This two year project addresses how Muslim legal scholars have used the idea of a perfect past to try and change the imperfect present...
Read More »A Conference in Honor of Ayatollah Wa‘iz-Zadeh Held in Mashhad+Pics
The third National Conference on Interpretation and Exegesis of the Holy Quran in the last century of the Seminary of Khorasan, entitled “Intellectual Quran Researcher”, and in honor of the great contemporary researcher Ayatollah Muhammad Wa‘iz-Zadeh Khorasani, with the presence of the professors, jurisprudents, academics and scholars of the seminary …
Read More »School of Ahl al-Bayt the Best Way for Muslim Unity
If it is permissible for Muslims to follow the four schools, the school of Imam Ja'far Al-Sadiq would have more right to be followed. Both Abu Hanifah and Malik were students of Imam Ja'far. Al-Shafi'i was a student of Muhammad Ibn Al-Hassan Shalbani who was a student of...
Read More »93 Countries to Take Part in Int’l Islamic Unity Conference
Secretary general of the World Forum for Proximity of Islamic Schools of Thought (WFPIST) said thinkers, religious personalities and political figures from 93 countries will attend the upcoming...
Read More »A Report on the Annual Meeting of UK Shi‘a Scholars +Pics
The 25th annual meeting of UK Ulema (clergymen), community leaders and teachers, was held on 16 September, prior to the commencement of the month of Muharram and commemorations of the martyrdom of Imam Husayn(a). The title of the discussion was ‘the effective strategic approach in promoting Islam in the West‘...
Read More »Resistance Campaign against the Israeli Regime to Be “Definitely” Succeed
“The heavy and unforgettable responsibility for Palestine rests upon the shoulders of the entire Muslim world,” Ayatollah Khamenei said in a message addressed to Chairman of the International Union of...
Read More »Syrian Grand Mufti Argues Ulama to Don’t Preach Hate and Bigotry
Our Ulama of different schools of thought during their Friday Khutbah differentiate people on the basis of sects and this confuses and disturbs the common people. I urge these Ulama don’t preach hate and bigotry...
Read More »Photos of Late Shia Scholars in Imam Hussain’s (p.b.u.h) Mourning
Photos of Late Shia Scholars in Imam Hussain's (p.b.u.h) Mourning...
Read More »Article: The Ṣāliḥiyyah School in Qazvin and Shia Religious Authority
This article introduces the Ṣāliḥiyyah school in Qazvīn, an innovative religious school founded in...
Read More »Book: Shi’i Scholars of Nineteenth-Century Iraq
In the nineteenth century, the shrine cities of Najaf and Karbala in Ottoman Iraq emerged as the most important Shi'i centres of learning. In a major contribution to the study of pre-modern Middle Eastern religious institutions, Meir Litvak analyses the...
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