Doctors Without Borders (Médecins Sans Frontières) has warned of a humanitarian emergency in the western state of Rakhine in Myanmar.
The medical aid agency warned on Thursday that tens of thousands of displaced persecuted Muslims in
Tens of thousands of people in Indian controlled Kashmir marked the birth anniversary of Prophet Mohammad (Peace be upon him). Seminars and rallies were held across the region with special emphasis on Muslim unity.
Thailand says it has intercepted a boat carrying 200 Myanmarese Rohingyas near the southwestern island of Phuket and has detained the refugees.
The Rohingya refugees were spotted off Racha Noi Island in Phuket’s Muang district on Tuesday.
Human rights watchdog Amnesty International is calling on the Indonesian government to end its discrimination against the Shiite Muslim minority in Madura, East Java, and guarantee the community a safe return to their homes.
The threatened forced relocation of a Shi'a community living in temporary shelter in East Java is yet more evidence of the continuing discrimination against religious minorities in Indonesia, Amnesty International said today.
An estimated 165 Shi'as, including 48 children, have been living in inadequate conditions at a sports complex in Sampang district on Madura Island since August, when they were displaced after their village was attacked by a mob.
Credible local sources have told Amnesty that the authorities have given the villagers until March to convert to Indonesia’s majority religion, Sunni Islam, if they wish to return to their homes.
Once again the Freemasonry Jewish temple in Lucknow is in the news. Shias have said the temple as a Wakf (endowment) property and has raised the demand for handing over the temple situated at Ram Tirath Marg in Hazratganj at Lucknow.
Thousands of Shia Muslims in Kargil district of Jammu and Kashmir, took to the streets of Kargil to mourn Arba'een, the 40th day after the martyrdom of Imam Hussain (PBUH) and his 72 companions despite freezing minus 17°C temp.
An Iranian parliamentary delegation will soon visit Myanmar to examine the latest situation of the ethnic Rohingya Muslims and find out ways to help the minority in the Southeast Asian country.
The representatives of Iran’s Foreign Ministry, Imam Khomeini's Relief Committee and the Iranian Red
On the occasion of martyrdom anniversary of Hazrat Roqayyeh (SA), a mourning ceremony was held on Tuesday, December 25, in Barabanki District of Uttar Pradesh State of India.
The program was addressed by Hojjat-ol-Islam Tanweer Heydar, Hojjat-ol-Islam Dhishan Heydar and