Canadian youth converts to Shia Islam in Imam Reza’s Holy Shrine

A Canadian youth converted to Islam in his first attendance in the Razavi Holy Shrine. Jonathan Clark, 30, from Canada converted to Islam Shi’ite in his first attendance in the Razavi Holy Shrine and chose the name “Muhammad” after uttering twin formulae of faith. Concerning his acquaintance with Islam, Muhammad said, “The morality, behavior and conduct of an Iranian classmate were very fascinating to me. When ...

( 2024-04-15 06:10:08 )

Saudi Arabia Arrests Senior Shia Cleric in Qatif

The Riyadh regime, in another attempt to silence the voices of dissent, has detained a senior cleric in Qatif district in the kingdom's Eastern ...

( 2024-04-15 04:49:49 )

Young Dutch Christian Converts to Shia Islam in Shiraz, Iran

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( 2024-04-15 04:49:49 )

Indiana 'Who is Hussain?' team spread message of Peace, Love, Humanity by handing roses to public

In the name of Hussain, the 'Who is Hussain?' Indiana team distributed 300 roses at the Canal Walk in downtown Indianapolis! Hussain ibn Ali's example of kindness and compassion inspired us to pay it forward. “I only desire to spread good values and prevent evil.” - Hussain ibn Ali

( 2024-04-14 07:10:32 )

Three-year-old Nigerian boy memorized entire Quran by heart

A 3-year-old Nigerian boy is the youngest in the African country to memorize the entire ...

( 2024-04-14 07:10:31 )

Fatima Bhutto: Shia Muslims have overtaken Christians, Hindus as targets

Saying Shias have overtaken Hindus and Christians as targets of sectarian killings, Fatima Bhutto has said that Pakistan has become a country of ghosts.AhlulBayt News Agency - Pakistan is a country of ghosts. They are everywhere, the victims and the perpetrators both. On Wednesday morning, six gunmen wearing police uniforms stopped an Al Azhar Garden bus carrying 60 Ismaili Muslims in Karachi. The bus picked up Ismailies (Shia ...

( 2024-04-13 03:47:35 )

Islamophobia in England: Racist attack on Muslim families in Birmingham

Relatives of a Muslim man murdered by a racist said they have been recent victims of race hate abuse.Mohammed Saleem, 82, was stabbed on his way home from a Birmingham mosque in 2013. Ukrainian Pavlo Lapshyn admitted killing him because he was not white.The victim's daughter, Maz Saleem, said she and her mother were both recently racially abused and her nieces, aged 11 and 13, were insulted and spat at.She said the hostility was frightening, ...

( 2024-04-12 09:08:12 )

Islamic Center of Berlin hosts Quran contest

The contenders competed in four categories, namely Quran recitation, memorization and Quranic concepts as well as Adhan (call to prayers), the website of the center ...

( 2024-04-12 01:17:28 )

Meeting of Muslim women held at Islamic Center of Hamburg

The program was attended by more than 100 Muslim women from different European countries who are actively involved in dissemination of Ahl-ul-Bayt’s (AS) teachings. Introduction of European Muslim women’s activities and formation of a specialized council to convey the message of Ahl-ul-Bayt (AS) were the main objectives of the program. It was addressed by Ayatollah Ramezani, imam and director of the Islamic Center of Hamburg, ...

( 2024-03-29 08:29:30 )

Madrasa Education in Pakistan: In the Context of Government Policy

Abstract: The word ‘madrasa’ do generate a lot of curiosity and negative propaganda among scholars of international community. In most of the instances it is considered to be an institution of preaching hatred and violence. Moreover, the madrasas existing in Pakistan are considered to be factories producing religious extremists. But, strangely enough, the basic reason behind the emergence of madrasa- to seek knowledge as enshrined in the ...

( 2024-03-29 07:35:07 )

Europe and its Muslims: Building a Common Future (Japan) 2/3

Multiple Identities and Muslim Responsibilities Moving into the main part of this lecture, I want to begin by highlighting some of the circumstances that require Muslims to be critical – self-critical – and to come with new answers. This is really essential. First, when you come to a continent, there are two things that you have to acknowledge as parts of the society you are living in. The first is the collective memory and the second is the ...

( 2024-03-28 05:04:18 )

Allama Raja Nasir Abbas: We are with Barelvi brothers in this sad hour

“During the current situation of country, the government has distressed masses by showing hastiness with regard to Mumtaz Qadri’s punishment and has committed a great mistake by not giving a thought to religious parties’ recommendations. Not fulfilling legal importunities is the incompetency of rulers, Namoos e Risalat is part of every Muslim’s faith. Why rulers are not taking any action against killers of thousands of ...

( 2024-03-24 06:44:16 )

A Grand lady Shia scholar passes away

She was born in Isfahan and started her initial Religious studies under her mother and then also studied under Scholars such as Ayatullah Shaikh Haidar `Ali al Muhaqqiq, Ayatullah Shaikh Nuruddin Ashni etc. But her main mentor was the lady Mujtahidah Banu Amin al Isfahani, under whom she studied for a lengthy period of time and remained attached to her.Prayers were performed upon her by Ayatullah Shaikh Husain al Mazahiri and she was laid to ...

( 2024-03-24 04:25:28 )

Shia studies workshop held in Germany

The first edition of a workshop on studies of Shia Islam or Shi’ism was organized by the Iranian Cultural Center in Berlin, ...

( 2024-03-21 03:36:37 )

An Interview with Esam Al-Emad a Wahhabi Scholar Who Converted to Shia

According to Maw'ud monthly, as reported by the reporter of Rahavard Electronic Journal, Yemen has about 22 million population of which 30 percent are Zaidi Shiites, that is, about 5/6 million people. Previously, the statistics showed a higher percentage of Shia population in this country. During the period of Zaidis' government, they made up approximately 40% of the population. At present, however, only 4 or 5 percent of the Zaidi population is ...

( 2024-03-20 03:03:26 )

Sean Stone Converted to Islam

Sean Stone, the 27 year old son of Oliver Stone, Hollywood’s prominent Director, said at a press conference in Tehran that he has accepted Islam and believes that Christians, Jews and Moslems all worship one god.He has added another name to his first name as a sign of his acceptance; he is now Sean Christopher-Ali Stone. He says that he first became interested in Islam when he was in high school. Oliver Stone, Sean Christopher, ...

( 2024-03-19 02:20:08 )

Muslim couple feeds Calais refugees in France for a year

- Working from sunset to sundown, a British Muslim couple from County Durham has been offering free meals to 1,500 people in the Calais jungle camp every day all over the past year. The story started when Jamal Ismail and Sofinee Harun took their family caravan to Calais jungle last September, saying they were planning to stay for one week. “We just couldn’t go home. We know that so many people have arrived [in the refugee ...

( 2024-03-18 09:03:49 )

The Spiritual Resurrection of a Lost Youth

rom Calvary to Karbala. My name is Brother Yahya Hayder Seymour and the following is my conversion story to the path of Islam and eventually the Path of the Ahlul Bayt (as). The Path of the Ahlul Bayt and Islam are not separate far from it, they are the immaculate guides who would serve Islam in History as the preservers of our faith, where many tried to corrupt it. The following is my spiritual wayfaring biography from Birth- till where I am ...

( 2024-03-17 04:48:56 )

Lord Headley Al-Farooq

Lord Headley al-Farooq (Rt. Hon. Sir Rowland George Allanson) was born in 1855 A.D. and was a leading British peer, statesman and author. Educated in Cambridge, he became a peer in 1877, served in the army as a captain and later on as Lieut. Colonel in 4th Battalion of North Minister Fusiliers. Although an engineer by profession he had wide literary tastes. One time he was the editor of the "Salisbury Journal". He was also the author of ...

( 2024-03-16 03:30:21 )

Peruvian Muslims Open Mosque in Lima

More than 200 people gathered at the Lima Mosque in the Peruvian capital city Friday for the grand opening and a dinner in celebration of Eid ...

( 2024-03-14 06:40:51 )