Ayatollah Bashir Najafi sent a message of condolences on the demise of Ayatollah Sayyid Mohammad Saeed Hakim, the Grand Shi’a Marja’ of holy city of Iraq....
Read More »A Medieval Muslim Scholar at Work: Ibn Ṭāwūs and His Library
Raḍī al-Dī Ibn ṭāwūs (d. 664/1266 in Bagdad) was a major figure in the history of Shī'ī thought. He published works on subjects ranging from tradition (ḥadīth) and polemics to history and...
Read More »New Published: Islamic Beliefs – Reclaiming the Narrative
This book presents the theological thoughts of a young Ayatollah Sayyid Ali Khamenei before the victory of the Islamic Revolution....
Read More »Ayatollah Khamenei’s Memories of His Father
My father was a well-known religious scholar who was very pious and a bit of a recluse. We had a difficult life. I remember that sometimes, we didn't have anything in the house for dinner at...
Read More »Alignment of Science and Religion in Shia Jurisprudence
Shia jurists have always paid special attention to scientific data when issuing ‘fiqh’ rules and there has never been a conflict between science and religion in Shi’ism as there has been in Christianity....
Read More »What Imam Reza (AS) Said to Ayatollah Bahjat?
I met Ayatollah Bahjat in Mashhad. I asked him, “Do you remember 55 years ago? We were both studying in Sayyid school in Najaf. We were friends, albeit not...
Read More »Fatwas of Grand Maraji’ on Using Products that Support the Zionist Regime
It is obligatory upon each and every Muslim to refrain from buying or using products, that the production and purchasing of bring profit for the Zionist regime, which is currently at war with Islām and...
Read More »A Cursory Glance at Ayatollah Sistani’s Unique Ideas in Ijtihad
In the case of Ayatollāh Sistani, there is another aspect that adds to this difficulty in that no writings of his own have been published. All that is available of his fiqhī, uṣūlī, rijālī and...
Read More »A Shiite Clerical View of Other Religions and the Lebanese Nation-State: Muḥammad Jawād Maghniyah (1904-1979)
This paper presents the discourse about the religious Other of an influential cleric of the twentieth century, Muḥammad Jawād Maghniyah....
Read More »Joint Statement of UK Shia Scholars on the Movie “Lady of Heaven”
Some Shia Muslim scholars who live in United Kingdom issue a joint statement regarding the movie “lady of Heaven” which is about the life of...
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