Nigerian Muslims have once again waged protest rally in the capital of Abuja to demand the release of top Muslim cleric Sheikh Ibrahim Zakzaky...
Read More »Strengthening Your Relations with Marja’iya: Ayatollah Khamenei to Iraq President
Ayatollah Khamenei at the meeting with the Iraq president regarded maintaining and strengthening relations with religious scholars [marja’iyah] as very important and stated: Marinating relations with the clergy, in different stages and...
Read More »Governing Islam Abroad: Turkish and Moroccan Muslims in Western Europe
This book employs a comparative perspective that analyzes the foreign religious activities of the two home states with the largest diaspora populations in Europe: Turkey and Morocco...
Read More »Australian Muslim Groups Slam PM Islamophobic Speech
Several Australian Muslim groups have slammed Prime Minister Scott Morrison over his speech on the knife attack that took place on 9 November on Bourke Street in...
Read More »Why Nigerian Government so Afraid of Sheikh Zakzaky and IMN?
Last week, on the day of Arbaeen, thousands of Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN) supporters took part in a series of peaceful protests in the Nigerian capital Abuja to demand the release of their...
Read More »Bahraini Scholars Condemn Sheikh Ali Salman’s Life Sentence
Bahraini scholars have strongly condemned the recent life sentence handed down to prominent Bahraini Shia cleric and opposition leader, Sheikh Ali Salman, stating that the ruling Al Khalifah regime has lost its...
Read More »Sunni Nations Are Ourselves: Ayatollah Sistani
“In one of the recent meetings of Grand Ayatollah with a crowd of Popular Mobilization Forces, one member said we have peaceful coexistence with our Sunni brothers. In reply, Ayatollah al-Sistani underlined that do use the term Sunni brothers but say they are...
Read More »Arbaeen: An Opportunity to Display a Strong Will against Tyranny and Injustice
Prophets (as) and Imams (as) are the vivid examples and leaders that true Mu’mins (believers) should practically follow and not just worship. The example of Imam Hussain (as) is the lesson of uprising against tyranny and...
Read More »Sectarianism in Muslim Societies Shaped by Geopolitical not by Sharia
The scholars at the ‘The Muslim Ummah’ international conference held in Istanbul noted that the challenge of sectarianism in Muslim societies is shaped by...
Read More »Call for Papers: The Politics of Religion and Spirituality
The 35th Conference International Society for the Sociology of Religion (ISSR) conference will be held in Barcelona, Spain, 9-12 July, 2019 under the title “The Politics of Religion and...
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