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One of the important aspects of prayer is to observe its correct timing. One is free to pray or speak to God at any time one wishes. However, ritual prayers have defined timings...

This article investigates the dynamics around the creation of transnational Shia communal spaces in north-west London, the public representation of Shia Muslim identities by networks and organizations based there to illustrate their multilocal connectivities and internal heterogeneity. Academic scholarship on Shia Muslim minorities in the West has described them as …

Justice, Peace and Prophet Muhammad AUTHOR(S): Sayyid Muhammad Rizvi, PUBLISHER(S): North American Shia Ithna-Asheri Muslim Communities (NASIMCO) A short text on the topic of Islamic emphasis on justice and peace between peoples of differing backgrounds and religions, as seen through Qur’anic verses and the honorable treatment of his opponents by Prophet Muhammad. …

“In one of the recent meetings of Grand Ayatollah with a crowd of Popular Mobilization ‎Forces, one member said we have peaceful coexistence with our Sunni brothers. In reply, ‎Ayatollah al-Sistani underlined that do use the term Sunni brothers but say they are...

The Arba’een Pilgrimage is the world’s largest public gathering that is held every year in Karbala, Iraq. This Ziyarah (pilgrimage) is held at the end of the 40-day mourning period following Ashura, the religious ritual for the commemoration of the Prophet Mohammad’s grandson Husayn ibn Ali’s martyrdom in 680. Arba’een …

Prophets (as) and Imams (as) are the vivid examples and leaders that true Mu’mins (believers) should practically follow and not just worship. The example of Imam Hussain (as) is the lesson of uprising against tyranny and...

Islam always invites to moderation and justice. The world nowadays is full of violence and we can find extremism in individual and social aspects. Sometimes it is covert and sometimes it is overt. As a religion of peace, Islam considers violence as a moral vice and thus rejects it totally. …

A conference entitled, “Reclaiming Intellectual Primacy and Promoting Just, Peaceful and Inclusive Societies” was held at the United Nations Headquarters in New York on October 8, 2018 and was organized by The Shrine of Imam Hussain (AS), The Shrine of Al-Abbas (AS), Al-Khoei Foundation and the Alliance for Research and …

The Leader of Iran Islamic Revolution, ayatollah Sayyid Ali Khamenei slammed the massive destruction of Islamic monuments attributed to the Prophet Muhammad (p.b.u.h.), Imam Ali (a.s.), the caliphs and...

Written from an ethnographic perspective, the book, Applied Family Law in Islamic Courts: Shari’a Courts in Gaza, investigates the socio-legal aspects of Islamic jurisprudence in...