IQNA – Since the beginning of the lunar Hijri month of Muharram last week, Shia Muslims have organized mourning ceremonies for the martyrdom anniversary of Imam Hussein (AS) in 400 cities in Niger and Nigeria.
News ID: 3497938 Publish Date : 2026/06/22
IQNA – Three days of mourning were declared in Niger after 44 people were killed in an attack on a mosque in the country’s southwest.
News ID: 3492471 Publish Date : 2025/03/22
IQNA – Maktabs (traditional Quran schools), which played a major role in the field of education in Niger for years still maintain their significance.
News ID: 3490313 Publish Date : 2024/10/16
ABUJA (IQNA) - Nigeria's leading Islamic scholar Sheikh Ibrahim al-Zakzaky warned that the US and France intend to stoke sedition in African countries following the recent coup in Niger that ousted a Western-sponsored president.
News ID: 3484840 Publish Date : 2023/08/19
TEHRAN (IQNA) – Niger’s defense ministry said at least 12 soldiers and “dozens of terrorists” have been killed in a battle in the conflict-wracked “three borders” zone in the west of the country.
News ID: 3476818 Publish Date : 2021/12/06
TEHRAN (IQNA) – Some of the mosques built in Africa have distinctive architectural features which differ from those mainly built in the West Asian region. One of these include Dandaji Masque complex in southwest of Niger.
News ID: 3476299 Publish Date : 2021/11/02
TEHRAN (IQNA) – Suspected militants attacked a mosque in western Niger, killing at least ten people, the country’s defense minister said.
News ID: 3476043 Publish Date : 2021/10/14
TEHRAN (IQNA) – Gunmen on motorcycles attacked a village near Niger’s troubled border with Mali, shooting at people as they prayed at the mosque during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan and killing 19 people, officials said Sunday.
News ID: 3474494 Publish Date : 2021/04/19
TEHRAN (IQNA) – The Organization of Islamic Cooperation stressed the importance of fighting terrorism and defending the cause of Palestine.
News ID: 3473257 Publish Date : 2020/11/29
TEHRAN (IQNA) – The General Secretariat of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) will hold the 47th session of the Council of Foreign Ministers in the capital of the Republic of Niger, Niamey, on November 27 through 28, 2020.
News ID: 3473214 Publish Date : 2020/11/24
TEHRAN (IQNA) – Niger is reportedly in secret discussions with Israel about normalizing their relations, months after the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Bahrain and Sudan signed agreements to establish full diplomatic ties with the Tel Aviv regime.
News ID: 3473105 Publish Date : 2020/11/14
TEHRAN (IQNA) – Ten soldiers were killed and four were missing Sunday after an attack blamed on the terrorist group Boko Haram on a military position in southeast Niger, near the border with Nigeria, the defense ministry said.
News ID: 3466201 Publish Date : 2018/07/02
TEHRAN (IQNA) – Qatar Charity (QC) has established 169 Quran memorization centers across Niger.
News ID: 3335568 Publish Date : 2015/07/27
TEHRAN (IQNA) – Nigeria-based Boko Haram Takfiri group killed eight civilians in Nigeria and slit the throats of five more in Niger, local sources say.
News ID: 3326367 Publish Date : 2015/07/11
Representative office of Qatar Charity Foundation in Niger plans to open 72 Quran memorization centers and 235 mosques in Nigeria.
News ID: 1453715 Publish Date : 2014/09/24
