Governing & Policy

Ayatollah Amuzgar indicated that he himself had given the news of the victory of the Islamic Revolution of Iran to Martyr Sadr and pointed out, “Martyr Sadr immediately prostrated before God, and I could see pleasure in his face. Ayatollah Mohyeddin Amuzgar has been in contact a close relationship with …

Iraq “rejects being a launching pad for harming any other country,” said Iraq’s most senior Shiite cleric, Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Ali al-Sistani during a meeting with U.N. Iraq envoy Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert...

The Imam Khomeini actually came at the better time in History, just as Prophet (P.B.U.h) was reported to have said that I came in the best time of History....

Shiites are Iraq’s largest ethno-sectarian group — and these Iraqis have a history of appealing to their religious leaders, known collectively as the marjayya, during...

Late Ayatollah Muhammad Baqir al-Sadr speaking about Iran’s Islamic Revolution and Imam Khomeini (r.a)....

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...

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...

The head of the UN team tasked to investigate ISIS crimes in Iraq, primarily against Yezidis, met with the top Shiite cleric in the country on Wednesday...

The High Court in Kaduna on Tuesday ordered the Kaduna State Government to avail the leader of Islamic Movement in Nigeria, Sheikh Ibrahim al-Zakzaky and his wife Zinat, access to....

This path-breaking study on comparative public law confirms that the globalisation of debates about the relationship of law and religion allows today a profound, sensible re-assessment of plurality-conscious ‘justice as...