Hundreds of Shia Muslims turned a major annual spiritual ritual into an antiterrorism rally Sunday, marching, singing and praying for hours from trendy Dupont Circle to the White House as tourists and brunch-goers rubbernecked.
Hundreds of Shia Muslims turned a major annual spiritual ritual into an antiterrorism rally Sunday, marching, singing and praying for hours from trendy Dupont Circle to the White House as tourists and brunch-goers ...
Legal imitation of a Jurist (mujtahid)
Question: What do the terms “marja’iyyah” and “taqlid” mean?
Brief Answer
Marja’iyyah is a legal term that means “the issuance of a legal ruling (fatwa).” Conceptually, it is coupled with the term taqlid (legal imitation) which denotes “the referral of one who holds no specialty in jurisprudence to a specialized jurist to seek his opinion in legal matters.” ...
Allah’s Will in Human Guidance
Question: Considering the verse of the Qur`an in Surah 32, verse 13 which reads, “Had We wished We would have given every soul its guidance,” - can it not be concluded that Allah (awj) has not desired the guidance of all humanity? If Allah (awj) had desired the guidance of all humanity He would have willed such, but obviously He has not. Why?
Brief Answer
Allah (awj) has willed the ...
For any ordinary passer-by, the sight of the white-turbaned Shaykh walking down the Najaf-Kufah road on Tuesday afternoons might not have been of any special attention, other than the brief exchange of greetings that is customary in those parts. Our religious scholar --as his headgear and apparel suggested-- was perhaps not the only one trekking the 10-km distance to Masjid al-Sahlah on foot every week. In those days before the Baathists cast ...
Ahlul Bayt News Agency - By studding this article you will know better understanding why ISIS takes swats of Iraq and Syria, or Why ISIS takes Mosul by lightening offensive. Why Use-led coalition is so un-efficient or why Russia intervention in fight against ISIS opposed by West. This article shows prominent figure like Bin laden and Abu Musab al-Zarqawi and other terrorist groups were less than chess pieces and more important we have a better ...
Head of Germany’s domestic intelligence agency said there had been a sharp increase in the number of young women under 25 leaving Germany to join ISIS. Germany’s domestic intelligence agency (BfV) fears a growing number of women have gone to Iraq and Syria to fight alongside ISIS militants, its chief said on Wednesday. Hans-Georg Maassen, the head of the agency, told reporters in Berlin there had been a sharp increase in the number ...
Muslim women in western New York invited other community members to learn more about the Islamic culture.
At the Walden Galleria, people had the opportunity to ask western New York Muslims questions about the head scarf and try one on themselves.
"We're here to just spread awareness and let people know what the hijab is, where it came from and why we wear it," said Julie Boody, executive director of WNY Muslims.
"The public is with this ...
In the immediate aftermath of the latest raids, activists posted images online showing the damage inflicted on private property. Meanwhile, armed men wearing ski masks were snapped manning their posts as police vehicles flooded the town’s narrow streets. There is no news yet of any arrests. Similar raids in recent days have resulted in a number of Bahrainis being detained. Young men are often taken into custody without arrest warrants ...
GLORIOUS HOUSEThe companions of the Prophet [s] competed with one another to win the hand of Fatimah Al-Zahra [a], his only surviving child. They all knew the great status and high position she enjoyed in Islam. She was part of the Chosen Prophet [s], his beloved daughter, and the chief of Women of the World. The Messenger of Allah [s] turned down all his companions' offers to marry Fatimah [a].One day Imam Ali [a] was told of some of the ...
Muslim Women who wear full face veils in public in a Swiss state could be fined up to £6,500 under new rules imposed by the local government, according to media report. The parliament approved a law banning the garment, which covers the body from head to feet and is worn in public by women in many Muslim countries. The local government in the southern Swiss state approved the ban after a referendum in September 2013 saw two in three ...
The Shia-Sunni split is not a recent phenomenon. The root of this division can be traced to just a few days after the death of our Prophet (pbuh&hp). Shi'as believe that the Prophet within his lifetime unambiguously appointed Imam Ali bin Abi Talib as his successor, and the caliph of the Muslim ummah (nation) after his death.
However, Sunnis believe that the Prophet did not decicively fix the choice of the caliph after him, nor did he fix or ...
In response to a letter by Head of the Judiciary Branch, seeking permission to take especial measures in order to confront economic corruption, Ayatollah Khamenei approved the request and wrote: “Punishment of convicts of economic corruption must be carried on urgently and justly; and appropriate meticulousness must be given to the designation of sentences by courts.”
AhlulBayt News Agency (ABNA): In response to a letter by Head of the ...
The majority of American people have a very limited and “primitive” knowledge about Islam and have mostly received false information about the religion, a political analyst in Virginia says. “Most Americans know very, very little about Islam and the little they know is based on false information,” said Keith Preston, the chief editor and director of AttacktheSystem.com. “Americans, to a large degree, when they ...
The physicist, Fritj of Capra, a Noble Prize winner, wrote this about humanity’s tragedy:
“It is a multidimensional, complicated crisis that is affecting our life, health, means of livelihood, quality of environment, social relationships, economy, technology and politics…For the first time, we find ourselves on the brink of the total extinction of man and every form of life on this planet. Five hundred million people suffer from ...
The Shah of Iran has fled the country following months of increasingly violent protests against his regime.
Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlevi and his wife, Empress Farah, left Tehran and flew to Aswan in Egypt.
The couple's three youngest children were flown to the United States yesterday.
Official reports say the Shah has left for a "vacation" and medical treatment. In fact, he was asked to leave by the man he appointed prime minister earlier this ...
Contemporary technology in the form of electronically managed interactive telecommunications is compatible with the goals and values of the humanities. For Marx, machine-work tended toward being mechanically routine, repetitive, deskilled, and trivialized. In the case of discourse, the same criticism has been made of computerized communication. Immediacy is not authorial presence, but the experience of textuality that is maximized by ...
Interview Reported by: Brother Ahmad Abdollahzadeh Bismillah-ir-Rahman-ir-Raheem
Please tell me more about the 'process' of your reversion. How did you start your studies about Islam? What Islamic resources impressed you more? How did you say your Shahadah? In the year 2000 with labor complications, during the birth of my child, I had a near death experience that shook me beyond anything in my life. I was married, at the time, to a ...
5:88] Eat of that which Allah hath bestowed on you as food lawful and good, and keep your duty to Allah in Whom ye are believersMuslims can eat meat and vegetables.The restrictions are moslty realted to the type of meat we can eat. We must eat food that is halal, i.e. slaughtered in an Islamic manner. We are allowed to eat animals such as cow, sheep, camel and chicken etc. Muslims can not eat pigs, carnivorous animals, reptiles, insects, animals ...
Iraqi authorities have issued 850, 000 visas to Iranian pilgrims planning to visit Iraq’s holy city of Karbala for Arbaeen, the head of Iran’s Hajj and Pilgrimage Organization said Tuesday. “So far, 850, 000 visas have been issued to Iranian pilgrims,” Saeed Ohadi said. He added that more than 1,350,000 Iranians have registered for pilgrimage to Karbala on Arbaeen, the 40th day after the martyrdom anniversary of the ...
