The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 11/30/2009
Beirut - Lebanon's leading Shiite cleric Seyyed Mohammed Hussein Fadlallah described Monday as racist a referendum in Switzerland where voters approved a ban on the construction of mosque minarets. This kind of decision is aimed at inciting racism...
Ahlul Bayt News Agency (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
Senior Shia cleric Sayyed Mohammad Hussein Fadlallah announced on Monday that Eid al-Adha will be celebrated on Friday,2009/11/18
Ahlul Bayt News Agency (Free subscription) | 11/12/2009
BEIRUT: Senior Shiite cleric Mohammad Hussein Fadlallah discussed domestic issues and the role of the new government with Minister of State Adnan Sayyed Hussein Wednesday. 2009/11/12
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
Kirkuk, Iraq - Gunmen fatally shot a confidant of firebrand Shiite cleric and political leader Moqtada al-Sadr outside the man's house in northern Iraq. The representative in Kirkuk of al-Sadr's political movement was gunned down by unknown perpetrat...
History is made at night (Free subscription) | yesterday
... protesters argued that Khalife had defiled the Koran by singing it as part of a commercial song. Shiite clerics – to their great credit – defended the song-writer. He was acquitted, the Beirut judge adding that Khalife had "chanted the poem in gravity and composure that reveal a deep perception of the humanism expressed in the poem ornamented with the holy phrase."...
Ahlul Bayt News Agency (Free subscription) | 11/29/2009
BEIRUT: In his address to mark Eid al-Adha, senior Shiite cleric Sayyed Mohammad Hussein Fadlallah called for peace and warned against conflicts.2009/11/29
Ahlul Bayt News Agency (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
BEIRUT: Senior Shiite cleric Sayyed Mohammad Hussein Fadlallah hailed on Monday Hizbullah’s “military exploits” against Israel during the summer 2006 war.2009/11/24
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 11/28/2009
Baghdad - Two politically influential Shiite Muslim preachers on Saturday warned of possible foreign interference in Iraq's coming parliamentary elections. In his sermon for Eid al-Adha prayers, Ammar al-Hakim, the Iranian-educated head of the Islami...
San Fransisco Chronicle (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
Iranian authorities have banned the country's largest-circulation newspaper for publishing a photo of a Baha'i temple, state media reported Monday. Iran's Shiite cleric-led regime views the Baha'i religion as heretical and has banned it since the 1979... Iran - Iranian Revolution - Religion and Spirituality - Baha'ism - Bahá'í Faith
Daily Star (Free subscription) | 11/26/2009
Fadlallah urges peace during Eid al-Adha addressDaily Star staffFriday, November 27, 2009- Powered by BEIRUT: In his address to mark Eid al-Adha, senior Shiite cleric Sayyed Mohammad Hussein Fadlallah called for peace and warned against conflicts. Fadlallah called on all the Lebanese to unite and form a united government that will work for the country’s economic and political stability....
Christian Science Monitor (Free subscription) | 11/27/2009
... to Israel's 1982 invasion of southern Lebanon, Hezbollah was founded by a small group of Lebanese Shiite clerics inspired by the teachings of two radical religious scholars, Mohammed Baqr as-Sadr of Iraq and Ruhollah Khomeini, who led the 1979 Islamic revolution in Iran. With the assistance of Iran's Revolutionary Guards, Hezbollah's early leadership mobilized Lebanon's Shiite...
Sify (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
Iranian authorities have banned the country's largest-circulation newspaper for publishing a photo of a Baha'i temple, state media reported Monday.Iran's Shiite cleric-led regime views the Baha'i religion as heretical and has banned it since the 1979 revolution. The photo also gave Iran's leaders an opportunity to silence the Hamshahri daily, which mostly reports on social issues but...
kansascity.com (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
TEHRAN, Iran Iranian authorities have banned the country's largest-circulation newspaper for publishing a photo of a Baha'i temple, state media reported Monday.
Iran's Shiite cleric-led regime views the Baha'i religion as heretical and has banned it since the 1979 revolution. The photo also gave Iran's leaders an opportunity to silence the Hamshahri daily, which mostly reports on...
San Diego Union (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
Iran bans paper for running photo of Baha'i templeBy ALI AKBAR DAREINI, Associated Press WriterMonday, November 23, 2009 at 8:14 a.m.TEHRAN, Iran — Iranian authorities have banned the country's largest-circulation newspaper for publishing a photo of a Baha'i temple, state media reported Monday. Iran's Shiite cleric-led regime views the Baha'i religion as heretical and has banned it since...
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
Last updated November 23, 2009 9:36 a.m. PTIran bans paper for running photo of Baha'i templeBy ALI AKBAR DAREINIASSOCIATED PRESS WRITERTEHRAN, Iran -- Iranian authorities have banned the country's largest-circulation newspaper for publishing a photo of a Baha'i temple, state media reported Monday.Iran's Shiite cleric-led regime views the Baha'i religion as heretical and has banned it...
