Tens of thousands of Yemeni people took to streets on Monday to mark Milad al-Nabi, birth anniversary of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH). Like the years before, Yemeni people celebrated this Islamic holiday in great...
Read More »Al-Azhar Grand Mufti to Visit Ayatollah Sistani in Iraq
The Grand Mufti of Egypt’s Al-Azhar, Ahmed Al-Tayyeb, is to visit senior Shia cleric, Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Ali Sistani, in Iraq early next month, according to sources...
Read More »The Concept of Polygamy and the Prophets Marriages
Since 9/11, we have observed that certain groups have tried to capitalize on that tragedy by attacking Islam from all sides. Unfortunately, even some Christian TV channels have joined in this Islam-bashing and are trying to tarnish the...
Read More »A Call for Shia-Sunni Dialog – Why and How?
Shia-Sunni violence has been on the rise in the last few years, particularly in Iraq and Pakistan. Every month, it seems, scores of Shias and Sunnis are killed in a vicious tit-for-tat between extremists on both sides. Many of the victims are killed as they pray or...
Read More »Some 50 Int’l Figures to Attend Islamic Unity Conference in Tehran, Iran
The 35th edition of the International Islamic Unity Conference will be held with the in-person participation of some 50 prominent figures, an official said...
Read More »Building a New Islamic Civilization based on the Concept of Awaiting
Belief in the reappearance of the 12th Imam has always been stressed in the Shi’a faith, and it has led to a duty which is known as “awaiting....
Read More »Al-Azhar Condemns Bombing of Shia Mosque in Kandahar, Afghanistan
Egypt’s Al-Azhar University expressed its “strong condemnation of the treacherous terrorist bombings” in Kandahar, saying that those who kill worshipers in God’s homes have “sold their religion for a cheap price in the world, and that they will receive their fullest punishment in...
Read More »Can a Five Year Old Boy Become an Imam?
How can one believe that a five year old lad is appointed to the position of wilayat and Imamate? How is it possible that he is given the charge of protecting and effecting the laws of God at that young age and is made the Imam, the leader of the …
Read More »Call for Applications: Scholarships and Places in the Berlin Graduate School Muslim Cultures and Societies
The Berlin Graduate School Muslim Cultures and Societies will admit up to ten PhD fellows to its three-year doctoral programme, which is to begin on 1 October 2022....
Read More »Did Imam Hasan al-Askari (as) Martyr without Fathering any Children?
The Prophet (s) prophesized that Imam al-Mahdi (as) would be born, and that his father would be Imam Hasan al-Askari (as). As such, anybody who reads these hadiths and then doubts whether or not...
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