Sociability & Relations

Al-Azhar, the Islamic institution, expressed its admiration for Russian President Vladimir Putin’s resolute stance against the repeated abuses targeted at the...

Hajj is not just a religious obligation but also a powerful symbol of unity and solidarity with millions of Muslims from all over the world who come together to perform the same...

The Office of His Eminence, Ayatollah Sayyid Ali Sistani, communicated a letter to the Secretary-General of the United Nations, His Excellency Mr. António Guterres, regarding the desecration of the Holy Quran in....

The Way of Nobility: Knowledge of the Imam (Minhāj al-karāma fī maʿrifat al-imāma) is one of the most celebrated works in favour of the Shīʿī belief in the Imāma...

Millions of Muslim worshipers cast pebbles in the “stoning of the devil” ritual of the annual Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia, as Muslims around the world are celebrating the first day of...

Unity and spirituality are what guarantee the material and spiritual advancement of the Islamic world and its enlightening the entire world, said Ayatollah Sayyid Ali Khamenei in his message to the 2023 Hajj Pilgrimage....

Muslims say they do not worship idols. How come when they go to Mecca they kiss a black stone? Isn't that like worshipping an idol?..

The people of the world are usually aware of two kinds of journey. One journey is that which is made to earn livelihood which includes business, immigration and educational trips. The second one is that which is undertaken for pleasure and sightseeing and...

Imam Abu Ja‘far (al-Baqir), peace be on him, had all the noble qualities that made him appropriate for undertaking the spiritual and the temporal leadership of this community. Each of his qualities raised him to the top which no one...

Iran’s criminal courts are notorious for meting out severe sentences—according to Amnesty International, the country has the world’s highest rate of capital punishment per capita. Less known to outside observers, however, is the Iranian criminal code’s recognition of forgiveness, where victims of...