“We support the oppressed throughout the world; Kashniri people should resist against the oppressors and follow the Ahlul Bayt’s tradition. Today everybody is expected to be actively engaged in supporting the oppressed, and the...
Read More »Documentary: For the Love of Hussain – The Pastor Who Visited Karbala
“For the Love of Hussain (A.S.)” recounts the reflections and experiences of a Christian Pastor from America on the fifty-mile walk from Najaf to Karbala, Iraq for Arbaeen in October 2018...
Read More »The Most Painful Event in Karbala is Assassination of 6 Month Old Baby: Archbishop of Georgia
I think the most painful detail in Karbala is assassination of the six-month-old baby, because the baby represents complete innocence...
Read More »Imam Hussain, the Mediator: A Structural Analysis of the Karbala Drama according to Abu Ja´far Muhammad b.Jarir al-Tabari
In this study, the Karbala Drama is regarded as a myth and the method used to analyze it is inspired by the structuralism of Claude Lévi-Strauss. Lévi-Straussian structuralism has probably never before been applied to early Arabic material to...
Read More »Ayatollah Sistani’s Views on “Whoever Weeps for Imam Hussain to Enter Paradise” Hadith
Ayatollah Sistani answers question about authenticity of the Hadith attributed to Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him) in which it says “Paradise is promised to whoever weeps or...
Read More »The History and Philosophy of Aza’ of Imam Hussain (a)
It is our duty to deliver Imam Husayn's message to the indigenous population of the country we live in. We can succeed in this only if we ourselves appear to be true followers of Imam in all our interaction with...
Read More »Usūl Al-Fiqh : Beyond Tradition+PDF
Anyone who ever takes the intellectual history of religion seriously is bound to deal with the notion of originality either directly or obliquely. And perhaps more than any other religion, the originality of Islam, of...
Read More »Book: The Shi‘a in Modern South Asia: Religion, History and Politics
The essays within this volume, all written by leading scholars of the field, explore various Shi'i communities (both Isna 'Ashari and Isma'ili) in parts of the subcontinent as diverse as Karachi, Lucknow, Bombay and...
Read More »Karbala Is a Glorious Panorama in History Presented to the Entire Humanity
The event of Karbala is a strange event. It is a glorious panorama in history which has been presented to the entire humanity. Imam Hussein (a.s.) prepared himself for such a day, said...
Read More »‘Halal Restaurant Week’ to Be Held in Korea
The Korean nation's tourism authorities will hold events to promote halal restaurants across the country next month, to help Muslim tourists locate halal restaurants here, according to the...
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