraq instability has robbed people of their calm and their peace of mind; in Yemen fratricide has struck the Islamic Ummah with a fresh grief.

Muslims worldwide should rather stop and think how and where these blind seditions, wars, blasts, assassination bids and massacres which have gripped Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan have been planned. Why was it that before the American-led Western troops arrived in this region in a peremptory and possessory manner, the regional nations had never been subjected to such a long list of sufferings?

The occupiers, on the one hand, brand any popular resistance movements in Palestine, Lebanon or any other place as terroristic, and on the other hand, are organizing or masterminding a violent sectarian terrorism among the regional nations.

The Middle East and the North African region was once colonized and humiliated for more than a century by the Western governments of Britain and France and subsequently by America; their natural reserves were plundered, their free spirit was trodden upon and their nations were taken hostage by the greed of the aggressive aliens.

Yet, after an Islamic awakening coupled with a popular resistance movements made it impossible for them to proceed and following a re- emergence of the issue of martyrdom and ascension to God and on the path of God , as an exceptional factor in the scene of Islamic jihad, the aggressors, having been pushed to a defensive position, resorted to duplicitous methods after replacing their old approach with a new type of colonialism.

Nonetheless, the multi-faced demon of colonialism has now fielded all its capacities to bring Islam to its knees, from military might, an iron fist and flagrant occupation to an evil chain of propagandas and a myriad of lie-spreading and rumor-mongering media centers, from the organization of networks to ruthlessly carry out assassination and homicide to promotion of promiscuity and the proliferation of narcotics targeting the morale and the morality of the youth, and, finally, from a thoroughgoing diplomatic assail on any hub of resistance to the provocation of sectarian snobbery, prejudice and enmity among brothers.

If affection, trust and empathy take the place of the enemy-desired mistrust and animosity among Muslim nations or Islamic sects, the conspiracy of the ill-wishers would be defeated for the most part and their sinister plots in seeking a growing dominance over the Islamic Ummah would be foiled.

The Hajj is one of those precious opportunities for this sublime goal.

Muslims will only be able to withstand the multi-faced demon and overcome it through cooperation with one another and reliance on their common foundations which are encapsulated in the Holy Koran and the practice of the Messenger. Islamic Iran, following the lessons of our great Imam Khomeini, has epitomized this fruitful resistance. The enemies have faced defeat in Islamic Iran.

Thirty years of plotting, conspiring and ill feeling, from staging a coup and imposing an eight-year war, to imposition sanctions and the freezing of assets, from the unleashing of psychological warfare and media confrontation to making efforts to hinder scientific growth and the acquisition of modern sciences including nuclear expertise by the Iranian nation, and even blatant provocations and interventions during the recent glorious and meaningful elections, all turned into scenes of setbacks, passiveness and confusion on the part of the enemy, re-evoking a verse in the Iranian mind: “Surely the guile of Satan is ever feeble” (The Women: 76).

In all other areas of the world too, where people have countered the arrogant powers through a faith-inspired resistance, the faithful achieved victory while the tyrants ended up in scandal and retreat. The shining victory of the Lebanese in the 33-day war and the prideful and victorious jihad of the Gazans during the past three years stand as living evidence in this regard.

I emphatically recommend the fortunate pilgrims in general and especially the scholars and orators of the Islamic countries who have attended the Hajj gathering, as well as the leaders of Friday prayers in the noble sanctuaries, to recognize their your immediate duty, to expose the conspiracy of the enemies of Islam in the eyes of your audience, and to call the people to affection and unity, they should strictly avoid anything which may provoke a sense of mistrust among Muslims, and vent all cries at the arrogant and the enemies of the Islamic Ummah and the masterminds of all seditions headed by the Zionists and Americans, and in doing so, help materialize the practice of renouncing the infidels in word and in deed.

I humbly pray to God, the Most High, to confer His succor and blessing on me and to you all.

Wassalam-o Alaikum
Sayyed Ali Husseini Khamenei

Hadrat Fatima Masumah (A.S.) the Blessed and the Gracious Divine Lady from the Holy Ahlul Bayt (A.S.) was born on first day of the month of Zee al-Qa’adah in the year 173 A.H. in the holy city of Madinah Munawwarah. Her holy father was martyred in the Baghdad prison at the hands of the Abbasid caliph Harun al-Rashid after undergoing long term of imprisonment and tortures. After the martyrdom of her holy father she came under the care of Imam Reza (A.S.), her elder brother.
In the year 200 A.H., Imam Reza (A.S.) was forced to leave Madinah Munawwarah by the orders of Mamun,the Abbasid caliph. Imam Reza (A.S.) came alone to Marv (Khurasan) and did not accompany any of his family members.
In the year 201 A.H., Hadrat Fatimah Masoumah (A.S.) accompanied by her brothers and other elders from the Ahlul Bayt (A.S.) left Madinah Munawwarah for Marv (Khurasan) to meet Imam Reza (A.S.). On their way they were welcomed and greeted by the people of the different cities and villages.
Hadrat Masoumah (A.S.) like her noble aunt Hadrat Zainab (A.S.) delivered the message of innocence of her brother Imam Reza (A.S) and revealed the evil intentions of the Abbasid caliph to the public. When the caravan reached Saveh a group of armed men who were deputed by Mamun, the Abbasid caliph, savagely attacked them and all the brothers of Hadrat Masoumah (A.S.) were martyred and according to some historical reports she was poisoned and became severely ill.
Due to her ill health she was unable to continue her journey towards Khurasan and decided to go towards Qum which is near Saveh. Hadrat Masoumah (A.S.) narrated while going towards Qum that her father, Imam Musa al-Kazim (A.S.) has said that city of Qum is the centre of the Shi’ites.
The inhabitants of Qum who were Shi’ites became very happy that Hadrat Masoumah (A.S.) is visiting their city and they gave warm welcome to her. Musa bin Khajraj, the doyen of Ashari family in Qum took the rein of the she-camel litter in his hand in which Hadrat Masoumah (A.S) was travelling and large number of people gathered around the she-camel litter. Hadrat Masoumah (A.S.) entered the city of Qum on 23rd Rabi al-Awwal, in the year 201 A.H.
She then resided in the house of Musa bin Khajraj in the locality which is now called as “Maidan Mir”.
She remained alive only for 17 days because she was poisoned in Saveh.But even in this condition she spent most of her time in praying and supplicating to Allah (SWT).
The place of her stay and worship in Qum is now situated in the Madrasa Sittiyah and is known as “Bait al-Nur” and is a place of ziyarah for the Shi’ites.
She passed away on 10th Rabi al-Thani, in the year 201 A.H. and she could not meet her elder brother before death. The Shi’ites in Qum greatly mourned her death and she was buried in a place called Bagh-i Babelan, which at that time was located outside the city. When the grave was ready there arose a difference that who should keep the body of Hadrat Masoumah (A.S.) in the grave. It is reported that suddenly two men whose face were covered and riding the horses came to that place and performed the Salaat-e Mayyit ( the prayers for the dead person) and then one of them went in the grave and the other person gave the body of Hadrat Masoumah (A.S.) to that standing person in the grave who laid her to rest in the grave.
After the burial ceremony was over both those persons without talking to anybody sat on their horse and went away.
It is said that those two holy personalities who performed the burial ceremony for Hadrat Masoumah (A.S.) were Imam Reza (A.S.) and Imam Muhammad Taqi al-Jawad (A.S.). According to sacred rules the burial ceremony of an infallible has to be performed by another infallible person for example the burial ceremony of Hadrat Fatima Zahra (A.S.) was performed by Amir al-Muminin Imam Ali (A.S.).
After the burial of Hadrat Masoumah (A.S.), Musa bin Khajraj built a shed over the grave made out of mat. In the year 256 A.H., Hadrat Zainab (A.S.), the daughter of Imam Muhammad Taqi al-Jawad (A.S.) constructed a dome over the grave of her aunt Hadrat Masoumah (A.S.).
Since the burial of that divine lady of Islam in Qum, the holy grave of her have become a centre of ziyarah for the lovers of the Holy Ahlul Bayt (A.S.)
Hadrat Fatima Masumah(A.S.) was the most learned scholar and very pious lady and was greatly revered by the Holy Imams(A.S.).

She is buried in the holy city of Qum, Iran and her holy shrine is every year visited by millions of the lovers and followers of Holy Ahlul Bayt(A.S.) from all over the world. The holy city of Qum is also the famous centre of the leading Islamic Hawzah (seminaries), research centers and publishing companies in the world.

On this Auspicious Occasion we extend our Happy and Joyous Greetings and felicitations to all the lovers of the Holy Ahlul Bayt (A.S.) in the world.

RAMALLAH, (PIC)– Hamas Movement has congratulated the Palestinian people and the Muslims worldwide on the occasion of the holy fasting month of Ramadan, and urged for greater support for occupied Jerusalem.

The Movement in a statement on Saturday hoped Muslims would unite efforts and direct potentials toward supporting Jerusalem and Palestine.

For their part, Hamas detainees in Israeli occupation authority (IOA) jails extended heartfelt felicitations to the Palestinian people and the Arab and Muslim countries over the advent of the holy month of Ramadan.

They urged their people to head to the Aqsa Mosque and to defend its sanctity and to confront the IOA judaization attempts.

The captives also called for forging inter-Palestinian reconciliation after releasing all political detainees and returning civil servants, who were dismissed for their political affiliation, to their jobs.

NABLUS, (PIC)– Hamas lawmaker Mona Mansour stressed Thursday that the Aqsa Mosque is exposed to real threats as a result of the ongoing Israeli violations against it, warning that Israel is waging an unprecedented barbaric and brutal war on the whole city of occupied Jerusalem aimed at obliterating its Arab and Islamic identity.

“Since the first day of the occupation of Jerusalem city, the Zionist gangs have been seeking under flimsy historical pretexts to control the city, both west and east,” MP Mansour underlined.

She said that the Aqsa Mosque is facing demolition threats as a result of Israeli excavations taking place beneath it, noting that parts of the Mosque sustained cave-ins and fractures.

For his part, Hamas lawmaker Khalil Al-Raba’ee, a prisoner in Israeli jails, condemned in a leaked letter the expansion of settlement and apartheid wall, the demolition of homes and displacement of families as a real Judaization holocaust in the 21st century.

MP Raba’ee stressed the need for one united Palestinian position supported by all Arab and Muslim efforts in the world to confront Judaization schemes in Jerusalem and defend all Palestinian rights.

According to  ABNA.IR – The security office of Saudi Arabian cities expressed – the direction which comes from the interior ministry of Saudi Arabia – celebrate such rituals after the 12^pm during the holly month of Ramadan will threat the security of the country so it became prohibited.

The managers and custodians of the Shia Mosques and Husseiniyas forced to singing the warranty and accept if any ritual after the midnight held Mosques or Husseiniya will be plump and its manager will be seized. All the managers and custodians stood against the direction of the security authorities and didn’t signature the warranty and knew it as a apposition against the freedom of religion specially in holly month of Ramadan which is the month of pray, worship, vigil.

In this way, with the direction of the interior ministry of Saudi Arabia it seems the Saudi Shia will face with problems to perform the Qadrs night Ihya and the security forces will obstacle the rituals in the Mosques and the Husseiniyas.

These acts of the interior ministry and the other authorities of Saudi Arabia will make anger not only the Shias rather the all Muslims around the world.

Friday will mark the 40th anniversary of the burning of the Al-Aqsa mosque by Australian Zionist Denis Michael Rohan.

On August 21, 1969, Rohan entered the mosque and set the Nurrudin Zingi Mihrab on fire. According to Ekrima Sabri, Mufti of Al-Quds, the minute news of the fire spread in the Old City of Al-Quds, men, women and children began bringing cans of water and sand to try to put the fire out.

“Israeli authorities banned Civil Defense vehicles in Al-Quds from taking part in putting out the fire, and delayed other vehicles from Al-Khalil, Beitlahm, Ramallah and El-Birehfrom reaching the site,” Sabri said.

The fire lasted for four hours and burned 1500 square meters of the 4400 square meters that comprise the compound of the mosque.

The fired gutted the southeastern wing of the mosque, known as Haram Al Sharif (Noble sanctuary).

The fire also destroyed one-thousand year old wood, and ivory pulpit. After the fire, Jordan fixed the mosque at a cost of nearly 9 million US dollars.

This attack was one in a long list of threats to Islamic holy sites and Muslim presence in Al-Quds before and since. Under Israeli military occupation, Al-Quds’ native Palestinians, Muslims and Christians live under siege.

Zionist authorities routinely subject Palestinians in Al-Quds to forced expulsions, home demolitions, land confiscation, ethnic segregation and seizure of identity cards.

Since March 1993, when Zionist regime imposed a closure on Al-Quds, it has prevented Palestinian Muslims and Christians from entering the holy city without special permits that are nearly impossible to obtain.

These policies are intended to create conditions of psychological and economic pressure such that non-Jews are forced to move out of the city altogether.

Zionist regime is digging 20 tunnels under the Aqsa Mosque in occupied Al-Quds some of which are already open for tourists while others are still under construction, the executive director of Quds Institution, Ziad Al-Hassan, said.

Dr. Talib Abu Sha’ar the minister of endowments and religious affairs said that the city of Al-Quds and the Al-Aqsa Mosque are facing the most treacherous scheme since the Zionist occupation in 1948.

He said, in a statement, that the demolition orders continue to be handed to ‘Jerusalem’ (Qods) citizens on a daily basis, the latest of which was a batch of eight demolition orders handed to eight Palestinian residents of the Selwan neighbourhood to the south of the Aqsa Mosque.

In an unprecedented step seen as ‘revolutionary’ the world’s first exclusively English Islamic TV channel was launched today on BSkyB from its London headquarters. The channel which carries the name ‘Ahlulbayt’ (meaning ‘Holy Household’) is a part of the Ahlulbayt Media Group, an established corporation in the world of digital and print media. The viewer assisted channel is staffed by British professionals from many different backgrounds.

According to the channel’s official Press Kit, the channel is “dedicated to broadcasting the pristine message of the Holy Household exclusively in English”. More specifically, the new TV network aims to serve the new generation of Muslims living in the West, addressing contemporary issues through cutting edge programming and world-class shows, while also pioneering a new means of informing non-Muslims about Islam and dispelling common misconceptions through “Wisdom and gracious exhortation”.

It is noteworthy that while the initial launch caters for UK audiences through the Sky platform, the channel is a true global network covering the United States, Canada, UK, and soon, continental Europe, Middle East, and Australia.

“The choice of London as the channel’s HQ came as a natural choice” said a representative of the network. “London is a model of peaceful coexistence between Muslims and the West and one of the world’s foremost centers of academic excellence and scholarly research, where people of all faiths practice free of fear or hindrance”.

One of the objectives of the channel, according to its charter, is to “take a firm and unequivocal stance against hateful ideology.. and present the Ahlulbayt school of thought as the true spirit of this great religion and the only solution to the troubling rise of extremism and acts of terror which have plagued the world in recent years”.

To that end, Ahlulbayt TV represents a major turning point in television programming which is conceived and produced, with an emphasis on quality and presenting a balanced visual space for the true message of Islam, as imparted by the Holy Household through programmes that are meaningful and relevant as well as lively and entertaining.

The Ahlulbayt TV Network can now be seen on Sky channel 842 and, coming soon, Galaxy 19 (for North American viewers).

NEW DELHI: Criticizing a ban imposed on his book by Gujarat government, expelled BJP leader Jaswant Singh on Thursday said it amounted to “banning thinking” and likened the step to the one taken against noted author Salman Rushdie for his controversial work ‘Satanic Verses’.
“I am greatly saddened by it,” Singh told reporters on the Gujarat government’s decision to ban his book “Jinnah–India, Partition, Independence”.
“The day we start banning books, we are banning thinking,” said Singh, who was expelled by BJP for the book in which he has praised the Pakistan founder M A Jinnah.
He said the step taken by Gujarat government was “another example of (action taken against) Salman Rushdie and Satanic Verses” which was banned for its controversial contents on Islam.
Asked to comment on BJP’s contention that he had been expelled for his uncharitable comments in the book against Sardar Patel and that his views on Jinnah were different from those of LK Advani, he said, “Let me understand why (I was expelled). Nobody has told me”.
On his continuance as MP from Darjeeling, he said he got a telephonic call from his constituency that the people there wanted him to continue as their representative in Lok Sabha.
Gujarat government last night banned Jaswant’s book on Jinnah alleging it was an attempt to defame the image of the country’s first Home Minister Vallabhbhai Patel by “questioning his patriotic spirit”.
“Jaswant Singh’s book questions role of Sardar Patel during the partition of India as well as his patriotic spirit. This is an attempt to tarnish the image of Patel who is considered the architect of modern united India,” a statement issued by the state government said.
“It is a bid to defame Patel by distorting historical facts,” it charged. “So, the state government has decided to ban the book with immediate effect for wider public interest,” it said.
“As per the ban, there cannot be sale, distribution or publication of the book in the state,” it said.

Egyptian demonstrators have gathered in front of the German Embassy in Cairo to protest against the intentions to acquit Sherbini’s murderer. According to Press TV, in a silent protest on Monday, the crowd condemned “the media silence in Germany over the killing of Marwa el-Sherbini,” who was stabbed 18 times by a German man in a Dresden courtroom back in July.
The demonstrators demanded justice and punishment for the man responsible for the young woman’s death, amid speculations that his lawyers may try to portray him as mentally impaired.
However, Sherbini’s lawyer Khaled Abubakr has vowed to take all possible measures to prevent such a scenario from unfolding.
Protesters believe that the German media’s reluctance to dedicate adequate coverage to Sherbini’s death point to efforts within the German government to free him.

ABNA.IR – The celebration begins with staffing the Baqiyyatallah flag by Huj. Dr. Seyyed Reza Hossaini the Director of the Local Ahlul Bayt (A) World Assembly in Canada in the city main square.

After reciting the Holly Quran, Michele Desjar Dins the Professor of Hamilton University gave speech about the emancipator conception in the Heavenly Religions.

The next program was the Shia youth hymn the Tawashih. Then Liaqat Takim the Professor of the university in the United States gave speech about the reappearance of the Imam Mahdi (A) with the assistance of the Prophet Jesus (A).

Dr. Khalil Ramal, the deputy of the Shia in the Ontario State Parliament read the message of the State Prime Minister and gave his praise to Mr. Hossaini Nasab as the deputy of the Shia Society.

As the same time with the celebration, some of the Iranian art had exhibited in the city hall and so many people visited the exhibition.

The celebration title was “Peace and Justice, the Common Mission of Mahdi and Jesus” held yesterday Saturday 15 Aguest with cooperation of more that 20 Islamic Center of Shias in Toronto.

The seditious TV channel al-Arabia which manages with the money of Saudi Arabian princes, has completely distorted the history of Islam and the tradition of the Holly Prophet (AS) and with misuse of the expressions of some of university professors of Arab World and the Wahhabi clergy wiped the name of great weight of Imam Ali (AS) from the Islamic history.
The importance roll of Hazrate Fatima (AS) in the last days of the Holly Prophet (AS) has censored, according to the report.
The Saudi Wahhabis are strongly working to demolish anything that would be related or belonged to the Holly Prophet (AS) and the Ahlul Bayt (AS) and also distorting the Islamic history by them is a their all days mission.

The first Iranian mosque purchased in Vancouver – the largest city and major seaport located in the Lower Mainland of southwestern British Columbia (BC), Canada – on the birthday of the last Shia Imam Mahdi (AS), after years of unremitting attempt.
The importance of the matter is attentive when you know that some educational-cultural centers in Persian exist in Vancouver and the need of providing the Islamic safe atmosphere for them is more obvious.
The first steps of buying the mosque took on the 10th night of Moharram 1429 (Ashura); when there was no place for rituals the Moharram ritual held in a church instead of mosque.
At that night with the ambitious of Iranian Muslim and with the favor of Imam Hessian (AS) during 30 minutes about 600.000 $ gathered and with the help of Allah after 7 month, in the honored month of Shaban and in the Birthday of the last Imam Mahdi (AS) the building purchased and became their mosque.
The purchased building, al-Ghadir mosque, in the North area of Vancouver is a two stairs building. The first floor is for the collective prayer, the Friday prayer and for especial programs and rituals. The second floor has some rooms which use for “Al-Ghadir Islamic school” classes.
Al-Ghadir Islamic school has founded two years ago and has about 60 students in primary and secondary school in the Persian, religious and the Holy Qoran fields. The center website is accessible here: http://www.ghadir.ca
The Muslims population of the BC province is about 76 thousand that the Iranian population of Vancouver is about 15 thousand.