• Majid Entezami has started the “Devotion Symphony”
    • The recording session of the “Devotion Symphony” by Majid Entezami has started on January 2th in the “POP” studio in Tehran. Entezami said this symphony will be prepared in 4 parts in approximately 60 minutes. Th...
    • Preparing the way for Handel s Messiah
    • Handel's ''Messiah" has been identified with the Christmas season for nearly two centuries.Boston's Handel and Haydn Society gave the American premiere in 1818 and has been performing it during the holiday s...
    • Vanessa-Mae performed at "Musik Fur Millionen"
    • Sunday November 21st, Vanessa-Mae played 'Sabre Dance' during a German television show to raise money to help cure cancer. Vanessa-Mae donated Euro 500 herself. Vanessa-Mae used her transparent Ted Brewe...
    • The Islamic Arts Museum of Malaysia
    • Painting and poetry are being celebrated at the Islamic Arts Museum Malaysia. VERONICA SHUNMUGAM enjoys the ‘party'. MALAYSIA’S visual and literary art scene came together late last month to celebrate the 75th ...
    • Karajan ′daughters′ try to settle old score
    • ONE of two German sisters who allege they are the illegitimate children of the controversial Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra conductor Herbert von Karajan has gone to court in Austria in a bid to be recognized as the maestr...
    • Nirvana bassist Krist Novoselic tells his tale
    • Twelve years ago this week, Krist Novoselic capped Nirvana's MTV Music Awards performance by tossing his bass guitar in the air and catching it on the ear, rendering him unconscious. Which got him thinking ...
    • Secret REM concert details leaked
    • REM are the secret headliners of an Oxfam charity gig at London's Hammersmith Apollo on 14 September according to the NME. Acts that were already announced for the Make Trade Fair LIVE event include Razorlig...
    • Exorcist
    • Few horror franchises have failed as miserably as that of The Exorcist. Sure, William Friedkin's 1973 adaptation of William Peter Blatty's shocking occult novel was a masterwork of terror....
    • Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
    • nan ( 5 September 1888 - 17 April 1975) Sarvepalli Radhakrishnanwasbornin Tirutaniintoapoorbrahminfamily.Hisfather Sarvepalli Veeraswamiwasemployedonameagresalaryinthe zamindari.Hismother'snamewas Sitamma.Itwasdiff...
    • Robben Is Raring To Go
    • o Arjen Robben has spent more time in the swimming pool than on the football pitch lately, but the Dutch winger hopes to soon make a big splash for Chelsea in the Barclays Premiership. The £12million summer signing from...
    • Rooney: Title May Be Beyond Us
    • s Manchester United new boy Wayne Rooney has admitted he might not end his first season at old Trafford with a championship medal. The 18-year-old, who completed his £27million move to United on Tuesday, is relishing th...
    • Shearer Cools Magpies Talk
    • k    Freddy Shepherd - Alan ShearerAlan Shearer has ruled himself out of the running to replace Sir Bobby Robson as manager of Newcastle United. The 34-year-old Mapgies captain has been linked with the post ...
    • Table of FILA Wrestling in September
    • mber competition name competition type country city date stage Mémorial Hamid ELOFIR International Tournament MAR Casablanca 3-5 1+2 Champ. Monde Vétérans Championship CZE Hradec Kralove 11...
    • In defense of Roger Waters
    • John Rudolph's views on Roger Waters' comments regarding the Israeli Wall ( The Wall , Thursday AFP) clearly demonstrate how totally out of ...
    • McCARTNEY Plays for Children
    • PAUL McCARTNEY is to follow his triumph at GLASTONBURY with another psychedelic adventure. But fear not, the Beatles star's new single and DVD will be aimed at children. September 20 sees the release of ...
    • SHREK 2
    • Raman Hui was a supervising animator for both ANTZ and Shrek. Raman Hui started his animation career at Quantum Studios in Honk Kong where he worked as a cel animator. Soon thereafter he ...
    • Louise Brown, First Test-Tube Baby
    • aby (July 25, 1978 - ) The first baby to be born from vitro fertilization was Louise Brown. Louise was born in England, 1978. There were some complications, so the doctors decided to do a caesarian operation. Louise ...
    • David Gilmour in the Year 2004
    • As part of the Glorious events surrounding the celebration of 50 years of the Fender Stratocaster guitar, David Gilmour will be...
    • New Jim Jarmusch‘s Artwork
    • ork May 13 Actor Roberto Benigni was 34 when he filmed his part in “Coffee and Cigarettes.” He’ll be 51 when the movie finally hits U.S. screens this Friday. It took director Jim Jarmusch 17 years to finish the film, wh...
    • Robert De Niro in Godsend
    • end' Godsend , a horror flick that already has attracted controversy because of its plot -- about scientists who clone a dead child -- is also attracting some pretty horrendous reviews, especially surprising since it...
    • Troy to premiere at Cannes
    • nes Wolfgang Petersen's Troy looks set to have its first public screening at this year's Cannes film festival, according to a report in Variety. The big budget Homeric epic will premiere on May 13, the second day of th...
    • Passion of the Christ
    • me Jews for killing Jesus after "Passion of the Christ WASHINGTON (AFP) The number of Americans who believe that Jews are responsible for killing Jesus has risen, according to survey taken since the release of t...
    • Mahdavikia named AFC Player of the Year
    • ear Malaysia IRAN international forward Mehdi Mahdavikia was named the AFC Player of the Year for 2003 on Wednesday, becoming the third player from his country to claim the honor since it was inaugurated in 1994. Japan...
    • Sunday, November 30, 2003
    • 003 Rezazadeh Invited to California GP TEHRAN (IRNA) World’s +105kg weightlifting champion, Hossein Rezazadeh, was invited to take part in a grand prix in theU.S. state of California. President ofIran’s Weightlifting F...
    • Sunday, November 30, 2003
    • 003 Reform of family law proves no incompatibility between Islam and democracy, ambassador The new Family law announced by Moroccan King Mohammed VI at the opening of the parliament session last month, proves that there ...
    • New French laws on Islam
    • am PARIS, New laws are being prepared in France to "protect women from (Islamic) fundamentalism," Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin announced Friday. "The legislative decision that we will choose will be...
    • Islamic plan unveiled for Malaysia
    • sia Malaysia's main opposition party, the Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS), has unveiled its plans for an Islamic state, ahead of elections expected within a year. The document includes plans for implementing strict I...
    • Iranian Movie Awarded in Geneva Festival
    • val "Fifth Reaction" the last Tahmineh Milany's work has awarded the main prize of Geneva Festival. As IRNA reported the jury awarded this film the main prize because of its fine deceleration of women fight i...
    • Majidi Loyal to His Country
    • ry After accepting the nationality of UAE by Roberto Songo the 21 year old player of Al Ein the UAE football association people in charge has offered a new suggestion to Farhad Majidi the Iranian player to accept this na...
    • Swedish Muslims Stick to Islamic Identity in Ramadan
    • dan OSTOCKHOLM The holy fasting month of Ramadan in Sweden gives Muslims a good chance to stick closer to their Islamic identity, with mosques teeming with worshippers and shops selling famous Arab food. Encouraged by a...
    • UNICEF to print textbook for Iraqis in Iran
    • Iran Tehran, The Director of Information of the United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) has announced here that his organization will print here schools books for Iraqi children, which would th...
    • Admiring Majid Majidi in Italy
    • aly The 4th festival of asian movies has started from November 8th in Italy and will continue till November 16th. As ISNA reported, in this festival beside usual parts there's a special part for Iranian cinema. In th...
    • The Life of David Gale in Tehran
    • an The life of David Gale movie directed by Alan Parker and acting of Kavin Spacy and Kate Winslet  Will show in the special night program of  Artistic Section of Islamic Announcement  Association on Novemb...
    • news
    • cademy announces new award Cairo, The Cairo-based Scientific Academy for Research in the Qur’an and Sunnah has announced the launching of a new annual award for the scientific wonders of the Holy Qur’an. The award carrie...
    • 25 october
    • es Police to Stay Alert during Islamic Holy Month The FBI is urging extra vigilance for possible terrorist attacks and violence against Muslims during the upcoming Islamic holy month of Ramadan. In its weekly bulletin...
    • Yemen to adopt new method of fighting poverty
    • ty Sana’a, The Yemeni Social Welfare Fund is in the process of adopting a new method of ameliorating the conditions of poverty among its citizens, and that is by giving training that would make them productive, accordi...
    • 18 October
    • popses setting up Islamic Free Trade Area Putrajya, Malaysia, The Organization of Islamic Conference has proposed setting up an Islamic Free Trade Area (IFTA) to boost trade and investment among the grouping members. The...
    • 15 October
    • foreign ministers lukewarm on new U-S draft resolution on Iraq Putrajaya, Malaysia-AP -- Some Muslim foreign ministers are acting coolly toward a new U-S draft resolution on Iraq.They say it doesn't give the United...
    • 14 October
    • ria to preach peace-loving Islam Jakarta, Indonesia and Algeria, two Muslim-dominated countries, have agreed to join hands in promoting Islam as a religion of peace that renounces violence and terrorism. "We agree t...
    • 7 October
    • aqi school spans chasms between religions  HILLA, IRAQ Just outside the sprawling mosque that used to be known as the Saddam Hussein Mosque in Hilla, a somber memorial recalls the city's dark history. On one end, ...
    • 6 October
    • y: Mosques hold Open Day Berlin, Around 1,000 mosques throughoutGermany held an Open Day for three consecutive days throughout the country, meant mainly for non-Muslims who wish to find out more about Islam, and to assur...
    • 4 October
    • Four Dusun Embrace Islamic Faiths in First Nine Months Tutong Some 54 Dusun people have embraced Islam as their new faith for the first nine months this year. Statistics released by the Islamic Dakwah Centre of the Tuto...
    • Lectures
    • res “Everything about Islam” will be read in Karelia Last weekPetrozavodsk hosted the first lecture “Everything about Islam”, organized by the Clerical Department of the Muslims of Karelia. As the press-service of the C...
    • 7 September
    • on Sidra opens at VCU-Q AN art exhibition, featuring photographer Rashed al-Muhannadi’s and painter Ali al-Sharif’s works focused on the Sidra tree, has begun at Virginia Commonwealth University School of the Arts in Q...