Muharram rituals organizers threatened by Bahraini authorities

In 680 AD, on Ashoura- the tenth day of the holy month of Muharram- Husain Ibn Ali, grandson of the Prophet Muhammad and the third Imam of Shia Muslims, was martyred in the desert of Karbala, located in contemporary Iraq.

Top Bahraini cleric warns of death of political prisoners amid coronavirus pandemic

‘Ayatollah Sistani’s wise remarks in meeting with Pope showed dignity of Islam’

An senior official at the office of Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei says "wise" remarks by Iraq’s prominent Shia cleric Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani during his recent meeting with the Pope showed "the dignity of Islam."

Pope Francis meets with Ayatollah Sistani in Najaf during visit to Iraq

Pope Francis, head of the Roman Catholic Church, has held closed-door talks with Iraq’s prominent Shia cleric Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani on the second day of his visit to the Arab country.

Islamic Revolution, a great dawn coming after long night

Bahrain’s most prominent Shia cleric Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim has described the Islamic Revolution as a “great dawn” that came after a long night that had distanced the Islamic community from divine guidance.

Media reports say over dozen Shia scholars kept in detention centers in Saudi Arabia

More than a dozen Shia Muslim clerics are reportedly being kept behind bars at detention facilities in Saudi Arabia, as the Riyadh regime presses ahead with its brutal clampdown against members of the religious community in the kingdom.

Bahrain’s top cleric: Muslims must not remain silent on Macron’s insult to Islam

Bahrain’s top Shia cleric Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim has denounced French President Emmanuel Macron’s outrageous anti-Islam remarks, calling on Muslim nations not to remain silent in the face of even the slightest insult to Islam’s Prophet Muhammad (Peace be upon Him).

Outrage growing over Bahrain’s normalization with Israel

Palestinian factions and the broader international Muslim community have expressed outrage at a fledgling trend of Arab-Israeli normalization that has so far seen the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Bahrain cozying up to the occupying regime under Washington’s auspices.