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252 Unrecognised Madrasas Ordered to Close Scrutiny Intensifies Across India
West Bengal has ordered the closure of 252 unrecognised madrasas, issued show-cause notices to around 100 others, and begun steps to gradually shut approximately 250 recognised private institutions over low enrolment and inadequate facilities. The developments have renewed debate over the future of madrasa education and the regulation of minority educational institutions in India.
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Concerns Grow over Possible Disenfranchisement of Muslims in India Amid Mass Voter Roll Revision
The deletion of more than 130 million names from India's electoral rolls during a sweeping voter list revision has triggered political and public protests, with opposition parties and civil rights activists warning that the process could disenfranchise millions of eligible voters, particularly Muslims and economically disadvantaged communities. India's Election Commission and the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) have rejected allegations of wrongdoing.
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UN: Around 2.5 Million Afghans Have Returned from Iran Since 2025
Around 2.5 million Afghan nationals have returned from Iran to Afghanistan since the beginning of 2025, with a significant proportion deported, according to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).
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India’s Historic Shift: Why New Delhi Is Standing with Israel
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited the occupied Palestinian territories in February this year, at a time when Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was facing mounting international isolation over allegations of war crimes in Gaza and an arrest warrant issued by the International Criminal Court.
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Books on Martyr Rahbar’s Life and Ideas Draw Attention in Lucknow National Book Fair
Books exploring the life, ideas and struggles of Martyr Rahbar Ayatollah Sayyid Ali Khamenei attracted considerable attention from readers and scholars at the 23rd National Book Fair in Lucknow.
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MANUU Opens Radio Podcast Studio and Media Archive to Strengthen Practical Journalism Training
Maulana Azad National Urdu University (MANUU) has taken an important step towards strengthening practical journalism education with the inauguration of a Radio Podcast Studio and the Professor Syed Ainul Hasan Media Archival Exhibition Unit at its Department of Mass Communication and Journalism.
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Photos: 1,200 elderly people from Markazi Province visit Hazrat Masoumeh Holy Shrine
AhlulBayt News Agency: 1200 elderly people from Markazi Province, through the efforts of the Imam Khomeini (RA) Relief Committee, on the occasion of the Elderly Day, visited the Holy Shrine of Hazrat Fatemeh Masoumeh (s.a.) and were hosted at the generous table of the Lady of Dignity.
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Al-Awda health complex shuts down as fuel, medicine shortages deepen Gaza’s healthcare crisis
Gaza’s healthcare crisis continues to worsen as medical facilities are forced out of service and hospitals and health centers struggle to provide essential care amid severe shortages of fuel, medicines, and medical supplies, compounded by extensive damage to healthcare infrastructure caused by the war
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Photos: Holy Samarra Welcomes Friday Visitors Amid an Atmosphere of Faith and Devotion
On Friday, pilgrims gather in the holy city of Samarra, renewing the atmosphere of devotion and spiritual anticipation.
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Video: World; a realm of hardship and test of patience
AhlulBayt News Agency: The world, unlike the hereafter, is a mixture of hardships and comforts, and not all of man's desires are fulfilled in it. One who believes in this truth can better face the ups and downs of life. In the face of worldly afflictions, the believer, although his heart grieves and he becomes sorrowful, does not open his tongue to disbelief and ingratitude.
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Photos: Presence of servants of Razavi Holy Shrine at Akbar Hospital in Mashhad
AhlulBayt News Agency: On the occasion of World Children's Day, a group of servants of the Holy Shrine of Imam Reza (a.s.), in cooperation with the servants of the Children's Portico, visited Akbar Children's Hospital on Thursday, October 8, 2026, to check on the patients.
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Israeli drone strike near Lebanon-Syria border injures six people
An Israeli military drone strike near the Lebanon-Syria border has injured six people, including five Syrian nationals and one Lebanese citizen.
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Photos: Gaza before and after war
AhlulBayt News Agency: Three years have passed since the beginning of Israel's war against the Gaza Strip; a war whose human consequences continue, leaving behind ruins and faces transformed by loss and displacement.
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Velayati: Rubio's problem is not with Islamic Revolution but with independent Iran
Reacting to the recent remarks of the US secretary of state against Iran, a senior adviser to the Leader of the Islamic Revolution for International Affairs has said your problem [Rubio] is not with the Islamic Revolution.
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Tens of Thousands of Palestinians Perform Friday Prayers at Aqsa Mosque Despite Israeli Restrictions
Tens of thousands of Palestinians performed Friday prayer at Aqsa Mosque in Occupied Al-Quds despite heightened Israeli military restrictions at the city’s entrances and along roads leading to the Mosque, as Israeli police forces sought to limit worshipers’ access
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Gaza War Kills 1,014 Palestinian Sports, Youth and Scouting Figures, Destroys 265 Facilities
The Palestinian sports movement in the Gaza Strip has not been spared from the crimes of genocide launched by the Israeli occupation since October 7, 2023, as the losses extended to players, coaches, referees, administrators, youth, and scouts, while stadiums and sports facilities were turned into rubble or centers to shelter displaced people whose homes were destroyed by the bombardment
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Photos: Al-Abbas Holy Shrine’s “Saqi Atasha Karbala” Project Reaches 73 Water Wells in Chad
Under the supervision of the Al-Abbas Holy Shrine, the Africa Studies Center has opened a modern water well in Chadia, Chad, as part of the “Saqi Atasha Karbala” project. The new well brings the program’s total to 73, under the management of Sheikh Muhammad Idris, the center’s representative in Chad.
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Photos: Unveiling of statue of Martyr Major General Mohammad Saeed Izadi in Tehran
The unveiling ceremony of the statue of Martyr Major General Mohammad Saeed Izadi, known as Haj Ramadan, was held with the presence of Mehdi Chamran, Chairman of the Islamic City Council of Tehran, and Nasser Abu Sharif, representative of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad movement, in Palestine Square.
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Israeli Settler Attacks Injure Elderly Palestinian Woman, Destroy Olive Trees Across West Bank
Jewish settlers escalated their attacks against Palestinians and their property across the occupied West Bank on Friday, targeting farmers during the olive harvest season. The attacks left an elderly woman injured, 100 olive trees cut down, a vehicle and sheep stolen, and several Palestinians assaulted or prevented from accessing their land
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Photos: Presence of servants of Imam Reza Holy Shrine among girls at Tous Welfare Center
AhlulBayt News Agency: Coinciding with the implementation of the "Imam Reza Wednesdays" initiative, a group of servants of the luminous Razavi shrine visited the Tous Welfare Center on Wednesday, October 7, 2026. While meeting with socially vulnerable girls at the center, they brought the atmosphere of the Holy Shrine of Imam Reza (a.s.) to this complex.
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By: Dr. Amir Jalali
Elucidating strategic approach of Islamic Revolution Leader
Existing accounts of the personal and scholarly attributes of the Leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran depict a leadership style grounded in "knowledge" and "strategy."
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Iran’s Security Chief Warns US Officials of Another Defeat: “Be Prepared for History to Repeat Itself”
Issuing stark warning to the US officials, Iran’s secretary of Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) addressed them (US officials), "Be prepared for history to repeat itself and for another defeat at the hands of Iran.”
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Analysis: Recent Moscow Format Meeting Heavily Overshadowed by Kabul-Islamabad Tensions
Since 2017 that the Qatari-mediated US-Taliban talks grew more serious, "Moscow Format" talks started and so far eight rounds of them were held. One of the important agendas driving these talks in Russia was that Moscow wanted to make sure that the Afghanistan government at the time does not get too much close to the US. In other words, the Kremlin tried to, through these negotiations, maintain its role and involvement in Afghanistan dynamics.
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Ayatollah Javadi Amoli: Society can be transformed through ethics, education, kind speech
He added that while not everyone will reach advanced levels of religious learning, acquiring even a basic understanding of Islamic teachings is sufficient. “It is obligatory for everyone to know the general outlines of religious and Islamic rulings,” he said.
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Paper; Israeli Navy: From Protecting Coasts to Addressing Threats in Distant Waters
Though the Israeli regime is considered an air power in West Asia and North Africa, its geographical position, economic dependence on the sea routes, and serious limits in territorial depth have given sea a significance beyond a subordinate operation scene in the Israeli security strategy. For a regime that has a major part of its population and economic hubs in the coastal areas of the Mediterranean and the distance between ground and sea borders in some areas are too short, control of maritime environment means creating a kind of strategic depth, something its territorial geography lacks.
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Video: Two manifestations of having a good opinion of God; trust in His planning and hope in His mercy
AhlulBayt News Agency: Having a good opinion of God has two important manifestations: trust in God's goodness and planning, and hope in His forgiveness and mercy. One who possesses these two blessings within himself will benefit from the good of this world and the hereafter.
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Photos: "Free Palestine" march held in Ankara
AhlulBayt News Agency: Thousands of people and civil activists in Ankara, by holding a "Free Palestine" march, while declaring solidarity with the people of Gaza, condemned the Zionist regime's attacks against Palestinians.
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Photos: Presentation of flag of Imam Hussain Holy Shrine to Astan Quds Razavi
AhlulBayt News Agency: The ceremony of presenting the flag of the Holy Shrine of Imam Hussain (a.s.) to Astan Quds Razavi by the Border Guard Command of Razavi Khorasan Province was held on Thursday, October 8, 2026, with the presence of a group of commanders and personnel of this unit in the Courtyard of the Holy Prophet (PBUH) of the Holy Shrine of Imam Reza (a.s.).
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Three-day global solidarity campaign calls for ending Gaza genocide and Israeli occupation
A three-day global solidarity campaign begins on Friday to mark the third anniversary of Israel’s war on Gaza, with coordinated actions planned in hundreds of locations around the world.
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Hezbollah official says martyrdom of resistance leaders strengthens Islamic unity
A senior Hezbollah official has declared that the martyrdom of resistance leaders will not stop the awakening of the Islamic ummah, saying the blood of martyrs instead awakens nations and strengthens their unity.