Haroon KhalidAuthor: Edward W. SaidPublisher: VintageYear: 1994 Orientalism by Edward Said is a cononical text of cultural studies in which he has challenged the concept of orientalism or the difference between east and west, as he puts it. He says that with the start of European colonization the Europeans came in contact with the lesser developed countries of the east. They found their civilization and culture very exotic, and established the ...
By: Shaykh Nasir Makarim ShiraziPretend that a friend has come from a trip and has brought a book as a present for you. He says that it is an excellent book, because the author of this book is full of information by a very great scholar, who is accurate, an expert and a genius in his own field.You will most certainly not study this book carelessly. Rather you will concentrate on every sentence and even the choice of words made and if there be a ...
Seyyid Jawad Ameli, a great Mujtahid, was having his dinner when someone knocked at his door. A servant from his master, Ayatullah Seyyid Mahdi Bahrul Uloom appeared and said: "Your master has sent for you immediately. He has just sat down for his dinner but refuses to eat till he sees you."
There was no time to lose. Seyyid Ameli left his dinner and rushed to Seyyid Bahrul Uloom's residence. Just as he entered, the master ...
Fatima (s) flew by the wings of her sacred thoughts to the horizon of her past and the world of her great father ,which turned , after her father joined his lord ,to a shining memory in her soul. It supplied her every moment with feelings,sympathy and education.It roused in her joy and ease. Even if she was late after her father in the account of time.She did not separate from him in the account of soul and memory. So she had inside her an ...
Because it is too critical to judge about muslim affairs, too strict rules are prescribed for believers in the position of a judge. In “commentary on Kumayl supplication” this issue is not ignored and it is touched along with some examples. The aforementioned book is written by professor Hossein Ansaryan. The present text is adopted from this book.
Another sin, which descends adversities, is judgment in contrast to the divine rules. If a ...
The issue of human rights is one of the most fundamental human issues and also one of the most sensitive and controversial. During the recent decades, this problem was more political than either ethical or legal. Although the influence of political motives, rivalries, and considerations have made difficult the correct formulation of this problem , but this should not prevent thinkers and genuine humanists from probing into this problem and ...
Law is a body of definite rules and regulations which have the force and authority recognized socially, and which determine the rights, obligations, limits and responsibilities of everyone living in a particular territory. All, whether high or low, have to abide by these rules and regulations and to accept the consequences of violating them.
Sources of Law Who fixes these rights, obligations and limits? In this respect all the laws of the world ...
Ahlisunnah.org/ahlibayt states:"Abu Ishaq Ibn al-Nadim, a famous Shi''i writer, did not agree to neither of the above theories and wrote in his al-Fihrist that Shi''ism started at the Battle of Jamel"Now these are the comments of Ehsan Ellahi NOT al-Nadim. Did he state he DID not agree with the above named scholars? He continues:Ahlisunnah.org/ahlibayt states:"thus explained: "When Talha and Az-Zubair disagreed with Ali and accepted no less than ...
The word "ISLAM" is derived from the Arabic words "salaam", which means peace and "taslim", which means submission. The follower of Islam is a Muslim. The word "Muslim" translated to English literally means "the one with peace". To the Muslim it has a greater meaning, Muslims believe that true peace is experienced only when Mankind acknowledges, obeys and worships the Creator, i.e. submits to the One God. So to the Muslim it means "the one who ...
Islamophobia has risen markedly in Germany, a study published on Wednesday showed, underscoring the tensions simmering in German society after more than one million migrants, mostly Muslims, arrived last ...
- A Bahrain-based rights group said it had received complaints from families of political prisoners that say their sons have been brutally tortured by Jordanian police during ...
Introduction One of the distinctive features of Islam is its emphasis on knowledge. The Quran and the Islamic tradition (sunnah) invite Muslims to seek and acquire knowledge and wisdom and to hold men of knowledge in high esteem. Some of the Quranic verses and relevant traditions will be mentioned in the course of our discussion. At the outset we may recall a famous hadith of the Holy Prophet upon whom be Allah's peace and benedictions that ...
By: Rasul Ja'fariyan The Shi‘ite Muslims under the Pressure of the Umayyads As previously mentioned, Umayyads had three obstinate foes, namely Kharijites who were of great trouble to them during various periods. Shi'ite Muslims who were in opposition to Mu'awiya from 'Ali's term on and thereafter Imam Husayn (a), the penitents, Mukhtar, Zayd Ibn 'Ali and Yahya Ibn Yazid ran wild against them. Moreover, Shi'ites's ideology especially its ...
