Saudi regime forces have reportedly re-arrested a distinguished Shia Muslim cleric, as the Riyadh regime presses ahead with its heavy-handed crackdown on members of the religious community....
Read More »Shaykh Isa Qassim Slams Participation in Parliamentary Election as ‘Betrayal’
Bahrain’s most prominent Shia cleric has reiterated the call to boycott parliamentary elections, saying participation in the elections amounts to betrayal....
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If you are a rich girl and this poverty and indigence becomes the routine of your life together, what will happen to your belief, patience and morality? What if you are going to...
Read More »From Tyre to Tehran: Transnational Links Amongst Lebanese Shi‘a Clerical Families
The contemporary Western view of Lebanese Shi‘a transnational links generally focuses on the political relationship between Hizbullah and Iran. However, while Lebanon and...
Read More »Article: The Shi’i Clergy and Perceived Opportunity Structures
With the re-emergence of activism on the part of Shi’i mujtahids and its impact on the ascent of Shi’i community in Iran, Iraq, and Lebanon, scholars have defined a distinct strategic difference between what they characterise as...
Read More »An Interesting Debate between Wahhabi Judge and Shia Cleric in Masjid al-Haram
I said, “Suppose if Rāfiḍī are polytheist; in the Qur’an, God tells His Messenger (p.b.u.h), “If any of the polytheists seeks asylum from you, grant him asylum until he hears the...
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