A court in Bahrain has postponed until later this year the trial of distinguished Shia cleric Sheikh Isa Qassim, whom the ruling...
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The book, written by Ayatollah Sayyed Hussain Modarresi Tabatabaei, is an attempt to clarify all aspects of kharaj from the viewpoint of...
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Bahraini protesters have staged a series of fresh anti-regime demonstrations across the Persian Gulf kingdom in support of distinguished Shia opposition cleric Sheikh...
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Senior clerics in Bahrain have once again expressed their unwavering support for distinguished Shia cleric Sheikh Isa Qassim, and condemned the...
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Divorce is discussed in this present book, volume 6 of 8, written by Muhammad Jawad Moqniyyah, which three main criteria for divorce are: adulthood, sanity and...
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In his letter, the Shia Marja al-Taqlid thanked Lebanese Mufti, Sheikh Abdul Latif Daryan, for his courageous stance in observing Islamic rules and...
Read More »The Lineage of Children Born by Sperm Donation: A Shiite Perspective
There are three persons that have a possible legal relationship to the child born from this method - the sperm donor (biological father), the...
Read More »Lineage and the Rights of Cloned Child in the Islamic Jurisprudence
Lineage in the Islamic law is one of the most basic human rights each individual inherits from his family. When modern assisted reproductive technologies appeared in recent decades, the...
Read More »Book: A New Perspective: Women in Islam
The book discusses and expounds various issues regarding the rights and laws that pertain to women in Islam, and unwraps some of the...
Read More »Training Children through Deeds, not Just Talk
Most parents think that oral instructions and occasional talk about do and don’t is sufficient for good upbringing of...
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