Today, the 37th International Islamic Unity Conference has officially kicked off in the Iranian capital Tehran with the theme “Islamic Cooperation to Achieve Common Values”...
Read More »Imam Khomeini’s View on the Islamic Unity
Muslims should be awake, Muslims should be alert that if a dispute takes place among Sunni and Shi'ite brothers, it is harmful to all of us, it is harmful to all Muslims....
Read More »Unity between Islamic Nations is Possible but Needs Action
When faced with important issues, there are some people whose first reaction is always denial and despair: “It is not possible, there’s no point.” I do not agree with this. I say it is possible, unity and harmony between Islamic nations is possible, but work needs to be done, actions must be....
Read More »Unity of the Islamic Schools of Thought according to Imam Musa al-Sadr
This article explores the thought and activities of Imam al-Sadr pertaining to the issue of unity and the important role he occupied as one of the leading figures within the Islamic unity movement....
Read More »Shiʻi Piety and Dynastic Legitimacy: Mashhad under the Early Safavid Shahs
This paper examines the period, under the aegis of the early Safavid shahs, when Mashhad was established as the preeminent Shiʻi pilgrimage center in Iran...
Read More »The Necessity of Appointing a Successor by the Prophet
Even if we accepted the hypothesis (which Shiʻism does not accept) that the appointment of the ruler of Islamic society is given by the Shariʻah to the people themselves, still it would be necessary for the Prophet to give an explanation concerning this...
Read More »Reasons for the Occultation of Imam Al-Mahdi (‘A)
The occultation (Ghaybah) of the twelfth Imam consists of two phases: one is Ghaybah al-Sughra (The lesser occultation) and the second is Ghaybah al-Kubra (The greater occultation)....
Read More »Short Stories from the Life of Imam Hassan Al-Askari (A)
Our 11th Imam, Imam Hassan Askari (as) lived a short life of 28 years. In this short life, Imam Hassan Askari (as) had to endure great sufferings at the hands of the Abbasid Caliphs. But in spite of all that suffering and confinement in Samarra, Iraq, many students benefited from his God gifted knowledge and later became scholars in...
Read More »Role of Muslim Leadership in India
If we examine the process of development after independence in India, it becomes clear that Muslims have been pushed back in society, culture, politics, education and other spheres of life, which is the cause of their overall impoverishment....
Read More »Call for Papers: Fifth Annual Islamic Philosophy Conference
The American Society of Islamic Philosophy and Theology’s fifth annual conference will be held December 1 - 3, 2023. It will be a hybrid conference, with some papers presented online via Zoom, and some in person on the...
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