The body of the late Grand Ayatollah Safi Golpayegani was laid to rest near the shrine of Imam Hussain (A.S) after funeral ceremonies in Qom, Najaf Ashraf and Karbala...
Read More »Ayatollah Sistani Issues Massage of Condolences on the Demise of Ayatollah Hakeem
The Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Ali Sistani, the Grand Shi’a Marjaʻ in Iraq, expressed his condolences in a message on the passing away of Ayatollah Sayyid Mohammad Saeed Al-Tabatabai Al-Hakeem...
Read More »The Clergy and the Modern Middle East: Shi’i Political Activism in Iran, Iraq and Lebanon
The book is based on exclusive interviews with high-profile Shi'i clerics in order to reveal how the Shi'i clerical elite perceives its role and engages in politics today...
Read More »Ayatollah Sistani to Pope: Religious Leader Must Play Role in Preventing Catastrophes
His Holiness went on to point out the role that great religious and spiritual leaders must play in preventing catastrophes, and noted that they are expected to persuade the...
Read More »Ayatollah Sistani Is a Great Blessing for Iraq: Ayatollah Khamenei
Ayatollah Khamenei described the Religious Authority and person of Ayatollah Sistani as being a great blessing for Iraq and stated, “Hashd al-Shabi is another great blessing in...
Read More »Bahraini Scholars Slam Saudi Media’s Insult to Ayatollah Sistani
In a statement, Bahraini clerics condemned the Saudi Arabian media’s insult to leading Iraq Shia cleric Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Ali Sistani....
Read More »The ‘Formal’ Marjaʿ: Shiʿi Clerical Authority and the State in Post-2003 Iraq
This article argues that although Sistani’s authority has not been constitutionalized, it was indirectly and roughly ‘formalized’ through practices and...
Read More »The Book “Iraq and Sistani” Was Published
Recently, the book "Iraq and Sistani" written by Muhammad Jamil al-Miyahi was published by Anki publication with the goal of studying the role of Ayatollah Sistani in...
Read More »Undergraduate Paper Writing Competition: $10,000 Top Prize
Muhammad bin Hamad Al Thani Center for Muslim Contribution to Civilization announces a student writing competition entitled: Muslim Intellectual Life in...
Read More »Once again, Iraqi and Iranian Blood Mixed together in the Fields
This Friday, January 17, 2020, the political-religious ceremony of the Friday Prayers in Tehran was led by Imam Khamenei - the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution - for the...
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