Criticizing the Shia Friday prayer leader of Tehran, Sunni Khateeb, Shaikh Abdol-Hamid, termed comparison of the Iranian opposition with the events took place in the early years of Islamic history against discretion, wisdom and temperance.

Bangladesh’s opposition began enforcing a 48-hour general strike on the eve of elections as its leader remains confined to her home.

IRAN – ZAHEDAN: The 19th meeting of ‘Islamic Fiqh Academy’ of the Iranian Sunni community concluded its work in Darululoom Zahedan on Saturday, 29 Dec. 2013.

The Islamic city council of Kalat city, Sarbaaz district, selected “Samiya Baluchzahi” as the mayor of the central city of the zone in the last month. It is the first time in the history of Sistan and Baluchistan that a Baloch woman can accede to such a position.

Thousands of Muslims from across North America and beyond started arriving in Toronto for one of the largest gatherings of Western Muslims, the annual Reviving the Islamic Spirit Convention (RIS).

The eminent Sunni scholar, Shaikh Abdol-Hamid, termed ‘wide’ places for offering prayers the ‘indisputable’ right of Sunnis in the capital Tehran on Wednesday, 25 Dec. 2013.

The Revolutionary Court of Zahedan, Iran, has finally sentenced Mawlana Fathi Muhammad Naqshbandi, his son and four other relatives after 20 months.

The United Nations Security Council has approved plans to almost double the number of UN peacekeepers in South Sudan.

In a meeting with the Special Assistant to the President of Iran on ethnic and religious minorities, Ali Younesi, Shaikh Abdol-Hamid Isma’eelzahi urged on the adherence to the national constitution by all. He termed execution of justice and equality the main demands and concerns of religious and ethnic minorities of Iran.

A suicide bomb attack at an army base outside Benghazi in eastern Libya killed at least six people and wounded up to 15 on Sunday, medical and security sources said.