Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday invoked Imam Hussain, the grandson of Prophet Mohammad (P.B.U.T) , to emphasise the need for peace and justice, as he visited a...
Read More »Ashura Unfolded in Half a Day, but Shook History: Ayatollah Khamenei
For many years and centuries in succession never have the people following the Prophet's (SWA) household and believing in the Prophet's (SWA) household forgotten Imam Hussein's memory, Imam Hussein's name, Imam Hussein's burial place and...
Read More »The Events of Muharram 1st as Narrated by Ayatollah Makarem Shirazi
The human history is replete with countless happy and sad events; it has also witnessed the rise and fall of numerous history-makers. However, it has witnessed very few incidents with consequences and influences as far-reaching and...
Read More »Ayatollah Sistani’s Advices to Public Speakers in the Month of Muharram 1440
The orator and public speaker should take into consideration the intellectual and the cultural level of the direct and the indirect audience and he should not mention anything from religion except those things which match the intellectual standards of the listeners and reply to their objections and give clarifications for …
Read More »The Philosophy of the Martyrdom by Ayatollah Makarim Shirazi
The importance of the history of life of Imam Hussein (also Husayn) (a.s.) which has been converted to one of most sensational epics of human history is not only because of arousing most powerful waves of sensations of millions of...
Read More »Spiritual Experience: Arba‘īn Pilgrimage by a Student of Hawza Ilmyya
Here I recount my experience of the Arba’īn pilgrimage to Karbala, annually attracting over twenty million pilgrims, known as the world’s largest human gathering...
Read More »Pilgrimage to Karbala: Commemorating the Past Sacrifice and Preparing for Future Revolution
The Arba’een pilgrimage has become the focal point of all sociopolitical and geopolitical developments. It is the religious engine, so to speak, that is fueling the rise of increasingly assertive Shia organizations that have been the only political entities in recent decades to...
Read More »World’s Biggest Pilgrimage now Underway and why you’ve never Heard of it
It’s not the Muslim Hajj, or the Hindu Kumbh Mela.. Known as Arbaeen, it is the world’s most populous gathering and you’ve probably never heard of it...
Read More »Water & Roses for Imam Hussain(a)
While thousands of Muslims marched through London and different parts of Europe to protest against ISIS and terrorism and to commemorate the event of Karbala on the Day of Ashura, the...
Read More »The Meaning of Karbala and Beyond
The martyrdom of Imam Husayn was the occasion of his true birth, for it signified his life and his destiny. His martyrdom clearly revealed a man faced with no option as the events in the final days of his...
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