(JNN12 dec 2011) Grand source of emulation Ayatollah Sistani rejected arequest by Arab League Secretary General Nabil Al-Arabi to meet with him. Grand source of emulation Ayatollah Sistani rejected a request by Arab League Secretary General Nabil Al-Arabi to meet with him. Al-Arabi, who is in Iraq on a visit, had asked to meet with the Shia [Continue]

Islamic parties in Egypt have won more than 60 percent of the vote in thefirst round of the country’s parliamentary elections. (JNN04′dec 2011 ) According to the election commission, the Muslim Brotherhood’s political arm, the Freedom and Justice Party secured almost 40 percent of the votes, while the Islamic Nour Party also [Continue]

(JNN04′dec 2011) Nine months after the overthrow of the dictatorial regime of Hosni Mubarak, the Egyptian people went to the ballot boxes to determine their own future. The election was intensely affected by the bloody protests of the people against the military council which has made Essam Sharaf step down and brought Al-Ganzouri to the [Continue]

Shia Muslims around the world are preparing to start processions markingthe martyrdom anniversary of Imam Hussain (PBUH) and 72 of his companions. ( JNN 30′nov 2011 )Shia Muslims around the world are preparing to start processions marking the martyrdom anniversary of Imam Hussain (PBUH) and 72 of his companions. The mourners have begun [Continue]

In a meeting with thousands of basijis in Tehran, Ayatollah Khamenei the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution said that western efforts tosuppress and derail the Islamic movements in the region are futile and stressed: “The wave of Islamic Awakening that has started in Arab countries has influenced the world and the movements in America [Continue]

An explosion has hit an Egyptian pipeline supplying natural gas toIsrael,making it the eighth assault on the energy route since February. (JNN 25′nov 2011) Witnesses said several masked saboteurs planted explosives under the pipeline, which is located around 60 kilometers (40 miles) west of the town of al-Arish in the north of the Sinai [Continue]

Protesters against Egypt’s military rulers continue to occupy Cairo’s mainTahrir Square, calling this time for a million-man march. (JNN 25′nov2011)They piled up pressure on the ruling Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) with an overwhelming show of people power on Friday, Reuters reported. About a week of continued [Continue]

(21nov’2011) Egyptian police forces have launched a violent assault against protesters, as the death toll of the country’s recent violence reaches seven. At least four protesters died of asphyxiation in Cairo, bringing the total of deaths over the past two days to seven. Army soldiers and police, backed by armored vehicles, attacked [Continue]

A young Egyptian protester has hauled down the Israeli flag at TelAviv’sembassy in the capital city of Cairo, replacing it with Egypt’s flag.                               Amid ongoing protest of thousands of Egyptians in front of Israel’s embassy in Cairo on Sunday, Ahmad [Continue]

JNN 21 Aug 2011 : Egypt said Saturday it will withdraw itsambassador from Israel to protest the deaths of Egyptian security forces in what it called a breach of the 1979 peace treaty between the two countries, sharply escalating tensions after a cross-border ambush that killed eight Israelis.Israel has blamed the ambush on Palestinian militants [Continue]

JNN:June 2011 : Egyptian Islamist thinker and presidential candidate highlighted the necessity of Shia in the political life of the country and demanded Shia not to be isolated due to the crimes of the former regime. Mohammad Salim Al-Awa, Egyptian Islamic thinker and a proximity activist said Egyptian nation are famous for their love of [Continue]

Secretary General of Ahl al-Bayt (a.s) World Assembly Hojjatoleslam Mohammad Hassan Akhtari said Grand Sheikh of Egypt’s Al-Azhar Mosque Ahmed al-Tayeb, and Grand Mufti of Egypt Ali Gomma had been invited to Iran. “We are enthusiastically anticipating the visit by Sheikh al-Azhar and other Egyptian scholars to Iran, and we hope that they [Continue]

JNN 27 May 2011 : An Egyptian group has called for massive protests on Friday for what it is billing as a “Second Revolution,” saying people are not satisfied with a number of issues following the revolution. In an online call posted on a social network, the Coalition of the Revolution Youth urged rallies across the [Continue]

12 May 2011 : The Egyptian government has decided to form a national justice committee in an attempt to confront sectarianism following Saturday’s deadly sectarian clashes in the North African country. Egyptian Prime Minister Essam Sharaf decided to form the committee in a cabinet meeting on Wednesday, Xinhua reported. According to Sharaf, the [Continue]

Egypt’s presidential candidate Amr Moussa says the country should put pressure on Israel to lift the crippling blockade on the Gaza Strip. “The whole world has said exactly what I am saying — that the siege has to come to an end. The old regime was not of the same view,” the Arab League chief said [Continue]

JNN 08 May 2011 : Thousands of Egyptian protesters have gathered outside the Israeli embassy in the capital, calling for an end to Cairo’s relations with Tel Aviv. Several hundred angry protesters also gathered in Cairo’s historic Liberation Square following the Friday Prayers. Protesters voiced their anger at Tel Aviv by burning the Israeli [Continue]

JNN 07 May 2011 : Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi hasattached special importance to the expansion of ties with Egypt and announced joint Tehran-Cairo efforts to reestablish embassies. “Foreign ministers of the two countries are scheduled to hold talks on issues of mutual interests in the near future,” IRNA quoted Salehi as telling [Continue]

TEHRAN, May 4 (JNN) — Grand Ayatollah Nasser Makarem Shirazi has written an open letter to Grand Mufti of Saudi Arabia Abdul-Azeez ibn Abdullaah Aal ash-Shaikh, criticizing him for slandering Shia Muslims and practicing takfir, which means accusing other Muslims of being unbelievers. Grand Ayatollah Makarem Shirazi, who is based in Qom, is [Continue]

JNN 02May 2011 Rafah : Egyptian Military rulers have decided to open the Rafah Crossing on Permanent Basis to ease the suffering of the Palestinian People. While they have warned Israel against interfering with its plan to permanently open the Rafah border crossing with the Gaza Strip. Egypt’s Chief of Staff of armed forces Sami Anan [Continue]