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SHAFAQNA (Shia International News Association) — Forget London. Much of the 2012 Summer Olympics action is happening on Twitter. Athletes have used the social network to share photos and status updates that take their followers inside the Games. Fans have used it to revel in Olympic drama and — in the U.S. — tweet result spoilers for viewers stuck waiting for NBC’s tape-delayed primetime coverage. How did all the Twitter chatter stack up over the event’s first 10 days? Mass…

SHAFAQNA (Shia International News Association) — A political analyst says the Saudi news channel, Al Arabiya is an instigator of the unrest in Syria due to its ties with insurgents in the latter country, Press TV reports. In an interview with Press TV on Sunday, Kamel Wazne commented on the reason the armed groups, which kidnapped 48 Iranian pilgrims in Syria, had issued a video footage of the Iranians to the Saudi-run channel. “They wanted to provide it to Al…

SHAFAQNA (Shia International News Association)- THE LIFE OF IMAM AL-HASAN AL-MUJTABA book By: Baqir Shareef al-Qurashi Translation by: Jasim al-Rasheed Author: Baqir Shareef al-Qurashi Publisher: Ansariyan Publications – Qum TABLE OF CONTENTS Dedication 4 Foreword 21 Introduction 25 Preface: The Hashemites and the Umayyads: Al-Hasan and Mu’awiya 31 Chapter I The two Lights meet together 43   Her High Position Imam Ali proposes to Fatima The Dower The Trousseau The Sermon of the Contract The Banquet The Wedding 45 46…

SHAFAQNA (Shia International News Association) — Iranian foreign ministry denied Wednesday Morning the information posted on Al-Arabiya website about the assassination of an Iranian diplomat working for his country’s embassy to Damascus. Despite the denials, “Al-Arabiya net” website kept the news among its first headlines. The website reported however, what it called “the Free Syrian Army battalion Omer Farouq” has carried out the alleged assassination next to a restaurant in the neighborhood of Kfarsoosa, in the Syrian capital of Damascus.—www.shafaqna.com/english…

SHAFAQNA (Shia International News Association) An international media watchdog on Tuesday urged the United Arab Emirates to release a group of Internet activists held on charges of "opposing the constitution." The Gulf state had arrested 18 "campaigners and rights activists" between July 16 and 19, said Reporters Without Borders (RSF). Only one of them has been released. The group faces charges of "opposing the constitution and the basic principles of the UAE ruling system, in addition to having links and…

SHAFAQNA (Shia News Association) - http://www.imam-khomeini.ir/EN The objectives followed by The Institute for Compilation and Publication of Imam Khomeini's Works: The Institute for Compilation and Publication of Imam Khomeini's Works intends to achieve the following objectives: 1- Collection of all the documents and works of Imam Khomeini (s) as well as the works regarding his personality, life, struggles and high-grade thoughts compiled by the authors and researchers in Iran and abroad. 2- Preservation and perpetual superintendence over the works and documents…

SHAFAQNA (Shia News Association) — A U.S. Navy helicopter crashed Thursday in the Gulf nation of Oman with five crew members aboard, according to the U.S. military. Lt. Greg Raelson, a spokesman for the Navy's Bahrain-based 5th Fleet, gave no immediate word on the fate of the crew. But an Omani air force official said three of them have been found so far and are being treated in a hospital. The Omani official was not authorized to release the information and…

SHAFAQNA (Shia News Association) - Protest at Bahrain Embassy When: Saturday 14 July 2pm

SHAFAQNA (Shia News Association) — http://www.al-islam.org/mahdi/nontl/Toc.HTM The month of Sha'ban in the Muslim calendar is a time of celebrations. It is marked with the birth of the third Imam, Husayn b. 'Ali, his half brother, 'Abbas b. 'Ali, his son 'Ali b. Husayn Zayn al-'Abidin, and finally, his renowned descendant, the Qa'im of the ahl al-bayt, the twelfth Imam Mahdi (peace be upon him). I attended a function organized to celebrate the birthday of the twelfth Imam (peace be upon him)…

SHAFAQNA (Shia News Association) – Combat with the Self, by Sheikh Muhammad b. al-Hasan al-Hurr al-Amili, is a compilation of traditions (hadith) from the Holy Prophet (S) and his Household (ahl al-bayt), classified under various subsections, all focusing on the subject of the self, its vices, temptations, strengths and weaknesses. Based on the premise that one’s own self is one’s greatest enemy, the book elaborates on universally acknowledged issues of moral and ethical value from honesty and charity to humility…