The Foreign Ministry said J.P. Singh was summoned a day after Pakistan's military said Indian forces had shelled two areas. India said Pakistani shelling across the Line of Control killed an off-duty soldier and his wife, calling it an "unprovoked" violation of a 2003 cease-fire agreement. The two countries have fought two of their three wars over Kashmir, which both claim in its entirety, since gaining independence from British colonial rule ...
The text of the message is as follows: In the Name of Allah, the most compassionate, the most merciful As late Imam Khomeini’s (ra) said the issue of Palestine and al-Quds is considered as the top priority in the Islamic world. It goes without saying that this region will not see peace and security so long as this Cancerous tumor (Israel) exists. The unrest and insecurities in the region are caused by the US, the Zionist regime and their ...
Glory be to Him Who created all the pairs: from what the earth produces and from themselves and from things unknown to them. (Qur'an, 36:36)And He creates other things you do not know. (Qur'an, 16:8)The above verses indicate the existence of life forms unknown to people at the time of the revelation of the Qur'an. Indeed, with the discovery of the microscope, new living things too small to be seen with the naked eye have also been discovered by ...
Ayatollah Nasser Makarem Shirazi, top Shia jurisprudent, started his weekly teaching session in the Grand Mosque of Qom referring to the oppression of Rohingya Muslims by Myanmar government and urged for all-out support of the Muslim nations for the impoverished nation.
He expressed regret over the daily instances of crimes committed against Myanmar Muslims and said the brutality of behaviors towards the minority has stirred the reaction of ...
Seyyed Hossein Nasr Vol. VI, No. 1
FEW subjects arouse more passion and debate among Muslims today than the encounter between Islam and modern thought. The subject is of course vast and embraces fields ranging from politics to sacred art, subjects whose debate often causes volcanic eruptions of emotions and passions and vituperations which hardly lead to an objective analysis of causes and a clear vision of the problems ...
By : Sayyid Abdul Husain DastghaibSome may think as to where such a vat world (realm) of Barzakh is at all situated? Our brain (intelligence) is unable to comprehend it. We will only say that the realm of Barzakh is in a veil and hence invisible to the physical eye. There are many narrations to make us understand this matter. For example: This world of ours, along with its vast lands and skies, if compared with the realm of Barzakh,is like a ...
British Muslim women who wear the hijab feel generally better about their body image than those who don't wear the hijab suggests research published in the British Journal of Psychology today.
(Ahlul Bayt News Agency) - The research, conducted by Dr Viren Swami from the University of Westminster and colleagues looked at body image issues amongst British Muslim women.
Dr Swami explained: "In the West anxiety about body image, for women, is so ...
What is your definition of science and of religion?The question implies that science and religion cannot be defined with proximate genus and specific difference. How could we, who are dependent on religion and surrounded by the world of science, define the perimeters of science and religion? Naturally, we provide a description of science and religion. Some of the contemporary researchers are of the opinion that our understanding and ...
According to the judgment, Wa'ad's assets after liquidation will go to the state treasury, while Wa'ad Society is expected to pay for the expenses.Bahrain's Ministry of Justice had raised a lawsuit against Wa'ad Society to dissolve it.Wa'ad Society is the third opposition association to be dissolved since the outbreak of the mass protests in the country in 2011, following the Islamic Action Society (Amal), and al-Wefaq - National Islamic ...
(AhlulBayt News Agency) - An Iranian professor residing in the US donated his prestigious prize that he received in the Third International Congress of Islamic Humanities Congress comprising 20 gold coins and a golden plaque to the holy shrine of Hazrat Masoumeh ...
By: Shaykh Nasir Makarim Shirazi The Prophet Muhammad (S) has said, “O' ‘Ali! If the following three traits are not found within a person, then his actions shall not be complete: Wara’ which prevents him from committing transgressions against Allah, the Noble and Grand; noble moral traits through which he acts with tolerance with the people; and forbearance through which he repels the ignorance of the ignorant person.” ...
– At first, the play of light on the floor at the entrance to the main exhibit hall of the Sakip Sabanci Museum appears to be a modern, geometric carpet. But in the end, the projected pattern is a clue to what lies ahead in “Treasures of the Aga Khan Museum: Arts of the Book & Calligraphy.” The image, it turns out, is a representation of geometric Kufic script, an angular 13th-century style of Arabic writing used by ...
Spokesperson of the Foreign Ministry has condemned assassination by Zionist regime of a senior Hezbollah military leader as an evident violation of national sovereignty and territorial integrity of an independent state. Hossein Jaber Ansari who was voicing Iran’s official condemnation of the assassination of Samir Qantar by Israeli air strike on Sunday offered condolences to Lebanese government, people, Hezbollah and also Palestinians on ...
God doth wish to lighten your (difficulties). [Holy Quran: Nisaa 4:28]
An Honorable Household
If a young adult or an adult man or woman does not marry, it seems to be rather impossible to remain chaste and free of corruption. It is a difficult problem to find a young adult out of millions, not married, yet be chaste and sinless. If we find a youth who is truly chaste and not married, then we may say she/he is one of God's Saints. Avoiding ...
Islam’s Original Plans for Marriage
And those who pray, "Our Lord! Grant unto us wives and offspring who will be the comfort of our eyes, and give us (the grace) to lead the righteous." [Holy Quran: Furqan 25:74]
Marriage Negotiations
When a marriage is being considered, it is customary among Muslims to conduct investigations about both families. Then they conduct negotiations to determine the conditions for the marriage and the wedding ...
Ayatollah Mortadha Javadi Amoli received a group of Iranian cultural activists at Isra International Foundation in Qom on Saturday, January 14. During the meeting, Ayatollah Javadi asserted, "The best form of art is created when the artist is self-aware of his or her entity. No piece of art would be created unless the artist is fully aware of their potentials. Any act of art must be intended to last forever; If the artists sincerely believe so, ...
Bayt Agency) - Young activist in the UK have started a campaign as the new Hijri year begins, commemorating the event of Ashoura on the tenth of the hijri month Muharram."A unique group of youth from various walks of life and ethnic origins", as they describe themselves, have joined together to introduce a personality who fought for peace and justice: Imam Hussein, the Grandson of Prophet Mohammad (pbuh).Dubbed ‘The 10th Day- Imam ...
IntroductionAl-Ghazali is one of the most influential philosophers the world has ever seen, and has been called the most original philosopher of Islam. His demolition of Greek philosophy in Tahafutal-Falsafa (The Incoherence of the Philosophers) is considered a turning point in the history of philosophical thought. It is fascinating that al-Ghazali adopts the methods of logic and reason (i.e. philosophy itself) to demonstrate that the ...
INDEPENDENCE OF CHOOSING DESTINY
One day a girl, who looked very perturbed, came to the Holy Prophet and said: "O Messenger of Allah! My father has done me a great injustice".
"What has your father done?"
"He has a nephew and he has married me to him without taking my consent".
"If so, agree to what he has done and be the wife of your cousin
"I don't like my cousin. How can I be the wife of a person whom I don't like". ...
The Commemoration of Imam Hussein (A.S) has been observed by the followers of Ahl-ul-Bayt (members of the House of the Prophet (PBUH)) for centuries; yet many Muslims resent it, thinking that this would divide or increase the division of the Muslims. To my understanding this argument is unsound for the following reasons:-- Imam Hussein and his opponent, Yazid, are on the opposite ends of the Heavenly Scale. There is no Muslim School that doubts ...
