The three-day international conference pioneers in its focus on the relationship between the Qurʾān with Syriac Christianity. The event will bring together an...
Read More »Book: How to Pray a Good Prayer
Many benefits from praying have been mentioned in the traditions. If you ask mystics or scholars about how to reach heights in spiritual matters, they will emphasize...
Read More »A Look at Political-Cultural Life of Shahid Muhammad Baqir al-Sadr
If we want to talk about Ayatollah Sayyid Muhammad Baqir al-Sadr’s personality, we could very easily say that he was without any doubt a genius, without a doubt a personality who was...
Read More »Saudi Arabia Will Host a Million Pilgrims for this Year’s Hajj
Saudi Arabia has said it will allow one million people – from both inside and outside the country – to perform the Hajj this year compared with only a few thousand local pilgrims over the...
Read More »Cultural Relations between Christianity and Shia Islam
The history of the Shi`ah and Christian cultural relations is comparatively old. Of these relations may be mentioned inter-religious dialogue in the area of Kalam that took place in a spirit of complete mutual...
Read More »How to Respond to Someone Who Has Been Sexually Assaulted
One woman was molested at age eight. The second was 15 years old when four men blindfolded and raped her. And the third faced sexual assault twice, once as a child and the second time as an...
Read More »The Duties of Women toward their Husbands, part2
Man has been created for woman and vice versa. They are attracted to each other like magnets.
Read More »A History of Islam in Indonesia: Unity in Diversity
In this survey Carool Kersten presents the Islamisation of Indonesia from the first evidence of the acceptance of Islam by indigenous peoples in the late thirteenth century until the...
Read More »Minneapolis Recognizes Ramadan, Supports Public Playing of Adhan
Minneapolis City Council has passed a resolution on recognizing the Islamic month of Ramadan while also backing the public playing of adhan....
Read More »Nowruz in Islam
Nowruz is the traditional Iranian festival of spring which starts at the exact moment of the vernal equinox, commencing the start of the spring. It is considered as the start of the New Year among Iranians. The name comes from Avestan meaning “new day/daylight”. Noruz is celebrated March 20/21 each …
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