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SHAFAQNA (Shia International News Association) – Ahmad Farid one of Egypt’s Salafis leaders said if I had known Morsi would bring Shia to Egypt, I would have voted for Ahmad Shafiq and would have asked the people to choose him. Talking to Al-Khaligieh Network, Farid asked is Morsi going to jail us, what is the problem? To destroy people’s beliefs is harder than jailing them or confiscate their assets. Farid added that Morsi is not aware of the dangers of…

SHAFAQNA (Shia International News Association) – The estimates show that nearly 50000 Alavides have been killed so far in Syria and it seems that they are facing a revenge campaign against them. According to Shafaqna reports from village of Alhaterieh in Alghadmoos region with population of 1500 so far 2% of the population has been killed and they call this village the place of martyrs and braves. However it is thought that the number of people killed in the village…

SHAFAQNA (Shia International News Association) – Mohammad bin Saud form Saudi Sharia University in his page in a social site called ‘Saad Aldarihem’ and on the twitter invited the Iraqi insurgents to murder Shia women and children in order to cause more fear in Iraqi society. Aldarihem wrote if the Iraqi insurgents could have increased the murders of women and children surely the Iraqi Shias would have been more scared of them. Following the publication of these writings by the…

SHAFAQNA (Shia International News Association) – The Grand Ayatollah Makarem Shirazi said that bullying is behind the world’s problems and humans cannot solve the problems of security and justice without the divine power. According to Shafaqna’s reporter in Qom, the Grand Ayatollah pointed to the world wars and said the world we live in has no rules, for instance Israel allows itself to make threats to attack and the USA supports it. He criticised the roles played by the international…

SHAFAQNA (Shia International News Association) – In a meeting with the head of Egypt’s Al-Azhar Ahmad Tayyeb, the Grand Mufti of Saudi Arabia Sheikh Abdulaziz Alesheikh, criticised Muslim Brotherhood for pretending to introduce Islamic reforms and invited all to keep away from them. The Saudi Mufti asked Islamic scholars not to be deceived by those who pretend to be Muslims but their ideas are not based on Islam. He added that we must be aware of these groups and stay…

SHAFAQNA (Shia International News Association) – The Australian ambassador to Iraq visited the shrine of Imam Ali (AS) in the holy city of Najaf. During this visit she was informed about the services and facilities available at the complex and praised the efforts made to look after the pilgrims to the holy site. After her visit the ambassador said visiting this holy site is a beautiful experience and it is an important place where the entire world should know about.…

SHAFAQNA (Shia International News Association) – The Grand Ayatollah Vahid Khorasani expressed his opinion regarding the allocation of a Khoms year, the details of which are given below. Question: How can we allocate a Khoms year? The Grand Ayatollah Vahid Khorasani: The start of the Khoms year for self-employed, businessman and anyone who has a profession is when the first profit is earned and if there are many incomes, the total of them is counted at the end of one…

SHAFAQNA (Shia International News Association) – Shafaqna asked some of the most senior Shia scholars to express their opinions about creating and using accounts with fake identities for social sites (emails, Facebook, twitter, YouTube, etc.) in internet. The answers are given below. Question 1: What is the decree regarding opening accounts in other people’s names without their permission in social sites in cyber space? Question 2: Can the information published on these sites without the knowledge of a person be…

SHAFAQNA (Shia International News Association) – Following the increases in the number of attacks and issuing of decrees by Wahhabi muftis for destroying the shrine of Hazrat Zainab (AS) in Syria, Shias from Lebanon and Syria asked the opinion of the Grand Ayatollah Mohammad Sadegh Rohani regarding defending the holy shrine as well as using the Imam’s portion (amounts paid as religious duty) for Syrian Shias. The opinions expressed by the Grand Ayatollah are given below. Question: What is the…

SHAFAQNA (Shia International News Association) –Pope Benedict XVI has unexpectedly resigned from his position as high priest of Roman Catholic Church in Vatican purportedly for old age and frailty. He has said that he would dedicate the rest of his life to prayer, eulogizing God. But was that all the event? Some believed that he wanted to avoid a fate similar to Pope Jean Paul II’s, and resigned before frailty inevitable effects dominates his body. Some others attribute his resignation…