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Grand Ayatollah Makarem Shirazi issued statement in reaction to Saudi scholar challenging Shia clerics for a debate hoping that the move contributes to Islamic unity...

According to Shia Grand Marja’, is it permissible to swim while one fasts during the month of Ramadan?

A statement was released by the Office of Grand Ayatollah Makarem Shirazi concerning the tragic incident which have recently occurred in Pakistan...

Shia Cleric said that holy shrines in Mecca and Medina should be run by a council of Muslim world scholars.

Top Iranian scholar denounced constant dishonesty of Saudi Arabia on Hajj and stressed Iran will perform Hajj only if the honor and security of pilgrims are maintained. Ayatollah Nasser Makarem Shirazi, senior Shia jurisprudent, at the beginning of his weekly teaching session in Qom Mosque, criticized dishonesty of Saudi Arabia …

It is essential that we increase our intellectual and cultural confrontation with the ideology of Takfir and Salafism.

The second congress on “Extremism and Takfiri Movements in Today’s world” will be held on January 28

Ayatollah Makarem Shriazi in a meeting with Ayatollah Mohsen Araki said that, we must not allow the extremists to have a chance to create division amongst Muslims. We have enemies who seek to hinder our progress and the spread of Islam in the world, but they will not succeed in …

Ayatollah Makarem Shirazi slammed Saudi Arabia’s execution of Shiite cleric Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr as a scheme to foment Shiite-Sunni split

Ayatollah Makarem Shirazi, sent an open letter to Ahmed Al-Tayeb, Grand Imam of Al-Azhar. He criticized the anti-Shia positions of the Al-Azhar, accusing the Sunni institution of having deviated from the line of moderation.