Apart from the necessity of guaranteeing implementation of laws, there are also other reasons behind the exigency of government or executive power. It is by means of considering the aggregate of these reasons that it becomes possible to logically explain and justify the government’s set of obligations and prerogatives. If …
Read More »The Political Thought of Ayatollah Murtaza Mutahhari: An Iranian Theoretician of the Islamic State
Ayatollah Hajj Shaikh Murtaza Mutahhari Farimani (1920–79) was from a clerical family, a pupil of Ayatollah Khomeini, a university Professor of Philosophy and a Mujtahid (jurist) in Islamic law at the Shi‘ite seminary. Ayatollah Murtaza Mutahhari was a significant figure in the movement which brought the Islamic Republic of Iran …
Read More »Program for the Establishment of an Islamic Government by Imam Khomeini
It is our duty to work toward the establishment of an Islamic government. The first activity we must undertake in this respect is the propagation of our case; that is how we must begin. It has always been that way, all over the world: a group of people came together, …
Read More »The Challenge of Lab-Grown Meat among Muslims and Jews
While efforts to produce meat from stem cells in laboratories are increasingly being given much attention due to the growing population of the world and food producers in Muslim and Jewish markets are facing the challenge of...
Read More »A Reflection on the Influential Teachings of Imam al-Hadi (ʿa) from the Viewpoint of Ayatollah Makarem Shirazi
The lecturers and students of the religious seminary can utilize the teachings of Imam al-Hadi (ʿa) in helping the people resolve their various ideological questions and doubts....
Read More »Aspects of Imam al-Hadi Personality
The qualities of Imam al-Hadi (a.s.) were like the qualities of his fathers who were distinguished by them over all people....
Read More »Late Grand Ayatollah Saafi Golpayegani in Pictures
Ayatollah Lotfollah Safi Golpaygani was the author of several significant books on Shia jurisprudence. He was born in 1919 in Golpayegan and died from cardiac arrest on...
Read More »In Pictures: Funeral Ceremony of Late Ayatollah Saafi Golpayegani in Karbala
The body of the late Grand Ayatollah Safi Golpayegani was laid to rest near the shrine of Imam Hussain (A.S) after funeral ceremonies in Qom, Najaf Ashraf and Karbala...
Read More »‘Science and Religion’ according to Ayatollah Jafar Subhani
based on our definitions of science and religion, science is at the service of religion and discovers the hidden organization of the world....
Read More »Explanation to the Belief of Mahdism in Shi’a Imamiya by Ayatollah Saafi
The author debates, discusses and corrects the book “Islamic Messianism” written by the respected scholar, Abdul Aziz Sachedina, which gives erroneous impression to readers of the Real and Right Islam which Shia’sm is, and enabling readers to analyse faith to...
Read More »