The Sunni Saudis and the Gulf kings possess immense wealth, the only religion that Trump really respects, and they want to destroy Shia Iran, Syria, the Hezbollah and the Houthis – which is a […]
The Twelfth Imam Imam Mehdi (AS) This article has been broken into four sections due to its length. You can either click on the part you wish to go to or simply scroll down to view the whole document Introduction Birth Miscellaneous Information on Imam Mehdi (AS) Sunni Documentation on […]
I provided extensive traditions from the six authentic Sunni collections concerning the fact that Imam al-Mahdi (as) who is different than Jesus (the messiah) WILL come and he is the descendant of the Prophet (S) and his daughter Fatimah (sa). The traditions further illuminated the fact that Jesus (who was […]
November 6, 2016 | by Rabwah Times | A prominent Pakistani Shia rights activist has come under fire after her views against a persecuted Muslim sect were made public. Gul e Zehra Rizvi who is the central president of Imamia Student Organization(ISO) has been active in organizing protests against the targeted […]
In the village of Soran, near Hama, and the surrounding area, civilians speak of their loss as part of one battle in Syria’s larger civil war, writes Robert Fisk Robert Fisk Soran, near Hama, Syria @indyvoices The Hamdo family collect what is left of their home Nelofer Pazira We arrived so soon […]
Reuters International OCT 31, 2016 – An armoured vehicle of the Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) drives south of Mosul, Iraq October 30, 2016. REUTERS/Stringer (reuters_tickers) By Babak Dehghanpisheh AIN NASIR, Iraq (Reuters) – Gun trucks and humvees streamed north on a highway heading to Mosul on Sunday flying the […]
First Sermon: ‘Ashura – History and Popular Legend From a Shia’a point of view: Source: https://www.al-islam.org/al-tawhid/vol13-no3/ashura-misrepresentations-distortions-part-1-mutahhari/first-sermon-ashura (al-islam.org is a Shia’a website). (See this website to inform yourself about Shia’a’s points of view) In the Name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful All Praise belongs to Allah, the Lord […]
Ninaras/Wikimedia Commons/Creative Commons 4.0 By Huda Islam Expert ‘Ashura is a religious observance marked every year by Muslims. The word ‘ashura literally means “10th,” as it is on the 10th day of Muharram, the first month of the Islamic year. ‘Ashura is an ancient observance that is now recognized for […]
By Huda Islam Expert Question What’s the Difference Between Shia and Sunni Muslims? Answer Both Sunni and Shia Muslims share the most fundamental Islamic beliefs and articles of faith. The differences between these two main sub-groups within Islam initially stemmed not from spiritual differences, but political ones. Over the […]
Some academics argue the Safavid Shahs gave Iranian Shiism a rule-fixation and abandonment of spirituality it has never lost An Iranian man sits in front of holy scroll. Photograph: Morteza Nikoubazl/Reuters Gareth Smyth for Tehran Bureau Thursday 29 September 2016 The crowning of Ismail as king of Iran in […]
What, the Saudis must be asking themselves, has happened to the fawning leaders who would normally grovel to the Kingdom? Robert Fisk @indyvoices Iran boycotted the Hajj, the Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca, this year after rising tensions between the nations AP The Saudis step deeper into trouble almost by the […]
September 20, 2016 TEHRAN – Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei on Tuesday underscored the importance of unity across the Islamic world, calling on the Shiite Muslims to avoid making vituperative comments about the Sunni figures. The Supreme Leader made the remarks as he received thousands of people from all walks […]
In Saudi Arabia itself, the government seems unable to cope with the crisis. The ‘Arab News’ says that 31,000 Saudi and other foreign workers have lodged complaints with the government’s labour […]
Just as Erdogan has become pals with Putin, the Turkish and Iranian foreign ministers have been embracing in Ankara with many a promise that their own talks will produce new alliances Robert Fisk @indyvoices Thursday 18 August 2016 The Shias are winning. Two pictures prove it. The US-Iranian photo op […]
By Zia Ur Rehman June 29, 2016 6 0 Karachi How are sectarian tensions handled and laws applicable? How severe are the issues of hate speech and discrimination against minorities? These burning questions were discussed by the participants of a Human Rights Commission of Pakistan expert group meeting on Tuesday. […]
Source: Global Research On Wednesday last week the Malaysia’s attorney general confirmed that Saudi Arabia’s royal family gave Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak a $681 million personal gift. The confirmation […]
By ABDULLAH AL-SHIHRI, ASSOCIATED PRESS RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — Jan 2, 2016 The Associated Press FILE – In this Sunday, Sept. 30, 2012 file photo, a Saudi anti-government protester carries a poster with the image of jailed Shiite cleric Sheik Nimr al-Nimr during the funeral of three Shiite Muslims allegedly […]
Posted: 18/05/2015 Fiyaz Mughal Become a fanDirector of Faith Matters and the Tell MAMA project In February of this year I drafted this article asking whether anyone really cared about the Shia of Pakistan. The brutal butchery committed by local extremist groups in Pakistan has […]
by Sami Ramadani, THE GUARDIAN Tony Blair has been widely derided for his attempted justification of the 2003 Iraq invasion, and his claim last weekend that he’s blameless over the current turmoil. Unfortunately, though, many of his critics have also bought into a central plank of his argument: that Iraqi […]
Maliki’s alienation of Sunni actors is at the heart of ISIS’s success in Iraq. The story of the ongoing events in Iraq is one of lost opportunities. By December 2013, […]