Ijtihad Network Islamic Jurisprudence
Here I recount my experience of the Arba’īn pilgrimage to Karbala, annually attracting over twenty million pilgrims, known as the world’s largest human gathering...
November, 2017
October, 2017
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9 October
Was the Movement of Karbala a Political Struggle?
What is meant by this is whether the sacrifices of Imam al-Hussain (a) was a power struggle between two rival households, each seeking legitimacy and authority over the other. It is advanced by some, including Muslims, that Imam al-Hussain (a) sought leadership, and this was the...
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7 October
Shia Global – New App Connects Muslims during Muharram
Shia Global app is your everyday tool to be informed of all the Shia events from Majlis to Jashan, Juloos to Demonstrations, Seminar to Picnic/campfire, Shabe Juma to Friday Prayers and...
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3 October
Ashura Rituals Trapped in Cultural Baggage
For centuries religions have tried to make sense of the sufferings humans endure during the course of this worldly life. Illnesses, accidents, corporal pain and mental anguish are but a few of these conditions...
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3 October
Imam Hussein’s Mourning in Nigeria
Members of Islamic movement in Nigeria under the leadership of his Eminence Sheikh Ibraheem Zakzaky (H) joined humanity in marking ASHURA DAY with procession in different towns and cities across the country some of which include...
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3 October
Philosophy of Muharram Commemorations
Imam Husain’s (AS) uprising on the desert plains of Karbala 1400 years ago was not a struggle for paltry political gains or one-upmanship. It was the beginning of a movement for Islamic awakening and social reformation...
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1 October
Nigerian Police Disrupt Shia Muslim Ashura Procession
Nigerian police have disrupted Muharram ceremonies in the northern city of Sokoto, arresting at least six of the participants...
September, 2017
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30 September
The Story Behind Muharram and why we must Know it
Thirteen centuries on Muharram still echoes of a battle fought … it echoes of the stand of a man, an Imam appointed by God at a time when darkness threatened to disappear that which had been apparent, and that, which communities had pledged themselves to, for it is always easier to...
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26 September
Karbala Tragedy in the View of Christian Scholar
In a TV speech, Irish Christian scholar Chris Hewer talks about the lessons all human beings can get from the events of Karbala and Imam Hussein (AS) uprising against the tyranny of Yazid...
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23 September
Pilgrimage to Karbala: Commemorating a Past Sacrifice and Preparing for a Future Revolution
By securing the survival of Islam, Imam Hussain (as) also facilitated the ultimate global revolution that will unseat all injustice and evil rulers and governments and inaugurate the lasting dominion of God’s loving and...
