Iraq's most prominent Shia cleric Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Ali Sistani has condemned the Daesh-claimed deadly terrorist attack against a Shia mosque in the northeastern Afghan city of Kunduz, criticizing the Islamic nations and the rest of the...
Read More »Fellowship and Sympathy in Life and Teachings of Imam Rida (as)
The present Op-Ed examines the place of the concept of fellowship and sympathy in the lifestyle and practice of Imam Rida (pbuh)...
Read More »Who is Imam Rida (PBUH)?
'Alī ibn Mūsā ar-Riḍā, also called Abu al-Hasan, Ali al-Reza (c. 29 December 765 – 23 August 818) or in Iran (Persia) as Imam Reza, was a descendant of the Islamic prophet, Muhammad, and the eighth Shi'ite Imam, after his...
Read More »Debates of Prophet Muhammad (S) with Scholars and Representatives of Five Different Religions
Imam Ja'far al-Sadiq (as) says that his father Imam Baqir (as) reported to him, and he was reported by Imam Ali Ibn al-Husain Zayn al-Abedin (as), who reported from his grandfather, Imam Ali (as) that once, in the city of Medina, twenty five scholars and representatives of....
Read More »Religious Leaders Calls for Action on Climate Change
Dozens of religious leaders made a joint appeal to governments to commit to ambitious targets at the upcoming U.N. climate conference, while promising to do their own part to lead their faithful into more...
Read More »Imam Hasan (as), a Brief Look into His Life
(This is) an account of the Imam after the Commander of the faithful, peace be on him, the date of his birth, the evidence for his Imamates the period of his succession, the time of his death, and the place of his...
Read More »New Book Release: Who Is Zaynab? +PDF
Her birth, upbringing, and the events of her life led to what would be her fateful destiny in Karbala, Kufah, and Damascus. God has instilled a boundless potential within each human being to spread goodness and resist evil and corruption, and although every person is born with this basic nature, …
Read More »Islamic Philosophy Conference to Be Held at Harvard University
The aim of the conference is to promote the study of Islamic Philosophy, broadly conceived, in its historical and contemporary context....
Read More »Why Did Islamic Community Consent to Murder of Prophet’s Grandson, 50 Years after His Demise?
On the 10th of Muharram in the year 61 in Hijri calendar and in desert called Karbala, Hussain ibn Ali (pbuh), the grandchild of Prophet of Islam (pbuh), was killed and his family members were sent into...
Read More »10th Islamic Legal Studies Conference to Be Held on May 2022
The X Islamic Legal Studies Conference convened by the International Society of Islamic Legal Studies (ISILS) under the auspices of the Governance Programme at the Aga Khan University – Institute for the Study of Muslim Civilisations (AKU-ISMC), London will be...
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