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The 2nd of Muharram is that fateful day, on which Imam Husain (AS) stepped on the soil of Karbala to change the destiny of this obscure strip of land in Iraq forever. Nay! He changed the destiny of Islam as well by injecting it with his lifeblood in ...

The 2nd of Muharram is that fateful day, on which ...

For those not well acquainted with the life and death of Imam Husain(a.s.), the commemoration of his martyrdom is seen as an emotional occassion - a cry of the heart for what is lost. It is this, but it is also much more than this. It is a time when ...

For those not well acquainted with the life and de...

A contemporary scholar Mr Abdul Ghaffar in the daily 'Hindustan' dated 21 June 1993 has raised certain objections about the 'Welcome to Mourning' (Istiqbale Aza). Perhaps his one-sided study might have plunged him into misunderstandings. Hence it bec...

A contemporary scholar Mr Abdul Ghaffar in the dai...

Janab-e-Zainab(A.S.) proclaimed to the world the greatest sacrifices made by Imam Hussain(A.S.) and other members of the family of the Holy Prophet of Islam(S.A.W.) for the cause of Islam, who were brutally martyred at Karbala in 61 A.H by the Yazidi...

Janab-e-Zainab(A.S.) proclaimed to the world the g...

Janab-e-Zainab(A.S.) proclaimed to the world the greatest sacrifices made by Imam Hussain(A.S.) and other members of the family of the Holy Prophet of Islam(S.A.W.) for the cause of Islam, who were brutally martyred at Karbala in 61 A.H by the Yazidi...

Janab-e-Zainab(A.S.) proclaimed to the world the g...

Introduction The Holy Prophet (peace be upon him and his progeny) has said: Those people from amongst my ummah, who memorise forty traditions pertaining to those issues of religion, which they are in need of, Allah shall resurrect them on the Day of ...

Introduction The Holy Prophet (peace be upon him a...

The 9th day of Dhul-Hijjah (the Month of Hajj) is called the Day of Arafat. This day is the culminating event of the annual Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca, Saudi Arabia. The Day of Arafat falls on the 2nd day of pilgrimage rituals. At dawn of this day, ...

The 9th day of Dhul-Hijjah (the Month of Hajj) is ...

A believer is one whose vision of being transcends the small cage of the material, and while he sees humans as having come from nature, he does not see them as limited to the natural world. Instead he sees every human as bigger than the whole of natu...

A believer is one whose vision of being transcends...

Here I want to touch on one of the most important deficiencies of our society at this sensitive juncture, hoping that it spurs debate among thinkers, irrespective of whether they accept my proposition or reject or modify it. In my view, the greatest ...

Here I want to touch on one of the most important ...

The other main problem we face is the parochialism and regressive visions of dogmatic believers. Religious dogma is nothing more than ascribing sanctity and eternity to limited and incomplete human interpretations, and giving priority to emotions ove...

The other main problem we face is the parochialism...

Our society has, a religious identity. All throughout Shiism's history, the clergy have played a crucial role in awakening people to social, pathologies, inciting them to fight injustice, awakening their religious identity. In our history, Islam has ...

Our society has, a religious identity. All through...

In all fairness, our Islamic revolution has :been the source of great transformations in many corners of the world, and we, as the source of revolution, are naturally the most affected by these transformations. In the wake of our revolution, we have ...

In all fairness, our Islamic revolution has :been ...

As Western civilization becomes increasingly worn out and senile, humanity is today searching for a new vision for its future, awaiting a new civilization which is more capable of meeting its material and spiritual needs and wants. Through our Islami...

As Western civilization becomes increasingly worn ...

The West displays two features: one political, the other intellectual. Its political orientation serves as the most outward manifestation or veneer of western civilization. The intellectual foundations of Western civilization illustrate its general w...

The West displays two features: one political, the...

Our society also confronts a crisis today, and although this crisis is to some extent attributable to global conditions, it is different from the West's crisis. Through our revolution we tried to free ourselves from the shackles of the West's dominat...

Our society also confronts a crisis today, and alt...

The West has adopted a strategy similar to the one it used at the beginning of this century which allowed it to circumvent previous crises: by modifying the ways of old colonialism into a more sophisticated neocolonialism. The so-called 'new world or...

The West has adopted a strategy similar to the one...

This is not an easy question to take on. Crises are sometimes limited and temporary. This has often occurred in the life of civilizations which have displayed the ability to confront crises successfully- and remain intact. For example, in the ninetee...

This is not an easy question to take on. Crises ar...

Indeed, ours is the age of the dominance and entrenchment of Western civilization, a civilization that has lived for more than four centuries and has made great strides in science, politics, and social regulation. But we must accept that the West tod...

Indeed, ours is the age of the dominance and entre...

The Dar-Alfonun, Iran's first technical school of higher education, was inaugurated by Nassereddin Shah on the fifth of Rabi al Awwal, 1268 AH (October 27, 1851). This event marked the birth of the idea of 'development' as we know it in Iran today. O...

The Dar-Alfonun, Iran's first technical school of ...

When it is first born and subsequently at the point of its demise, each civilization places its adherents in a state of crisis. At first, when a new covenant arises in the history of a people and the ground is ripe for the emergence of a new civiliza...

When it is first born and subsequently at the poin...

Of the many factors that spur the emergence, rise, and demise of civilizations, two are fundamental: the dynamism of the human mind, and the concomitant surfacing of new needs and necessities in human life. The human mind is instinctively active, per...

Of the many factors that spur the emergence, rise,...