Tag Archives: Shia and Sunni Unity

Shia-Sunni violence has been on the rise in the last few years, particularly in Iraq and Pakistan. Every month, it seems, scores of Shias and Sunnis are killed in a vicious tit-for-tat between extremists on both sides. Many of the victims are killed as they pray or...

Bahrain’s leading cleric Sheikh Isa Qassim says there exists no divide between Shia and Sunni Muslims, but the Islamic world is in fact split into a camp that champions normalization with the Tel Aviv regime and one that adheres to the cause of resistance against Israel and the United States. …

he story is that the minister of culture in Iraq had a child who was paralyzed. The child had an incurable disease. There were so many facilities provided for the minister and he...

In the Hadiths narrated from Shiite Imams, Shiite people have been strongly advised to say prayers together with non-Shiite Muslims in Masjid al-Ḥarām and Masjid an-Nabawi, to participate in Sunni Muslims’ prayers, and to follow their lead in saying prayers; these are the Hadiths narrated by Shiite Imams; this is …

Clerics and other religious figures from Najaf's Hawza Illmiya, a prominent Shiite seminary, have launched the Dialogue for Social Cohesion in Iraq, a community cooperation initiative reaching out to western and...

When a person speaking in the name of Shi‘as on his private internet television channel (based in London, UK) used abusive and insulting remarks about one of the wives of the Prophet of Islam (s.a.w.), a group of...

This book contains letters communicated between Sayyid 'Abd al-Husayn Sharaf al-Din, a well-known Shiite scholar in Lebanon and al-Shaykh Salim al-Bishri, a well-known Sunni scholar in...

On the occasion of Islamic Unity Week that bridges the two dates of the month of Rabi al-Awwal believed to be the birthday of the Messenger of Mercy, Prophet Mohammad (blessings of God upon him and his progeny), we have prepared a series of...

There is the internal obstacle that is the result of denominational bias. This bias affects all groups of people. We must overcome this bias. Having faith in one's creeds is laudable. It is also good to insist on...

It is incumbent upon any Muslim especially Shiites to defend Sunni nations should they ever be invaded by the atheists, preventing the enemies attacking the invaded nation(s). Shiites must treat them this way under any...