Little research has been done on Western women who convert to Shi‘i Islam. To fill this gap, this study was conducted on American and Canadian women who have converted to...
Read More »Multiple Identities in a Pluralistic World: Shi‘ism in America
This paper will examine the early history and contemporary religious, social and political experience of Shi‘i Muslims in America...
Read More »The Story of Rufino: Slavery, Freedom, and Islam in the Black Atlantic
The book tells the story of Rufino, or Abuncare, a Yoruba Muslim from the kingdom of Oyo, who came to Brazil as a slave in c. 1823 and lived in the Atlantic cities of....
Read More »Fatima al-Zahra in the Words of the Infallibles
This article introduces some of the facets of her status and personality by relying on the words of the Prophet, the Imams, and Lady Fatima herself. Some of her....
Read More »Necessities and Obligations in Relation to the Cyberspace according to Ayatollah Makarem Sharazi
Those who wish to spread corruption in the world of today are quite active; it is therefore necessary for those who wish to spread righteousness and truth to stand up against them and...
Read More »Imam Musa Sadr’s Solution for Shaking Hands with Women
When I was roughly 19 years old, I was assigned with a duty to deliver a letter written by my father (Ayatollah Sadr, the then grand Ayatollah) to the incumbent Iranian Prime Minister. I, therefore, travelled from Qom to...
Read More »Why Do Shiites Wipe their Feet rather than Washing them in Wudhu?
Sunnis wash their feet when performing wudhu and they describe this practice as fardh (mandatory). It is certainly mandatory and I am wondering why Shiites are refraining from performing a fardh by...
Read More »Building a Family in the Eyes of Ayatollah Khamenei
Ayatollah Khamenei has introduced a model of an ideal Islamic family, which will aid in building an Islamic civilisation
Read More »The Historic Fadak Sermon of Fatima by Ayatollah Wahid Khorasani
It is quoted in the book al-Ihtijaj of Shaykh al-Tabarsi from ʿAbdullah b. Hasan who relates from his fore-fathers that when Sayyidah Zahra was informed that...
Read More »The Life of Fatima Az-Zahra by Ayatollah Baqir Sharif Al-Qarashi
The book is a study on the life of Infallible "Fatima" the daughter of Prophet Muhammad (s.a.w.). It offers and inclusive review on the high qualities of her great personality such as...
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