Lady Mary and Lady Fatima is a groundbreaking contribution to interfaith scholarship, offering a profound comparative exploration of two of the most revered women in the Islamic and Christian traditions...
Read More »Ayatollah Sistani Urges Arab, Islamic Nations to End Gaza Tragedy
The office of the Religious Authority in Iraq, Grand Ayatollah Sayyed Ali al-Sistani, issues a statement regarding the humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza....
Read More »Iran’s Military, Scientific Progress will Accelerate
In a message marking the 40th day since the martyrdom of top Iranian commanders and scientists in a US-Israeli aggression, the Leader of the Islamic Revolution, Grand Ayatollah Khamenei said both military and scientific advances will move forward with greater speed and determination....
Read More »Would the Prophets Remained Silent Amid Gaza Genocide? Ayatollah Hamedani to Pope
Senior Iranian Shia cleric Grand Ayatollah Hossein Nouri Hamedani has penned a letter to Pope Leo XIV, sharply criticizing the ongoing silence of global religious leadership amid the deepening humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza...
Read More »Hijab: A Fortress of Resistance against Cultural Imperialism
The West does not want Muslim women to have their own independent model—one that simultaneously values knowledge, growth in society, family, and ethics, and that equips them with an unbreakable shield—the hijab—in the battle of identities....
Read More »Islamic World, Global Community Must Break Gaza Siege, Provide Urgent Aid: Bahrain Ulama
A group of Bahrain's most prominent Islamic scholars have strongly condemned the ongoing siege of Gaza by Zionist forces, decrying the resulting humanitarian catastrophe and criticizing the silence and inaction of the Islamic world and the international community....
Read More »Why Not Build the Mosque? Islam, Political Cost, and the Practice of Democracy in Greece
Why Not Build the Mosque? tells the story of the Greek state’s centuries-long attempt to build a central mosque. After the fall of Ottoman Empire, Greek Orthodoxy entwined with Greek nationalism, and by the twentieth century, the state came to imagine Islam as incompatible with a Greek-speaking Orthodox Christian identity. And so as late as....
Read More »International Conference on Islamic Perspectives on Prophecy and Revelation
Al-Mahdi Institute’s Department of Islamic Philosophy and Theology, together with the Department of Religious Studies and Duke Islamic Studies Centre at Duke University, is delighted to open registration for its second international conference on ‘Islamic Perspectives on Prophecy and Revelation....
Read More »New Releases: The Charm of the Red Rose: A Moral Explanation of the Battle of Karbala
Drawing on both classical Shiʿa sources and contemporary moral philosophy, the book explores Imam Hussein’s choices through the lens of universal ethics, highlighting his relevance not only for Shiʿa Muslims but for all who seek moral clarity in times of injustice....
Read More »Can I Get Married, Buy a House or a Car During Muharram?
The months of Muharram and Safar are special months of the year for the followers of the Ahlul Bayt, alayhihum as-salam, whereby they express their grief over the martyrdom of Imam Al-Husayn, and all those who were with him. At the same time, people often wonder and ask what is allowed and what is not...
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