The International Union of Muslim Scholars (IUMS) on Wednesday called for the release of Muslim scholars and preachers detained in Saudi Arabia and UAE...
Read More »Pakistan’s Muslim Clerics Issue Fatwa against Suicide Bombings
More than 1,800 Pakistani Muslim clerics have issued an Islamic verdict, or fatwa, forbidding suicide bombings, a book due to be unveiled by the government on Tuesday says....
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Abū ʿAlī Muḥammad b. Aḥmad b. al-Junayd al-Kātib al-Iskāfī, known as Ibn al-Junayd al-Iskāfī, was an Imami scholar of fiqh and kalam in the fourth/tenth century. Ibn al-Junayd was born in Iskaf near Baghdad. He was a teacher of al-Shaykh al-Mufid. Ibn al-Junayd and Ibn Abi Aqil al-'Ummani are both called "al-Qadimayn" (that is, two ancient scholars of fiqh)...
Read More »Sheikh Zakxaky’s Health Is Worse, His Left Eye Lost Vision
Sheikh Adam Suhu a member of the IMN said that unfortunately, Sheikh Zakzaky’s left eye has lost vision as a result of Nigerian army’s attack two years ago and now he has a problem in his right eye...
Read More »Project: Understanding Shari’a – Custom, Gender, the State and Violence
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...
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