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This study argues that despite the common identification of shrines as ‘Shi’i’ spaces, they have in fact always been unique places of pragmatic intersectarian exchange and shared piety, even - and perhaps especially - during periods of...

For more than a millenium the idea of the future coming of the Mandi has provided Shi'i piety with a unique aspiration in the redemption through the appearance of the twelfth Imam....

In so far as family-life goes, we see that Islam has unravelled every problem of the family system with such dexterity that one has to accept that it could not be solved in a better way....

This book analyzes the history of modern Shia Muslim political mobilization in Iran, Iraq, and Lebanon. It describes Shia Islam and politics with respect to political protest, governments, and Shia interpretations of history. This book argues that ever since Iran’s Islamic Revolution in 1979, which established a Shia Islamic government …

Studying Islamic clemency and mercy in the Quranic verses and narrations by the Infallible Imams (as) and practice of religious leaders, we approve that the sacred religion of Islam which is concordant with human nature, is the religion of clemency and...

Every year, many questions about numerous topics arise with the start of the blessed month of Ramadan. The most important of these questions are related to the crescent moon and the time of imsak (when believers must stop eating and drinking) versus the time of fajr (dawn) prayer.

Islam as a comprehensive religion, gives some rulings regarding our personal and social life and among other things, Islam speaks about the Rights of Animals and through different verses and traditions, tries to protect them. In this series, we will focus on Animal Rights in Islam which is one of the lesser discussed aspects of the religion of Islam.

The revered leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria, Sheikh Ibraheem Zakzaky (H) has been in illegal detention under the Muhammadu Buhari regime since its...

Regarding to the great honor of the Holy Prophet's descendant (pbuh) among the believers and the importance of observing Islamic laws related to...

Although he was a Christian, he was a fan and follower of Imam Musa Sadr; and the traditions form Prophet Muhammad and Imam Ali were always hung on the walls of his house. Uncle Antiba was a Christian ice cream seller in the city of Sour in Lebanon who had …