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The exclusiveness and snobbishness of Ibn Taymiyah(founding father) coupled with violence promoted by modern Wahhabists such as AlQaeda and ISIS have given rise to cells of extremists outside Saudi Arabia ready to commit despicable terror acts such as we witnessed in Manchester, London ,Brussels ,Paris....

In order to diminish the violent effects resulting from Wahhabist ideals, ideals that essentially operate like a disease captivating the human psyche, we must learn it--acknowledge its history and origins. In the first part of...

The sign prayer (Namaz-e-Ayaat) is one of the obligate prayers for Muslims due the solar or lunar eclipse, earthquakes, thunder...

Quran mandates hijab both for men and women and says to the believing women that they should lower their gaze and guard their modesty; that they should not display their beauty and ornaments except what (must ordinarily) appear thereof; that they should draw their veil over their breasts and not...

The author of the book aims to examine some of the provisions of these two legal systems considering the growing importance of...

Ibn Taymiyyah is one of the most quoted personalities of ISIS, Al Qaeda and Boko Haram. In this article we will learn about him, his ideas and why so many Muslims of the salafi sect go on to join terrorist groups or...

In Islamic thought, “unity” has a high status in continuation of the holy Prophet (S) and Imams’ (A) mission. Thus, a thorough research of the conduct and speech of Imam Ali (A), who was the herald of unity, would show the status of unity and its various dimensions in...

All the major terrorist outfits that use Islam to justify their violence in fact take cues from Wahhabism. Even though Saudi Arabia is taking some measures to curb extremism, Wahhabism is still being supported by...

“If a hunger strike of this scale was taking place almost anyplace else in the world, there would be daily in-depth media coverage of developments as they unfolded and a detailed public dissection of the prisoners’ complaints about their treatment and the...

Within the Imāmī-Shiʿi Muslim tradition, the traditional institution of higher religious learning is commonly known as...