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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 …
Read More »Japan’s first mosque in the city of Kobe
Kobe Mosque, was founded in October, 1935 in Kobe and is Japan’s first mosque. Its construction was funded by donations collected by the Islamic Committee of Kobe from 1928 until its opening in 1935. The mosque was confiscated by the Imperial Japanese Navy in 1943. However, it continues to function …
Read More »Ayatollah Makarem Shirazi advice regarding Arba’een
The ceremony of Arba’een is a valuable treasure for us, for it has protected the grandeur of Islam and that of the Shiite school of thought. Therefore, it must be appreciated as magnificent as possible. In the Name of Allah the Beneficent the Merciful The procession and the ceremonies held …
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observes the teachings of Islam including those relating to prayer, hijab, self-reform, selflessness and...
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This article presents some preliminary thoughts on funding research primarily in Islamic...
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Sayyed Muḥammad Hādī Ḥussainī Mīlānī (b.1313- d.1395/ 1895-1975) was a Shiite authority (marja') in the...
Read More »Ayt. Sistani Calls for Protection of Civilians in Mosul
Grand Ayatollah Sayyed Ali Sistani has called on Iraqi Forces battling to retake the city of Mosul from Daesh State militants to protect...
Read More »Tatbir , a Scholarly Consensus of Rejection
One can indeed wonder why a simple Google search for Ashura and Karbala comes attached with a flurry of bloody images which...
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