Subject: SeratOnline - News at a glance - 06 Oct
The Path of the Ahle Bait (a.s.)
Grand Ayatollah Sistani Denies Reports about Elections Boycott
Iraq: An official source in the office of Grand Ayatollah Sistani has declined
on Monday reports which said that the Grand Ayatullah warned that he may call
for a boycott of January's general election if MPs adopt a closed voting
system,Iraq’s Buratha News reported.
Iran for Yemen's sovereignty, national unity
The Tehran government says it fully supports a united and stable Yemen,
ejecting claims that Iran has been interfering in San'a's internal affairs.
Sheikh Yusuf Al-Qaradawi Call for a day of anger in support of the Al-Aqsa
Mosque
Sheikh Yusuf Al-Qaradawi, the head of the international association of Muslim
scholars, called for the Arab and Muslim peoples to make next Friday a day of
anger in support of the Aqsa Mosque against the Zionist dangers threatening it.
Al-Aqsa mosque under siege by Zionist police
Israel has deployed thousands of security forces in and around the Al-Aqsa
mosque compound amid heightened tensions over the closure of the holy site in
East Jerusalem Al-Quds.
Investors launch $600 mln Islamic investment firm
Investors from Asia and the Middle East on Tuesday launched a $600 million
Islamic investment firm called Fajr Capital to make investments in the
financial services industry in Muslim markets.
Yemeni army martyrs five Shia soldiers
Yemeni army said on Monday it killed five Shias and wounded several others in
the old city of Saada in northern Yemen, al-Jazeera TV reported.
London: Muslim councillor faces backlash after stopping meeting to pray
A Muslim Labour councillor faced a backlash when a Town Hall meeting was
adjourning while she went to pray.
Gov't plans to abolish age limit for Quran courses
Turkay Minister of Labor and Social Security Faruk Çelik has announced a plan
to abolish the age limit imposed on children who wish to attend Quran courses
offered for free at mosques in the summer months.
Muslim honour killing book cancelled over safety fears
A German publisher has cancelled plans to publish a mass-market novel out of
fears that it might face violent protests.
Egypt's top cleric plans face veil ban in schools
Egypt's top Islamic cleric is planning to ban students wearing the face veil
from entering the schools of al-Azhar, Sunni Islam's premier institute of
learning, according to an independent daily Monday.
Iran for Yemen's sovereignty, national unity
The Tehran government says it fully supports a united and stable Yemen,
ejecting claims that Iran has been interfering in San'a's internal affairs.
US lawmakers seek tougher Iran sanctions
A faction of US lawmakers seek to impose tougher sanctions, despite 'positive
talks' between Iran and the world major powers based on Tehran's latest package
of proposals.
Bomb explodes at Iraqi funeral, six die
At least six people have been killed in a bomb explosion at a funeral ceremony
in the western Iraqi province of al-Anbar, police say.
Saudi king to boost Syria ties in Damascus visit
The Saudi monarch will pay an official visit to Syria in an attempt to improve
relations between the two Arab nations following years of strained ties.
War on terror 'killed 1,600' foreign civilian workers
Nearly 1,600 civilian workers - both Americans and foreign nationals - have
died in Iraq and Afghanistan war zones while thousands of others have been
injured, a report says.
UN blasts attack on UN Islamabad office
The United Nations chief Ban Ki-moon has condemned a deadly bomb attack on the
UN food agency's headquarters in Pakistan as a 'heinous crime'.
India floods leave 250 dead, 5 million homeless
Following a severe drought, massive floods have left 250 people killed and over
five million homeless in southern India's Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh.
In Afghanistan, another British soldier dies
The Ministry of Defense says that one British soldier has been killed in an
explosion while on patrol in southern Afghanistan.
'Somalia single largest humanitarian crisis'
Somalia presents the single largest humanitarian challenge in the world, where
food crisis, droughts and violence continue to devastate the country, a leading
aid group says.
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