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Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Sayyid Ali Khamenei slams Muslim heads of state for failing to cut their relations with the Israeli occupation regime.....
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Drawing on an original survey of 350 Muslims as well as examining literature, poetry, film, TV shows, and social media posts, Muslim Prayer in American Public Life provides an in-depth examination of the lived experiences of Muslim prayer practices in....
Read More »Postdoctoral Position: In the History of Islam and Muslims in Europe
The Leibniz Institute of European History (IEG) has invited applications for a full-time postdoctoral position (research associate) in the History of Islam and Muslims in Europe.....
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Enjoining what is good and forbidding what is evil has conditions among which that there should be a reasonable possibility that they might accept. Non Muslims need first to believe in Allah and His messenger Muhammad (SAWA) before we talk to them about performing Prayers and...
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After the martyrdom of Imam Hussain (AS) in the Ashura uprising in 680 AD, God assigned Sajjad (AS) the mission to lead Muslims. He had to endure the reigns of Yazid ibn Muawiya, Abd Allah ibn Zubayr, Muawiya ibn Yazid, Marwan ibn Ḥakam, Abd Al-Malik ibn Marwan ibn....
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It is not necessary to be a Shia to be a lover or admirer of Imam Hussain. Nor to be a Muslim to acknowledge the infallibility, greatness, and valour of the grandson of the Holy Prophet Muhammad (PBUH), who stood fast against tyranny and barbarism never seen in....
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All those who are familiar with the Imam's life do certainly realize that his role in serving Islam had started very early in his life. He has contributed to the rising Islamic movement when he was a boy, and played a significant role, when his father was the....
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Dalā’il al-Nubuwwa literature that is centered on narratives from the Prophet Muḥammad’s life has most commonly been viewed, or even dismissed, as the product of popular veneration...
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Those who grew up in the West like me, who woke up from their brainwashing and found them to be thirsty for righteous political leaders, will have their thirst quenched if they know Imam Khomeini...
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