Dr. Esam Ali Yahya El-Emad, a Muslim researcher who was born to a Zaidiyyah family in A`b City, Yamen, 1968. He studied to get his PhD degree, through which he had to study Wahabism in Imam Mohammed Bin So’ud Salafi (Wahabi) University, located in Saudi Arabia.The official website of the Imam Hussein Holy Shrine interviewed Dr. Esam, and asked him some questions:Q: What does Shia or Ahlul-Bayet (Peace Be Upon Them) mean to you?Dr. Esam: I ...
Officials and witnesses said residents in at least four places in southern Kashmir tried to march on the streets while chanting slogans in favor of militants and ending Indian rule. Police and paramilitary soldiers fired tear gas to disperse the crowds. The protesters responded by hurling rocks at troops. No one was immediately reported injured in the clashes. While Kashmir has remained on edge, the Indian and Pakistani armies, which regularly ...
A Tanzanian female activist and former lawmaker underlined the role of Muslim mothers in teaching the Quran and raising a Quranic generation.Speaking to the Global Association of Muslim Women, Shamim Khan said in teaching the Quran to children, it is important that Quran interpretation be read to children so that they learn the sublime teachings of the Holy Book as well as memorizing it.She added that Muslim women can be very influential in the ...
Al-Mousawi was initially convicted in November 2015 on terrorism related charges after being subjected to torture, more than a year of arbitrary detention and other forms of ...
The Ahlul Bayt World Assembly has issued a message of condolence following the death of Hujjat ul-Islam Sayyed Maqsood Ali Razavi, Kashmiri member of the Assembly.
The full text of the message is as follows:
In the Name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful
The demise of the divine scholar and great faqih, Hujjat ul-Islam Sayyed Maqsood Ali Razavi, has left us full of sorrow.
He was one of the greatest academic and ...
The Glorious Qur'an, the revealed word of Almighty Allah to His last and greatest Prophet, Muhammad (s.a.w.), is the source of all divine laws and has given humanity a perfect system of life and a code of well-defined ethical values. Every Muslim knows that he is obliged to apply Qur'anic instructions in his daily life and refer to them for guidance. Numerous verses of the Holy Qur'an spotlight the lofty position of the Ahlul-Bait, directing and ...
- In a case of alleged discrimination in the US, a young Muslim woman was fired from her job at a dental clinic for wearing a hijab as her employer wanted to keep a "neutral environment" in ...
(AhlulBayt News Agency) - Members of Islamic Movement of Nigeria who arrested during 1437 Arabeen Symbolic Trek from Kano were released on bail by a Court in Kano after spending months in Prison.
They were release on Wednesday the 7th of April 2017. Among those released are 20 males and 10 females including minors.It could be recalled that well armed police men in tens of trucks on Monday the 14th Safar, 1438 (14/11/2016), opened fire on the ...
Israeli authorities reportedly banned the Muslim call to dawn prayer from being projected over loudspeakers in three different mosques in the Jerusalem district town of Abu Dis on Friday, according to local sources. Lawyer Bassam Bahr, head of a local committee in Abu Dis, said that Israeli forces raided the town just before the dawn prayer on Friday. According to Bahr, Israeli forces raided the al-Rahman, al-Taybeh and al-Jamia mosques ...
Hujjat al-Islam Aktari, the Ahlul Bayt World Assembly's Secretary-General delivered speeches in this symposium
According to Ahlul Bayt News Agency – ABNA – the International “Imam Hussain’s Message” symposium was held in India with the presence of Shiite and Sunni scholars and thinkers thanks to Qadiriyya Circle.
Hujjat al-Islam Aktari, the Ahlul Bayt World Assembly’s Secretary-General delivered speeches in ...
Ayatollah Araki, addressing final meeting of the conference on “Imam Reza (AS), key for unity and coalition of society” stressed monotheism as the element to safeguard the society and empowerment of the Islamic nation against enemies.Grand Ayatollah Mohsen Araki, Secretary General of the World Forum for Proximity of Islamic Schools of Thought in his speech on the last leg of conference on Imam Reza (AS) in Mashhad referred to ...
- Hundreds of British teenage girls are still keen on joining ISIS despite the death of a London schoolgirl in Syria, according to counter-radicalisation experts, raising fresh doubts about the effectiveness of the government’s strategy to combat ...
AhlulBayt News Agency - Hours after the famed qawwal Amjad Sabri was killed in a gun attack, prominent Shia noha Khawan (reciter of elegies) Farhan Ali Waris escaped an assassination attempt in Karachi.He was on his car and surrounded by some armed takfiri terrorists of so-called banned Ahl-e-Sunnat-Wal-Jamaat (ASWJ) near the Teen Hatti area of the metropolis.The terrorists were about to open the fire on him, but his security guard opened the ...
“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 ...
Maria began memorizing the holy book at the age of five and within two years, she has learned it all.
Along the way, she has raised thousands of pounds for children in Syria, according to Press TV.
Her Facebook page has more than 6,000 ...
Anti-Muslim hate crimes shot up 67 percent in 2015, compared with the year before, according to the bureau’s Hate Crime Statistics report issued on Monday. At least 257 of hate crime incidents against Muslims took place in 2015 while 154 happened in 2014.“That is the highest number since 2001, when the al-Qaeda attacks on New York and elsewhere drove the number to its highest ever level, 481 hate crimes,” said Mark Potok with ...
- Shila leader Iklil al Milal, right, embraces a Sunni representative after Monday’s peace declaration. (Photo)As many as 50 people representing the Sampang Sunni community on Monday signed a peace agreement with their Shia neighbors, who are currently sheltering in low-cost apartments in Sidoarjo, East Java, after being relocated from the regency following prolonged conflict between the two sects. They met with around 40 representatives ...
Uttering Shahadah (the two testimonies of faith), a Brazilian lady converted to Shia Islam at Imam Ridha holy shrine in holy city of Mashhad, Iran. Fabiana Disosa converted to Islam by attending in the Management office of Non-Iranian Pilgrims of Astan Quds Razavi after she declared her readiness for embracing Islam.Before uttering Shahadah, the Brazilian girl became familiar with the fundamental principles of the religion that is monotheism, ...
