Hartford Seminary announces an opening for a Shi‘i scholar with a distinguished record that includes an academic doctorate, religious training and lived religious commitments to occupy the newly endowed Imam Ali Chair for Shi‘i Studies and...
Read More »Conversion to Twelver Shi‘ism among American and Canadian women
In the United States, at least a quarter of the Muslims are thought to be converts. Nevertheless, conversion to Islam in North America only received substantial media and academic attention after the September 11th attacks. Little research has been done on Western women who convert to Shi‘i Islam. To fill …
Read More »Shiʻism in America By Liyakat Nathani Takim +PDF
Shi’ism in America provides the first general overview of the Shi’i community in America, tracing its history, its current composition, and how Shi’a have negotiated their identity in the...
Read More »Call for Papers: International Conference on Islamic Education Studies & Social Science
International Conference on Islamic Education Studies and Social Science (ICISS) 2019, will be take place in Osaka, Japan on July 25-26, 2019...
Read More »Former UN Representative Praised Ayatollah Sistani
Yan Kubish, the representative of the UN Secretary General in Iraq, issued an emotional message to the people of Iraq on the occasion of the end of his mission in Iraq and being optimistic about the future...
Read More »Egypt Dar al-Ifta Fatwa on Congratulating Non-Muslims’ Religious Festivals
Is it permissible to congratulate non-Muslims on their religious festivals (like Christmas, Diwali, etc.)....
Read More »Can a Shia Boy Marry a Sunni Girl?
According to Islam, marriage is the basic institution which aims at establishing the family, the primary unit of society. It is desirable and recommended by itself but if a person is in need of marriage and is...
Read More »Nigerian Muslims mark 2015 Massacre Anniversary
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...
Read More »The Fatwas of Shia Grand Ayatollahs on Praying Behind a Sunni Prayer Leader
There is no problem in attending Sunni congregational prayers; it is permissible and there are some reports according to which one who stands in the first row of their congregational prayers is like...
Read More »End Killing of Shias in Nigeria: Human Rights Watch
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...
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