Imam Hasan ibn Ali al-Askari, the son of the Tenth Imam, was born in 232/845 and according to some Shiite sources was poisoned and killed in 260/872 through the instigation of the Abbasid caliph al-Mu'tamid...
Read More »No Muslim Countries among the 10 Biggest Halal Exporters
"There are no Muslim countries among the 10 biggest halal exporters in the world,” Assad Sajjad Zaidi, CEO of International Halal Center, told the World Halal Summit in...
Read More »Photos: Participants at Int.l Conference on Countering Takfirism met with Ayatollah Khamenei
Participants at "Worldwide Conference on Takfiri Issues and Enthusiasts of Ahlul-Bayt (as)" met with Ayatollah Khamenei this morning, Thursday, November 23, 2017, here is the photos of the meeting...
Read More »End of ISIS: a Tremendous Axis of Resistance Victory is Unfolding
When General Qassem Soleimani presented the victory letter to his leader, Ayatollah Khamenei, announcing the end of DAESH rule in the region, it was not simply a message from an Iranian General to his Commander in...
Read More »Call for Papers: The Early Islamic Empire at Work
The conference -The Early Islamic Empire at Work, The View from the Regions Toward the Center- aimed to understand the political and economic workings of a pre-modern empire, the Islamic Empire (660-940 C.E.), which stretches over almost the entire Hellenistic-Roman world from the Atlantic to...
Read More »Islam Is most Welcome by Japanese People
Japan is not a country one would associate with Islam, with it recognised as a Shinto-majority country. Of the 127 million people living in Japan, only 100,000 Muslims reside in the country, with...
Read More »Call for Papers: Religion and Civil Society in the Post-Soviet Era
The conference titled “Religion and Civil Society in the Post-Soviet Era: Central Asia and Beyond” will be held on March 21 at American University of Centeral Asia, Bishkek Kyrgyzstan. The post-Soviet era was hailed as an opportunity for a new flourishing of religious liberty in the area corresponding to the …
Read More »Ayatollah Khamenei Visits Quake-Hit Border Province+Pics
Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Sayyed Ali Khamenei is visiting Iran's western province of Kermanshah which was hit by a deadly earthquake more than a week ago...
Read More »Pilgrimage to Karbala: Commemorating the Past Sacrifice and Preparing for Future Revolution
The Arba’een pilgrimage has become the focal point of all sociopolitical and geopolitical developments. It is the religious engine, so to speak, that is fueling the rise of increasingly assertive Shia organizations that have been the only political entities in recent decades to...
Read More »Book Review: Shari’a and Islamism in Sudan
The influence of Islamic law on the legal system of the Sudan is a field of studies that, except for a short period of increased interest after the September laws in the...
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