This will be a one-day conference held in partnership with the Cultural Centre of the Iranian embassy, as part of the celebrations for the 2019 International Day for Women on March the 8th and Iranian Day for Women on...
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 »The president of the university was sacked after describing a TV host as apostate
Grand Imam of Al-Azhar Ahmed Al-Tayeb sacked the president of the university, Ahmed Hosny, on Friday after he described TV host Islam Al-Beheiry as an “apostate”. Grand Imam of Al-Azhar Ahmed Al-Tayeb sacked the president of the university, Ahmed Hosny, on Friday after he described TV host Islam Al-Beheiry as …
Read More »Colombia Muslim Students Launch Campaign for Improving Prayer Spaces
The Muslim Students Association of Colombia University has launched a video campaign, using the hashtag #LetUsPray, advocating for improved prayer spaces at both Barnard and Columbia, citing concerns about cleanliness and...
Read More »3rd International Conference on Religious Freedom and Human Rights Opens in Jordan
HRH Prince Hassan, chairperson of the Board of Trustees of the Royal Institute for Interfaith Studies (RIIFS), on Sunday opened the third international conference on religious freedom and...
Read More »Cologne University Hosts the Second Annual Shi’a Studies Conference +Pics
In the 50th anniversary of establishment of the first Shia Specialized Library in Europe by Prof. Abdul Javad Falatouri, Iranian philosophy scholar and founder of Hamburg Faculty of Islamic Sciences, Cologne University of Germany hosted the...
Read More »Religious Rejection of Violence
Islam always invites to moderation and justice. The world nowadays is full of violence and we can find extremism in individual and social aspects. Sometimes it is covert and sometimes it is overt. As a religion of peace, Islam considers violence as a moral vice and thus rejects it totally. …
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 »4th Int’l Conference in Fatwa Renewal Starts in Egypt
The activities of the 4th international conference organized by the Egypt General Secretariat for Fatwa Authorities Worldwide on fatwa renewal was inaugurated on Tuesday...
Read More »World Religious Leaders Surprised by Ayatollah Sistani’s Advices
A conference entitled, “Reclaiming Intellectual Primacy and Promoting Just, Peaceful and Inclusive Societies” was held at the United Nations Headquarters in New York on October 8, 2018 and was organized by The Shrine of Imam Hussain (AS), The Shrine of Al-Abbas (AS), Al-Khoei Foundation and the Alliance for Research and …
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