-- On the occasion of Eid Al-Adha one of the greatest Islamic feasts, Sheikh-ol-Islam Allahshukur Pashazadeh chairman of the Office of Caucasian Muftis issued a congratulatory message to the Muslims of the Republic of Azerbaijan and Muslims around the world.
“I warmly congratulate all Azerbaijani people as well as the world Muslims on this auspicious occasion and ask God for His blessings to all,” he said in his message, according to Trend ...
In last 1400 years, the face of the world has changed completely. The way we travel, the way we communicate, the way we fulfill the other needs of life has been transformed. With all this transformation, should we still stick to the system which came into existence and was completed 1400 years back? Is Islam capable of addressing the needs of this age, or for that matter, the needs of every age? The answer to these questions lies in ...
-- Participants in the Parliament of the World's Religions are calling for more interfaith understanding and a world move to save humanity from a climate disaster, the Australian daily the Age reported on Wednesday, December 9.
"A new global conversation has to begin," Chandra Mufazzar, founder of the International Movement for a Just World, told the several-days meeting, which concluded its activities in the Melbourne Wednesday.
The Muslim ...
The scroll written by the Women from Kermanshah province was displayed in the Islamic Parliament hall to show their supports for Bahraini women.
The scroll written by the women from Kermanshah province was displayed in the Islamic Parliament hall as a symbol to support the oppressed women of Bahrain.
Mohammad Karami Rad, the member of the Islamic Parliament for Kermanshah people illustrated this scroll in the open session sidelines of ...
The Tajik Supreme Court has branded the self-proclaimed Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) as the terrorist organization and put it on the relevant list, a court source told Interfax on Friday.The local media confirmed the report, with the reference to unnamed sources."The republic has a list of outlawed groups and organizations. Information about some of the groups on that list, among them ISIL, is classified," the source ...
-- A collection of selected papers presented at a conference on “revelation studies” was published by Al-Mostafa International University.
The book includes 9 articles on the essence of revelation, relation between revelation and wisdom, revelation and prophetic experience, truth of revelation, its definition and concept.
Discussing the morphology of revelation, the authors have also studied view points of theologians and philosophers in ...
young republic of Kosovo, the vast majority of the population is Muslim, because of its tradition of “moderate Islam” and following the letter of the secular constitution, following in the footsteps of Tunisia and France, forbidding the wearing of women’s headscarf – the hijab – female students in public schools . As in Turkey, where a ban on head scarves, introduced in 1920, has led to bitter disputes, the decisions of local ...
Know that love, hate and the like, which in the language of the Qur'an and noble traditions have been ascribed to God-exalted is His Glory-are not to be taken in their ordinary sense. For such qualities signify psychic affections (infi'al-e nafsani), and God, the Exalted, is above and free of them. Since an elaborate discussion of this issue is outside the scope of this brief exposition, we will confine ourselves to a passing reference.
It ...
A noted celebrity in Azerbaijan has abandoned her career as a dancer following a visit to the holy Shrine of the eighth Shia Imam Reza in Iran.
“I know for getting closer to God, it is necessary to quit my profession and I have made a determined resolution to do this,” Fatima Fatalieva told Azerbaijan\'s Trend news agency after returning from the shrine city of Mashhad in northeastern Iran.
\"Visiting Mashhad was one of my greatest dreams. ...
There are people who believe that some teachings of the religion contradict the intellect, as a result, they don’t believe in this part of the religion or they don't believe some compulsory deeds and duties of the religion. We should address such people that a sound intellect will have no contradiction with the religion, whatever intellect orders the religion accepts and vice a versa. But the intellect is not taken advantage of appropriately ...
Rabat - Given the amount of violence and instability in countries with Muslim majorities, such as Iraq and Afghanistan, some people mistakenly assume the violence stems from Islamic teachings, when in fact Islam does not condone such actions. The media does not help the matter, often focusing on the activities of terrorists who claim to be Muslims, instead of identifying these individuals as criminals and shedding light on the true essence of ...
(Ahlul Bayt News Agency) - The oral stage of Quran memorization exams in Tehran province will start in November.
According to Mehdi Nadi, head of the Islamic Ideology Development Organization’s Dar-ol-Quran center, the specialized memorization exams will be organized for men and women on November 30 and 29, respectively.
He said that some 1050 individuals will take part in the exam which features memorizing the entire holy Quran, 20 Juzes ...
-- Jordan's Minister of Endowments and Islamic Affairs said that research studies presented at the international conference on Quds have been translated into different languages.
According to Al-Dastoor newspaper, Sabri Arbihat said, “52 papers on the theme of the conference held two months ago in Amman, have been translated into English, French, Spanish, Chinese, Romanian, German, Turkish and Italian.”
The works have been translated in ...
Ahlul Bayt News Agency (ABNA.ir), Pakistan -- Although the government of Sindh has imposed a ban on the public meetings till June 30, the Majlis-e-Wahdat-e-Muslimeen (MWM) was staged demonstration across the Sindh Province including Karachi against the targeted killings of the Shia Muslims.
The Central protest demonstrations in Karachi were held at Noor-e-Eman Mosque Nazimabad, Jamia Masjid Mustafa Abbas Town and Jamia Masjid Hussaini Sifart ...
-- There is no religion like Islam in which morality has such a lofty status.
Addressing a conference on “An introduction to morality in Abrahamic religions”, director of Religions Department at Imam Khomeini Educational-Research Institute said, “Unfortunately, however, morality is not observed by some Muslims as much as it should, the result of which is negative impression of non-Muslims.”
Hojat-ol-Islam Mohammad Ali Shomali, who ...
Tehran's Interim Friday Prayers Leader, Ayatollah Mohammmad Emami Kashani, has called upon rival political groups to criticize one another only on the basis of scientific reasoning, documents and facts.
Speaking to a large crowd of Friday prayers worshippers and the faithful in Tehran, Ayatollah Mohammmad Emami Kashani referred to the advice given by the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution, in relation to maximum acceptance ...
After encouragement from her political science professor, Ariana Gallegos found herself sifting through a mound of free hijabs on a table outside the EMU, ready to wear one for her first time.Wednesday was the fifth annual World Hijab Day. The UO Muslim Student Association fitted nearly 100 students and staff with free hijabs to celebrate their culture and create solidarity between cultures.UO Student Mayra Elide Jaquez, a member of the Muslim ...
Ahlul Bayt News Agency - Egypt’s Grand Mufti Shawqi Allam strongly condemned the “cowardly, barbarian” burning of four Iraqi Shiite fighters to death by the self-proclaimed Islamic State group (IS,) according to a Tuesday statement.The “heinous crime cannot be committed by a human,” Allam said, adding that IS’s acts are “not condoned by Islam or the teaching of Prophet Mohamed, in addition to that ...
San Luis Obispo Muslims in California, USA on Friday celebrated one of the holiest nights of the year with serving iftar meal and engage in special prayers.
Members of the Mosque of Nasreen have gathered weekly for a community Iftar, or breaking of the fast, throughout Ramadan, but the final few nights are especially important. The month of piety marks the time when the Holy Qur'an was revealed to Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him). The ...
Senior commanders of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) offered their deep condolences over the martyrdom of Abu Muntadhar al-Muhamadawi, a top commander of Iraq's Badr ...
