In Islamic teachings, the forest and the tree are of special significance and place, and in the narrative sources of Islam, planting trees has been given great importance and a great reward has been promised for...
Read More »Prejudice and Racism in the View of Islam
Prejudice is often accompanied by fear, ignorance, or hatred, as well as attempts at psychological bolstering or even real-world gaining of status by building attachment to an in-group and trying to separate oneself from out-groups. What is Asabiyyah? If you find yourself invited to a neighborhood or gathering that mostly …
Read More »Ayatollah Sistani’s Fatwa on Marital Relation with a Person Contracted AIDS
If a Muslim knows that contracted AIDS, is it permissible on him to engage in sexual relations with his wife? Is it obligatory for him to...
Read More »Islamic Legal Interpretation : Muftis and their Fatwas
This book is the product of a huge collective effort by scholars from all over the world to study Islamic Fatawa, or legal opinions of the Shariah, issued by...
Read More »Islam and Racial Superiority
The issue of equality between all human beings, opposition to any type of racial, ancestral and class discrimination, fairness between all the children of Adam in relation to human rights and that no person is better than...
Read More »Maslaha (Expediency) in Shia Fiqh: An Interview with Dr. Yahya Jahangiri
Expediency is one of the titles which have important statuses in the Islamic jurisprudence and its association with religious decrees is clarified while determining its concept and it specifies the...
Read More »Islam in British Media Discourses: Understanding Perceptions of Muslims in the News
This study looks at the various forms of media coverage on Islam and Muslims that are utilized by the respondents in order to develop an opinion of Muslims and Islam. This approach offers a...
Read More »Book: Islamic Government: Governance of the Jurist
The present book, Governance of the Jurist, including relevant footnotes and explanations, is the compendium of thirteen speeches of His Eminence Imām Khomeini delivered during his stay in...
Read More »Oneness of Ethics and Politics in Islam: Views of the Late Imam Khomeini (ra)
Imam lived at a time when, owing to the influence of extensive propaganda of the antagonists, and the ineffectual actions of the protagonists, serious doubts on Islam and its...
Read More »Why Ayatollah Hakim Didn’t Agree with Imam Khomeini on “Uprising against a Despotic Ruler”
If Imam Hassan (A.S) had as much followers as you have today, he would have risen up against the caliphate of his time. At first, he staged an uprising but when he learned that his followers had been bribed, he...
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