by user | Apr 13, 2020 | News
Presentation “A New Perspective – Women in Islam” is a dialogue between a Muslim woman and a Muslim Scholar. The book discusses and expounds upon various issues regarding the rights and governing laws that pertain to women in Islam and unwraps some of the distorted...
by user | Apr 13, 2020 | News
Al-’Allama al-Majl isi ’s Thoughts on the Ahadith Identifying the Twelfth Imam as “The Sun Behind the Clouds”. Translated by Afzal Sumar One of the common narrations relayed to convey the role of Imam Mahdi (AS) during his occultation is the analogy of the ‘Sun behind...
by user | Apr 13, 2020 | News
Mohammad Ali Shomali The significance of fasting in Islam can be deduced from many verses of The Holy Qur’an. For example, the verses 2:45 reads: استعینوا بالصبر و الصلوه و انها لکبیره الا علی الخاشعین And take recourse in patience and prayer, and it is indeed...
by user | Feb 17, 2020 | Uncategorized
God thus makes clear his signs to you that you may understand (Holy Qur’an 2:242) Imam ‘Ali bin Abi Talib was the successor to Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon them both. This is a collection of short quotations about him from a wide variety of notables...
by user | Feb 17, 2020 | Uncategorized
Introduction In Islamic thought, “unity” has a high status in continuation of the holy Prophet (S) and Imams’ (A) mission. Thus, a thorough research of the conduct and speech of Imam Ali (A), who was the herald of unity, would show the status of unity and its various...
by user | Feb 4, 2020 | Uncategorized
Sir Isaac Newton. One of the greatest physicists ever who said: “If I have seen further, it is because I stand on the shoulders of giants”. We know about Isaac Newton very well, but we do not recognize the ‘Giants’. We are aware of the famous picture of Isaac Newton,...
by user | Feb 3, 2020 | Uncategorized
In the first part of “Bridging the Sunni-Shia Divide“, I discussed common misconceptions regarding Sunnis and Sunnism. The second part of this series will be dedicated to clearing misconceptions regarding Shia Muslims and Shi’ism. This is a difficult task given the...
by user | Feb 3, 2020 | Uncategorized
Today is an important but not very widely known occasion in the Islamic calendar called Ashura. Literally it means ‘tenth’ because it is the tenth day of the first month of the Islamic year. It’s marked by all Muslims to a lesser or greater extent, with different...
by user | Feb 1, 2020 | Uncategorized
The Qur’an states, “You have an excellent example to follow in Abraham” (60:4) and “Follow the way of Abraham as people of pure faith” (3:95). What makes Prophet Abraham according to three different religions’ Sacred Scriptures; the one “whom God chose to be His...
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