It can be said with certainty that the appointment of Islam's holy Prophet is the most blessed and greatest incident that has happened for the humans in the course of history...
Read More »Maxims of Imam Musa ibn Ja’far al-Kazim (ʻA)
Everything has its tax and the tax of the body is the recommendable fasting. After the acknowledgement of God, the best worship is expecting the Relief. He who supplicates to God before he praises Him and blesses the Prophet (peace be upon him and his family) is as same as throwing an arrow without the existence of a string. He who is certain of the reward will give generously.....
Read More »Shiʿi Studies International Conference 2025: New Directions and Perspectives
Two Day International Conference on Shiʿi Studies hosted by Leiden University Shiʿi Studies Initiative, in cooperation with the Institute for Arab and Islamic Studies, University of Exeter, and sponsored by The Shiʿa Research Institute and the Jaffer Center for Muslim World Studies.,,
Read More »Gaza Won, It’s Akin to a Myth: Ayatollah Khamenei
Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Ali Khamenei characterized the ceasefire and victory in Gaza as a compelling affirmation of a prediction that the Resistance is alive and enduring. In this context, he remarked that the unfolding events before the world’s eyes are akin to a myth....
Read More »European Muslims and the Qur’an: Practices of Translation, Interpretation, and Commodification
The research presented in this volume seeks to analyse Muslims’ practices of translating, interpreting and using the Qur’an as a sacred object and, thus, pursues three main research agendas....
Read More »Palestinian Patience, Resistance Forced Israel to Back Down: Ayatollah Khamenei
Leader of the Islamic Revolution Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Ali Khamenei has commended the sacrifices and valor of Palestinians and their resistance in the face of the months-long Israeli aggression that resulted in a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip and forced the regime to back down...
Read More »Three Key Lessons from the Life of Lady Zaynab (S)
With parents such as Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib (p) and Sayyida Fatima (p) and grandparents such as Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) and Lady Khadija (p), there is no doubt that the upbringing of Sayyida Zaynab (p) would be beyond exemplary....
Read More »Weaponizing Women’s Rights: How Imperialists Justify Invasions
From the British colonization of India to the French occupation of Algeria and the subsequent military occupation of Iraq by the United States, a Western power that inherited the legacies of the former two, a recurring pattern of using women's rights as a pretext to advance the goals of Western countries is clearly observable....
Read More »The Lessons Muslim Ruler Ought to Learn from Imam Ali (AS)
“People are of two groups. They are either your brothers in faith, or your equals in humanity.” These immortal words were expressed a millennium and four centuries ago to his governor of the then Christian-majority Egypt for full respect of human rights by the only person who ever established the administration of....
Read More »Islamic Piety in Medieval Syria: Mosques, Cemeteries and Sermons under the Zangids and Ayyūbids (1146-1260)
Focusing on the mosques, public assemblies, cemeteries and shrines of Syrian Muslims in the period of the crusades and the anti-Frankish jihad, the book describes and deciphers religious rites and experiences, liturgical calendars, spiritual leadership, and perceptions of impiety and dissent....
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