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Fake sharia law council letter circulating in Melbourne By SJA Jafri, Bureau Chief Australia (Courtesy Messenger) MELBOURNE: A supposed public notice circulating under council letterhead that “advises” residents that sharia law is being introduced locally has been uncovered as an offensive hoax. The racist letters, which are mocked up to …

TEHRAN– A top Iranian religious figure strongly condemned the murder of a little boy in the holy city of Medina, Saudi Arabia, calling for reaction by the international community and the Saudi regime to the barbaric crime.   In a statement on Sunday, Grand Ayatollah Lotfollah Safi Golpayegani expressed deep …

(Courtesy of Messenger, an int’l Pakistan-based English newspaper) By Syed Jaffer Abbas Jafri (Bureau Chief Australia) MELBOURNE/RIYADH: A-six-year-old boy was beheaded with a piece of broken glass in front of his screaming mum, a campaign group has claimed. Shia Rights Watch says that “in an unprecedented incident” the child, Zakaria al-Jaber, was …

TEHRAN– A Saudi little boy, while on a pilgrimage to the holy city of Medina with his Shiite mother, has been barbarously killed for unknown reasons, fueling speculations that he could have been a sectarian and hate crime victim, media reports said. According to what circulated on social media, Zakariya …

Iranian Ambassador to Pakistan has said that Pakistan and its friendly and brotherly people enjoy a special place for Iran. He said this in his message on the 40th Anniversary of Islamic Revolution’s victory. He said Iran wants to strengthen its relations with independent countries and free nations in line …

Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates are transferring US weapons to al-Qaeda terrorists and other Salafi militias in Yemen, CNN said in a report yesterday, citing local commanders on the ground and analysts. Saudi and its main accomplice in the war on Yemen, the UAE, “have used the US-manufactured weapons …

Majlis-e-Wahdat-e-Muslimeen secretary general Allama Raja Nasir Abbas Jafari has said that United States administration, Zionist regime of Israel and US-allied some Arab regimes wanted to weaken Pakistan through massacre of Shia Muslims. “They plotted to weaken Pakistan by creating differences Sunnis and Shias. However, their machination to pit Sunni- Shia …

In one booming Australian city, you can pick up an entire family home for Marie Kondo: Why we’re obsessed with tidying up We all know Sydney’s property market has taken hit after hit recently — but there are other lesser-known areas that are experiencing a sudden property boom. That’s according …

Pakistan yesterday closed its Consulate in Afghanistan’s Mazar-e-Sharif city after a woman tried to enter the building with a hand grenade. According to the Foreign Office statement in Islamabad, the woman was arrested by the police and investigations are on to find the perpetrators of the failed attack.  Last year, …

Enforcement Directorate, ED has attached assets worth 16.40 crore rupees in Mumbai and Pune, under Prevention of Money Laundering Act in connection with its money laundering probe against  Zakir Naik and others.  ED initiated the investigation on the basis of the charge sheet filed by NIA on October 2017 before the …