Thursday August. 30, 2018 Or Zihajjah 18 in lunar calendar, marks Eid al-Ghadir, the day Holy Prophet Mohammad (PBUH&HP) designated the commander of the faithful, Imam Ali (AS) as...
August, 2019
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19 August
Video: Why Did Ahl al-Sunna Not Accept Imam Ali as the First Caliph?
In this short video Dr. Ammar Nakshawani Speaks on why our brothers/sisters from Ahl al-Sunna did not accept Imam Ali(as) as the first Caliph. It covers the story of Ghadeer Khumm and the Hadith of...
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18 August
The Event of Ghadir al-Khumm according to Quran
According to the narrations of the 10th-century theologian Shaykh al-Mufid, he relates in his book, ‘Kitab al-Irshad,’ that the plane of Ghadir Khumm was not considered one to be suitable for...
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17 August
Why Did Imam Ali Accept the Leadership of the Islamic Society?
The commander of the faithful (God’s greetings and peace be upon him) has acted on what he has said. After Muslims gathered around his house and demanded that he accept the...
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16 August
What Do You Know about Al-Ghadir Book?
Do you know that when only one volume of the Al-Ghadir collection was sent to Lebanon, 30 thousand of Sunnis became Shiites by reading this book within a...
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15 August
Imam Ali International Conference to Be Held in India
The Islamic Studies Institute in New Delhi, India, will host an Three-Day international conference about Imam Ali (A.S)...
May, 2019
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27 May
Imam Ali from the View Point of Non-Muslim Scholars
Imam Ali (AS) is a great and unique person who has always been praised by great people during the course of history and even those who do not believe in...
January, 2019
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19 January
Lady Fatima al-Zahra’s (sa) Will to Imam ‘Ali (as)
Fatima told Imam Ali (as) that she had seen the Messenger of Allah (S) in her dream, and he had told her that she was going to join him that night. She then asked Imam Ali (as) to...
December, 2018
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29 December
The 10th International Conference on Economy & Society in Imam Ali’s Tradition
The 10th international conference of Sireh Alavi (behavioral style) with the approach of Imam Ali (PBUH), economy and society will be held at University of Lorestan, Iran on...
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27 December
Was Imam Ali a Misogynist? The Portrayal of Women in Nahj al-Balaghah and Kitab Sulaym ibn Qays
One of the most controversial Shiʻi texts today is a sermon in Nahj al-Balaghah (an early eleventh century collection of materials attributed to ‘Ali ibn Abi Talib) describing women as deficient in faith and intellect. This is only one of several passages in Nahj al-Balaghah which come across as...
