Sociability & Relations

Ghusl is a ritual washing performed to attain spiritual cleanliness and physical purity. This full-body purification can become necessary for engaging in various acts of worship. The need for ghusl arises at specific times: after menstrual periods, marital intimacy, and childbirth. It is also recommended on Fridays, Eids, and before entering Mecca and....

Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Sayyid Ali Khamenei has paid tribute to Hashem Safieddine, a top-ranking Hezbollah leader recently assassinated by Israel, describing the resistance movement as the “strongest defender of Lebanon and the most solid shield against the Zionist regime’s greed.”...

Leader of the Iran Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Sayyid Ali Khamenei has stated that West Asia is currently in a critical condition, the outcome of which will be determined by Resistance forces who are taking after martyrs like Hezbollah’s Sayyad Hassan Nasrallah and Hamas’ Yahya Sinwar...

Yahya Sinwar, born in a refugee camp, educated under occupation in Gaza, joined the resistance in his youth, for which he was imprisoned and sentenced to life. He spent over 23 years of his life in Zionist prisons, and after his release, his determination and strategic brilliance helped lay the....

Ali ibn Abi Talib is one of the most important figures in the textual history of the Qur'an. In addition to being one of the Prophet’s scribes, he is reported to have played a key role in compiling the Qur'an into a single book shortly after the Prophet’s death. As the fourth caliph, Ali ibn Abi Talib copied the Uthmanic codex and distributed it...

The purpose of this study is to analyze the relationship between Islam and ideology through the thoughts and works of Ayatollah Khomeini and Hassan al-Banna, who led Islamic movements.....

This event will be hosted by the Institute for the Study of Religion in the Middle East in partnership with the Pontifical Institute for Arabic and Islamic Studies (PISAI) and the Centre for Muslim-Christian Studies Oxford....

This workshop explores Shi’ism and Muslim confessionalisation from a global historical perspective, with a special focus on migrations and connections across borders and continents. Its main objective is to flip the central dichotomy at the heart of work on global trends in Islam to.....

This conference aims to promote the study of devotion to the Prophet Muhammad and his family (often defined as the Ahl al-Bayt) as a key component of Islamic thought and practice, both in history and as the lived reality of millions of Muslims...

Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Sayyid Ali Khamenei, led the Friday prayer for the first time in four years, an event regarded by many analysts as one of his most anticipated interventions. The last time Ayatollah Khamenei presided over this ceremony was in 2020, following the assassination of Lieutenant …