Shiite jurists and scholars are of the conviction that the hajj cannot be performed anywhere else but in Mecca. Arbaeen, described as the world’s largest annual pilgrimage, is a ritual that occurs 40 days after the day the third Shiite Imam Hussain bin Ali (A.S.)was slain by forces loyal to …
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The office of the Religious Authority in Iraq, Grand Ayatollah Sayyed Ali al-Sistani, issues a statement regarding the humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza....
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A group of Bahrain's most prominent Islamic scholars have strongly condemned the ongoing siege of Gaza by Zionist forces, decrying the resulting humanitarian catastrophe and criticizing the silence and inaction of the Islamic world and the international community....
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The Leader of the Islamic Revolution, Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Ali Khamenei attended a mourning ceremony at Imam Khomeini's Hosseinieh marking the Ashura night on on Saturday...
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In a video message published two days after fighting between Iran and Israel halted, Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei thanked God, the Armed Forces, and the Iranian people for humbling both the Zionist regime and the U.S. government during the 12-day war that began on June 13 with Israeli airstrikes on Iran's soil...
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The month of Muḥarram is not merely a historical occasion that passes by the Muslim Ummah—it is a season for the revival of consciousness and the awakening of the Islamic conscience. It is in this sacred month that the oppression suffered by the Ahl al-Bayt (peace be upon them) is most vividly remembered, and...
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Amid the United States’ threats against the Leader of the Islamic Revolution, Iraq’s top Shia cleric Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Ali Sistani warned against the dire consequences of such threats and also strongly condemned the ongoing Israeli aggression on Iran...
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"And victory comes only from Allah, the Almighty, the All-Wise" (Quran 3:126). And Almighty God will certainly, definitely grant victory to the Iranian nation, to the truth, and to the side that is in the right, God willing, said Grand Ayatollah Khamenei in a TV Speech.....
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