Bahrain's most prominent Shia cleric Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim has arrived in the Iranian holy city of Mashhad after visiting the revered Iraqi city of Najaf...
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Bringing together the perspectives of ethnomusicology, Islamic studies, art history, and architecture, this edited collection investigates how sound production in built environments is central to Muslim religious and...
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The message of the Islamic Revolution is thus respect for freedom, independence of nations, and improvement of intellectual capacities, in accordance with what the Almighty Creator has decreed...
Read More »Interfaith Dialogue Is a Work Desired by God
Interreligious dialogue is therefore "a work desired by God", "an integral element of the Church's mission", which finds expression in the service of faith and in the promotion of justice...
Read More »Interfaith Dialogue: A Way to Establish Peace, Coexistence, Friendship and Cooperation
It is needless to say that there will be no authentic and genuine dialogue among politicians unless there is sincere and genuine dialogue among religions and religious leaders. Therefore inter religious dialogue paves a way towards establishment of peace, coexistence, friendship and...
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The first International Conference on Imam Reza (as) and Interfaith Dialogue was held at Holy Shrine of Imam Ali ibn Musa al-Reza in Mashhad, Iran...
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Although the term hijrah or migration often refers to the departure of Prophet Muhammad (pbuh&hp) from Mecca towards Yathrib (now known as Medina), which also marks the start of the...
Read More »The Practice of Khulʿ in Germany: Pragmatism versus Conservativism
In this article, the writer examines how Muslim women who are religiously-married in Germany might initiate no-fault divorce in the absence of a German registered civil marriage...
Read More »Documentary: The Life of Sayyid Murtaḍa Alam al-Huda
Abu al-Qāsim ‘Alī ibn Husayn al-Sharīf al-Murtaḍā (commonly known as: Sharīf Murtaḍā, Sayyid Murtaḍā) (965 - 1044 AD ; 355 - 436 AH) also known as ʻAlam al-Huda was one of the greatest Shia scholars of his time and was one of the...
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Al-Wefaq secretary-general Salman and two senior al-Wefaq leaders Sheikh Hassan Sultan and Ali Alaswad were sentenced to life imprisonment in November. The verdicts issued Monday are final and...
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