Ijtihad Network Being Wise and Faithful Muslim in the Contemporary World
Islamic tradition emphasizes themes of sisterhood and brotherhood by commanding Muslims to pray with one another, perform the Hajj pilgrimage, and gather to...
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Some Arabs Turn Their Back to Palestine by Submitting to the already-Failed US Deal
Some Arabic establishments have turned their back to Palestine by submitting to the already-failed US deal, Sheikh Isa Qassim told the 33rd International Islamic Unity Conference, which opened in...
Read More »So-Called Scholars’ Prejudices Main Obstacle to Islamic Unity
Some scholars or so-called scholars have prejudices against other schools of thought and thus accuse others of being Kafir (infidel) or...
Read More »Muslims Prevented by Indian to Access a Shrine on Prophet’s Birthday
On Sunday, Indian authorities prevented thousands of Muslim worshipers from accessing Dargah Hazratbal shrine in Srinagar, Kashmir, a site where huge crowds gather annually to mark Eid-e-Milad, the...
Read More »Ayatollah Sistani Receives Head of UNAMI
The office of the Supreme Religious Authority in Najaf Ashraf issued a statement about his meeting with the special representative of the Secretary-General for...
Read More »The Strange and Miraculous Story of ‘Allama Tabataba’i’s Burial
This story is told by the studious historian, Dr. Rasool Ja’farian in his Maqalat va resalat-e tarikhi (Daftar-e chaharom), quoting from Hujjat al-Islam Mohammad Hossein Ash’ari, son of late Ayatollah Ali Asghar Ash’ari Qomi, one of the...
Read More »Indian Top Court Gives Babri Mosque Site to Hindus
India’s Supreme Court has awarded Hindus control of a disputed religious site in the town of Ayodhya for the construction of a temple. The ruling paves the way for Hindus to build a temple where the...
Read More »Ayatollah Sistani Warns that Foreign Sides Trying to Exploit Protests
Iraq’s top Shia cleric Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Ali al-Sistani on Friday urged the politicians in Iraq have a chance to implement reforms, but warned against exploiting the protests by foreign and...
Read More »Int’l Conference on Jurisprudence, Law and Religious Research to Be Held in Iran
Called upon God Almighty, the Network of Virtual Universities of the Islamic World will provide an international conference on jurisprudence, law, and religious research with the effective support of...
Read More »History of the Shrine of Imam Ali Al-Naqi and Imam Hassan Al-Askari
The modern city of Samarra is situated on the bank of the river Tigris some sixty miles from the city of Baghdad. The city is of outstanding importance because of its two shrines...
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