This essay focuses on recent divorce reforms in Egypt (2000) and Morocco (2004), with equal attention to the positions of men and women who end their marriages...
Read More »Confronting of the next Generation of Maraji after Ayatollah Boroujerdi with Islamic Revolution of Iran
According to Ijtihad Network, Fuqaha and Revolution of Iran is one of new books, published by Kavir publication, that illustrates the confronting the great Fuqaha with Islamic revolution of...
Read More »Martyr Sadr Prostrated by the News of Islamic Revolution of Iran’s Victory
Ayatollah Amuzgar indicated that he himself had given the news of the victory of the Islamic Revolution of Iran to Martyr Sadr and pointed out, “Martyr Sadr immediately prostrated before God, and I could see pleasure in his face. Ayatollah Mohyeddin Amuzgar has been in contact a close relationship with …
Read More »Is Holiness Fatima (P.B.U.H) the Basis for Unity or the Cause of Disunity?
Among infallible Imams (pbut) there is no one whose approach and behavior lead to disunity in the Islamic society. in other words, Her Holiness Fatimah Zahra (pbuh) and other infallible Imams(pbut), all have had an approach that can be a...
Read More »Lady Fāṭimah :How Do You Perform Prayer, but You Are Silent about the Trampled Right?
Lady Fāṭimah (peace be upon her) poses this question that, O people! How do you perform prayer, but you fear plots and tricks? How do you perform prayer, but you are silent about the....
Read More »Conversion to Twelver Shi’ism among American and Canadian Women
Little research has been done on Western women who convert to Shi‘i Islam. To fill this gap, this study was conducted on American and Canadian women who have converted to....
Read More »Ayatollah Sistani Rejects Trump’s Plan for US Troops in Iraq
Iraq “rejects being a launching pad for harming any other country,” said Iraq’s most senior Shiite cleric, Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Ali al-Sistani during a meeting with U.N. Iraq envoy Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert...
Read More »Book: Women in Shiʿism: Ancient Stories, Modern Ideologies
This book takes a more nuanced approach to that question by exploring how women are portrayed in hadith on ancient sacred narrative – the stories of the prophets. ...
Read More »Al-Azhar’s Imam Calls on Muslims to Embrace Christians
Sheikh Ahmed al-Tayeb, the Grand Imam of Egypt’s Al-Azhar mosque and university, called on Muslims in the Middle East to “embrace” local Christian communities....
Read More »Video: Sheikh al-Zakzaky’s Speech on Imam Khomeini & Islamic Revolution
The Imam Khomeini actually came at the better time in History, just as Prophet (P.B.U.h) was reported to have said that I came in the best time of History....
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