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Through their performances of mourning rites, Shi’a Mohajerin (emigrants from India) Muslim women in Peshawar, Pakistan practiced an oblique,undeclared contestation against their subordinate position in a...

What is going on in Iraq and what is the ultimate solution? While different analysts propose different solutions to the turmoil in Iraq, what is the best solution? Sayyid Hashim al-Haidari explains it for...

The shiite Muslim community in Kenya is an active religious minority which need to be studied due to their significant role in different aspects of social life in Kenya since the...

Historically the vast majority of Muslims in Dar es Salaam have tended to belong to either the Shi'a community or to one of the Sunni sufi brotherhoods (s. tariqa, pl. turuq), each assuming a dynamic role in...

Examples of respecting the Ahl al-Bayt (a) by the Imams of the Four Sunni Schools plus their admittance about absolute superiority of Imam al-Sadiq (a) in knowledge, God-wariness and worship......

Iraq's top cleric has said that violence and chaos will only hinder true reforms as demanded by ongoing anti-corruption and economic protesters in Iraq, calling on demonstrators to...

IHRC condemns the decision of the Kaduna state high court ordering the leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria, Sheikh Ibrahim Al-Zakzaky and his wife to be transferred from the custody of the...

In the views of Sheikh al-Azhar, the polygamy is not a principle in Islam, but rather, the goal of Islam is protecting the family...

This nine-chapter long book comprehensively covers different facets of Shi‘a politics in the subcontinent...

This research project examined the dynamics between the Shi‘a and Sunni branches of Islam amongst Iraqi immigrants in Canada...