True Islam is that of Imam Hussayn’s (A.S), and that's why visiting lmam Hussayn (A.S.) with full awareness of him is far superior for followers of the...
Read More »A Guide Book for Women on Rites of Hajj+PDF
This is a guidebook from a series of Guidebooks that aim to answer all the questions a woman would have in relation to Islamic issues in order to help them gain more Ma'rifat and...
Read More »Ayatollah Modarresi Issues Letter to Universal Muslim Association of America
Ayatollah Sayyid Mohammad Taqi al-Modarresi, the Shia Grand Marja’ al-Taqlid of Iraq, issued a letter to Universal Muslims Association of America...
Read More »Third Islamic Education Summer School to Be Held in Warwick
The third Warwick Islamic Education Summer School will be focused on issues related to the formation of Muslim female faith and...
Read More »Imam Ali and the Perils of Social Media
with social media, we can peer into the lives of our friends and families in mere seconds and form opinions about them, while at the same time gauging the quality of our own lives in comparison to theirs...
Read More »Call for papers: Slavery, Liberation and Islamic Law in the Middle East and beyond
This one day multi-disciplinary symposium “Slavery, Liberation and Islamic Law in the Middle East and beyond” will be held on October 30, 2018, at Brock University in...
Read More »Book: Materials for the Intellectual History of Imāmī Shīʿism in the Safavid Period
In 1934 the New York Public Library purchased a sizable collection of 250 volumes of Arabic manuscripts through the fund for Semitic literature that had been provided by...
Read More »Hajj The Islamic Pilgrimage According to The Five Schools of Islamic Law+pdf
The Islamic fiqh (jurisprudence) is divided into several sections: 'Ibadat (rituals) that include: ritual purity (taharah), prayers (salat), fasting (sawm), alms (zakat), one-fifth (khums) and pilgrimage (hajj)...
Read More »UK Court Recognizes Marriage Under Islamic Law
A court in Britain has ruled that all marriages conducted under the Islamic laws, or the sharia, could be recognized as a legal marriage as they fall under British matrimonial law...
Read More »First Hijab-Wearing Barbie Unveils in Honor of Athlete Ibtihaj Muhammad
Barbie-maker Mattel unveiled its first doll with a hijab headscarf Monday, in honor of Ibtihaj Muhammad, the first U.S. Olympic athlete to compete wearing the...
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