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...
Read More »Pakistan Shia Ulema Council Wants Muharram Events Open for all Sects
The Shia Ulema Council (SUC) on Thursday demanded the government ease security protocols and facilitate the local population, including those belonging to the Sunni school of thought, to participate in...
Read More »Ayatollah Sistani’s Advice for Preachers, Lecturers
The lecturer must make sure to exercise great caution in selecting the Quranic verses and relating authentic narratives from...
Read More »Book: ʻAshura-Misrepresentations and Distortions
The book discussion here concerns the misrepresentations (tahrifat) relating to the historic event of Karbala'. There have occurred various kinds of distortions in recounting the details of this great...
Read More »Bahrain Regime Attacks Imam Hussain’s Mourners
Bahraini security forces have once again attacked Shia Muslims holding mourning rituals during the Muslim month of...
Read More »Sunnis to ‘Protect’ Shia Mourners in Pakistan
In a sign of sectarian harmony, Sunni residents of Gilgit have volunteered to escort mourning processions in the valley during Muharram...
Read More »Worldwide Rituals Held to Mark Ashura
Ashura, the 10th day of the lunar month of Muharram, marks the martyrdom anniversary of Imam Hussain (AS), the grandson of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH&HF). One of the philosophy of Imam Hussain uprising is to Commanding Good and Forbidding Evil – a must for every Muslim, during the Abbasid caliph Yazid …
Read More »Bahraini scholars issue statement over attacks on Muharram mourners
In statement released, a group of prominent Bahraini Shi’ite clerics have condemned the recent terrorist attack against Shi’ite mourners in the Saudi Arabian city of Sayhat and the shootings in two husayniyah’s in the Bahraini towns of al-Hamalah and Dumistan, in which the Takfiri terrorist group ISIL claimed responsibility for. …
Read More »“Muharram mourning Ceremonies across the world” photo report – part 1
A collection of mourning ceremonies including Muslim scholars
Read More »Sunni cleric hails Ashura as Islamic unity axis
Prominent Lebanese cleric praised Ashura (martyrdom anniversary of third Shia Imam) as an axis for Islamic unity demanding for avoiding religious prejudices. Sheikh Ahmad al Zein, head of the society of scholars in Lebanon, extended his condolences over the martyrdom anniversary of Imam Hussein (AS), third Shia Imam, saying that …
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