Governing & Policy

Sayyid Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi who lost his father in childhood followed his father in his career and became one of the special students of Ayatollah Muhammad Baqir Sadr. It is said that his master had called him as a promising future for

When Rashida Tlaib stands on Jan. 3 for her ceremonial swearing in as the first Palestinian-American woman elected to the U.S. House of Representatives, it will be with her hand on a copy of the Quran....

In 2014-2015, 150 individuals (mean age: 19.82 years; 101 (67.3%) females; 100 (67%) Muslim converts) were followed-up prospectively by the Centre de Prévention contre les Dérives Sectaires liées à l’Islam (CPDSI) until...

In the world of today, beautiful words like “human rights” are used rather frequently and extensively. Yet, these words are spoken most passionately by the corrupt superpowers, leading even some of the...

In this book, the writer, Juan Ricardo Irfan Cole has contributed significantly to our understanding both of Nawabi Awadh (Oudh) and also Twelver (isna Ashari) Shi’ism. His detailed study of the social and...

Contrary to the views held about Islam with regards to freedom of speech, the writer wants to share the views held by Imam Ali AS the successor of Prophet (SAW), the fortress of Islam and leader of the believers with regards the freedom of speech and...

Hundreds of Nigerian Muslims and members of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria on Thursday staged a protest in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, to mark the 3rd anniversary of the Zaria massacre and detention of Sheikh Ibrahim al-Zakzaky’s by...

Nigerian authorities have failed to ensure justice for the killings of hundreds of members of the Shia Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN) since 2015, Human Rights Watch said today in releasing a...

Representative of Grand Ayatollah Sistani, sheikh Abdul-Mahdi Al-Karbalaei said at Friday’s sermon that "using politics as a means to serve the country, politicians must refrain from using illegal means to...

There are some people among the non-Muslims and even the Muslims who spread confusion that the concept of human rights is alien to Shari’a (Islamic law) and it has no place in the provisions of the ...