Imam Jafar Sadiq was the eldest son, testamentary trustee (wasi) and successor to the Imamate, of Imam Muhammad Baqer. He was born in Medina on Monday, 17 Rabi ul-Awwal 83AH/702AD...

Al-Azhar says the decision to issue identical government-written scripts of Friday sermons would abolish religious discourse and narrow the intellect of preachers...

Over 200 companies from 25 Russian regions and 20 countries participated in the Moscow Halal Exhibition and Convention...

The Al Khalifah regime in Bahrain plans to put senior Shiite cleric Sheikh Isa Qassim on trial Wednesday...

Sheikh Ahmed al-Tayebcalled on Shia and Sunni scholars to issue Fatwas to put an end to conflicts among followers of the two schools of thought...

Hundreds of American Muslims and members of inter-faith organizations have staged a rally in the US capital to condemn rising Islamophobia in the country...

Dozens of Shia Muslim clerics have staged a gathering in Bahrain to express their support for distinguished religious figure Sheikh Issa Qassim...

Indonesia will host the 12th World Islamic Economic Forum (WIEF) at the Jakarta Convention Center on August 2-4...

Son of Sheikh Ibraheem Zakzaky, complained on Saturday that his mother and father are suffering from deteriorating health conditions...

Nigeria’s court of appeals on Thursday ruled that Muslim female students can wear their head covering to schools...