Ayatollah Khamenei expressed his condolences on the demise of the spiritual scholar and traveler on the path of monotheism, Ayatollah Hasanzadah Amoli....
Read More »Allamah Hassan-Zadah Amoli Passed Away at the Age of 93
Ayatollah Allamah Ḥasan Ḥasanzāda Āmolī, a philosopher, mystic, theologian, mujtahid, astronomer, and a teacher of religious and Islamic seminary disciplines, passed away at the age...
Read More »To Karbala: Surveying Religious Shiʻa from Iran and Iraq
This survey captures the attitudes and beliefs of religiously observant Shiites by surveying Iranians and Iraqis on pilgrimage to Karbala for the Shiite holy day of Arba’een. When we conducted this survey in the days leading up to and during the Arba’een celebrations of 2015, 22 million pilgrims reportedly participated in the...
Read More »Digital Technology and Pilgrimage: Shiʿi Rituals of Arbaʿin in Iraq
This paper offers a study on the increasing digitization of Shiʿi Muslim rituals of Arbaʿin, observed on the fortieth day after the martyrdom of Husayn, the grandson of Prophet Muhammad, at the battlefield of Karbala, Iraq; his shrine here is visited by....
Read More »Encyclopedia of Women & Islamic Cultures: 2010-2020
A unique collaboration of nearly 300 scholars worldwide, the Encyclopedia of Women & Islamic Cultures 2010-2020 is an interdisciplinary, trans-historical, and...
Read More »The Distinctive Features that Characterize Piety
Taqwā points toward the degree to which people protect themselves from erring from Allāh Almighty’s command while striving to remain obedient to Him. When Imām Ṣādiq u was asked to define piety he...
Read More »Life Story of Allamah Tabatabaei
‘Allamah’s family life was extremely warm and pleasant. When his wife passed away he shed so many tears and was so saddened and moved that one day we asked him, “we should be learning patience and endurance from you - why are...
Read More »In Photos: Arbaeen Int’l Congress Held in Karbala
The 5th edition of Arbaeen International Congress was held for two days at Khatam-ul-Anbiya (PBUH) Hall of the holy shrine of Imam Hussain (AS) in...
Read More »Arbaʻeen: Reflecting Upon the Imam’s Stand
The events surrounding the martyrdom of Imam Husayn (peace be upon him) remain controversial among scholars, historians, and lovers of Imam Husayn...
Read More »Crisis and Consolidation in the Formative Period of Shi’ite Islam
The present work attempts to shed light on some aspects of the Imamite doctrine during the period of Minor Occultation and on the contributions of Abu Ja'far b. Qiba to the formation of the developed Imamite doctrine...
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