Making of the UAE's largest Iftar meal that feeds 35,000 people daily at the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque every Ramadan is not an easy task. An army of chefs and cooking assistants work hard to...
May, 2019
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15 May
Fasting Is a Key to Aging Well: California University Researchers
Researchers at the University of Southern California studied humans, as well as mice, who went without food for two to four days at a time over a six-month period...
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14 May
What Stages Do Shia Go through to Become an Ayatollah?
The city of Najaf is the home to one of the oldest Islamic seminaries in the world. Many great scholars have graduated from this Hawza. But what makes a scholar? What stages do they go through to...
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14 May
Video: Concept of Ramadan Is So Powerful: Hollywood Actor Vin Diesel
In this video posted by French Montana on Instagram, Hollywood actor Vin Diesel is heard saying that the concept of Ramadan is “so powerful” and that “it will probably be good for anybody in life”. He describes the discipline the month brings could be a means of recharging and...
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11 May
Video: Why Allama Amini Kissed His Wife’s Hand?
“It has been said famously that on my parents’ wedding night when my mother’s uncle encouraged the bride and the groom to hold each other’s hands together, my father – now although he was an Allameh – bent down and kissed my mother’s hand in...
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5 May
Documentary: How the Khoja Community Became Twelver Imami Shiʻa
A journey like no other, we trace back how the khoja community became twelver Imami Shi'a. In this fascinating journey we look at the difficulties and obstacles which stood in their way and...
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2 May
He Never Told Me to Give Him a Glass of Water: Motahhari’s Wife
Shahid Motahari's wife says about his behavior: Most of the morning he made the tea and I do not remember him throughout all my life telling me to give him a glass of water...
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1 May
Video: European First Eco Mosque Opens in Cambridge
Cambridge Central Mosque, in Mill Road, opened for prayer this week and has space for around 1,000 Islamic worshippers...
April, 2019
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30 April
Video: Why Do You Wear Hijab?
What follows is an interview with Dina Soaring who decided to wear hijab when she was fifteen. The questions are as follows: Is there really an Islamophobia in America? Is Hijab an obligation? Why did you...
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30 April
Video: Ayatollah Bahjat’s Patience towards His Wife
Even when our mother expressed discomfort, if he had an answer, he would not say. He would not respond with anger or sadness at all to the state of sadness from his family, and in most cases he showed no...
