The Islamic Veil (Hijab)

O, Dear Sister…Preserve the Islamic veil which God has privileged you with, as it is your inviolable fortress, for your hair is one of the beauty aspects in you.Also, you have to wear loose, flowy clothes which don’t particularize your body, especially the beauty areas….. as this is the right Islamic veil.God Al-Mighty said: ﴾O Prophet! Say to your wives and your daughters and the women of the believers that they let ...

( 2022-06-16 00:35:52 )

Quarrelling with One’s Father

31 - Quarrelling with One’s Father قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللٌّهِ )ع): ثَلاَثَةٌ مَنْ عَازَهُمْ ذَلَّ الْوَالِدُ وَ السُّلْطَانُ وَ الْغَرِيـمُ. Imam as-Sadiq (peace be upon him) said: “There are three individuals that whoever argues with them shall suffer humiliation and disgrace: one’s father; a (just) ruler; and one in debt.” Biharul ...

( 2022-06-16 00:35:52 )

Hezbollah Leader 'Sayyed Nasrallah': Saudi Wants Sedition in Lebanon, Yemenis Most Oppressed People

Hezbollah Secretary General Sayyed Hasan Nasrallah delivered a televised speech on Tuesday in which he tackled the latest developments specifically after the Saudi escalation and threats against Lebanon.His eminence pointed out that "since Saudi announced about halting the supposed donation to the Army, a wide political and media campaign in Lebanon and the region took off, and there was clear escalation in stances by Saudi, some Gulf states, ...

( 2022-06-15 23:33:06 )

Protests & Clashes in Bahrain Renewed as Uprising's Fifth Anniv. Nears

As the Bahraini uprising's fifth anniversary approaches, thousands of Bahrainis took to the streets on Friday (February 5, 2016) in different villages across Bahrain expressing their adherence to the demands made on February 14, 2011.Protestors held photos of detained Sheikh Ali Salman, Secretary-General of Al-Wefaq National Islamic Society, and marched through the streets following Friday's prayers in Al-Diraz, chanting "holding back is ...

( 2022-06-15 22:32:42 )

Iran’s International Quran Contest shows Iran’s stance on cultural and political affairs: Hojjatoleslam Taghavi

Ahlul Bayt News Agency - Head of the Policy Council of Friday Prayers' Leaders Hojjatoleslam Seyyed Reza Taghavi has said the launch of International Quran competition in Iran reveals Islamic Republic’s position on political and cultural matters. Hojjatoleslam Taghavi, in an interview with the news staff at the International Quran Competition, said that the competition indicates Iran’s endeavor on spreading the Quranic culture in the ...

( 2022-06-15 16:08:09 )

Countering terrorist groups duty upon all humans

"Human all have a telling role to play in countering extremism," stressed hia Source of Emulation Grand Ayatollah Lotfollah Safi-Golpaygani urging Muslims and non-Muslims to stand united against extremist groups. Making his remarks in religious course held in holy Qom Seminary, the religious cleric demanded Muslims not to bow out of their responsibilities of sorting out the current setbacks encouraging them to collaborate for solving the ...

( 2022-06-15 13:03:30 )

Member of Assembly of Experts: 'human rights' main concern of Islam

Member of the Assembly of Experts of Iran, Sheikh Hashem Hashemzadeh Herisi said on Thursday that Islam attaches great importance to the issue of human rights.Herisi made the remarks in a ceremony held in in this northwestern Iranian provincial capital city to commemorate the Islamic Human Rights and Human Dignity Day in Tehran (August 3).He also underscored that the issue of human rights is more powerful and beyond what is called human rights ...

( 2022-06-15 12:01:55 )

Intl. Peace Day: New York 'Who is Hussain?' team spread message of Peace, Love, Humanity by handing roses to public

In honor of International Peace Day on September 21, 2016 , "Who is Hussain?" New York City team passed out roses to the general public on the busy streets of Midtown Manhattan. The WiH volunteers inspired by Hussain ibn Ali to spread the message of Peace Love and Humanity.

( 2022-06-15 08:55:33 )

Bahraini Shia prisoner 'Al-Singace' in bad health condition at psychiatric hospital

Member of the European-Bahraini Organization for Human Rights, Ahmed Al-Saffar, said that detainee Abed Ali Al-Singace was seen in the psychiatric hospital in a bad health condition.Al-Singace is one of those who witnessed the death incident of martyr Abdulrida Bou Hmayed at the hands of the Bahraini army. He is also one of those who carried martyr Bou Hmayed to the hospital after he was injured with live ammunition by the Bahraini army that was ...

( 2022-06-15 07:55:14 )

More than one-third of Danish Muslims want Qur'an-based laws

Nearly 4 out of 10 Danish Muslims think that Denmark’s laws should be at least partly based on the Qur’an, according to a recent survey. In a poll conducted by Wilke for Jyllands-Posten, 11.3 percent of Danish Muslims said that the Qur’an should serve as the sole basis for Denmark’s laws, while another 26.5 percent said that the nation’s laws should be built upon a mixture of the Qur’an teachings and the ...

( 2022-06-15 04:43:19 )

Two Views Concerning the Pleasures of This World

Man can construct a solid barrier against the danger of the dissolution of his inward personality only when he attains religious belief and certainty, the conviction that our sorrows and joys do not go to waste, that we are not advancing to annihilation, but are rather moving towards Him. In other words, our residence in this abode of clay is temporary, lasting only until the appointed day when the summons of resurrection arouses us from our ...

( 2022-06-15 03:42:12 )

Bahrain authorities summon Shia scholar 'Sayyed Yassine al-Mosawi'

- Bahraini activists said that the security authorities summoned cleric Sayyed Yassine al-Mosawi, who received a notice to appear before Budai police station on Sunday (July 24, 2016).It is to mention that Al-Mosawi resides in Diraz. A number of citizens residing in Diraz were summoned and arrested. Activists said that the Bahraini authorities arrested 6 citizens residing in Diraz a day after it arrested another 9 for attempting to perform ...

( 2022-06-14 13:03:07 )

Ibn Sina: The Renowned Philosopher And Physician Of The East

Among the greatest intellectuals of Islam is the name of Abu Ali Husain ibn Abdullah ibn Sina, the well-known philosopher. Abu Sina is called “Bu Ali Sina” and “the chief Shaykh”. This great personality was a national of Bukhara, which at that time was a part of the Iranian kingdom. His father had come from Balkh but they had settled down in Bukhara.Not only this intellectual is the matter of pride for the Islamic world and the people of ...

( 2022-06-14 11:02:30 )

Islamist Orange Employee Provided French Terror Group With Potential Hit List

An Islamist Orange employee provided a terrorist group in France with a list of names, addresses and cellular and landline telephone numbers of personalities, including prominent French politicians such as Nicolas Sarkozy and Roselyne Bachelot, French Newspaper Le Figaro reported on Monday.The revelation that the Orange employee dubbed “Dawoud” provided the leader of Forsane Alizza with the list of potential targets came as members ...

( 2022-06-14 07:52:57 )

Anti-fascism groups in Italy hold vigil after Rome arson attack

The vigil was held by laying flowers in the Centocelle district of Rome on Wednesday after three sisters from the Roma community, including two children and a young woman, lost their lives in a fire in their camper van. The victims, aged four, eight, and 20, were sleeping with their parents and eight other siblings when their van went up in flames. Other family members reportedly managed to escape the blaze. Investigators launched a homicide ...

( 2022-06-14 05:52:18 )

Muslim College Life; Dating, Drinking and Deen

by Huma Ahmad Freedom. Young people live for the day when they can move out of the house and go to college and finally be free. Freedom from their parents, from restrictions on their lifestyle, from everyone telling them what to do. This is why in college you find a whole generation that does what they want. Life's short they say, let's enjoy ourselves while we can. So it goes for Muslims. In ...

( 2022-06-14 03:50:25 )

Islamic Counselling & Psychotherapy Trends in Theory Development

Islamic counselling and psychotherapy is a discipline that is vaguely defined. Information that is available on this topic is often limited in quantity and perspective to form the theoretical basis necessary to constitute a model of intervention for Islamic Counselling. Indeed in discussions with social service practitioners this lack of a coherent Islamic counselling methodology is frequently expressed.It is not unusual to find that counselling ...

( 2022-06-14 01:45:48 )

The Modest Covering and Woman

Veiling, or covering woman\'s beauty and protecting her from the evil eyes of the rude, lustfully corrupt and satanic men is a Quranic decree, a holy law, human duty and a moral affair. Islamic veiling, whose best form, is the long veil or chador being a reminder of that spring of chasteness Fatimah Zahra (Pbuh). The veil is not a block to acquiring knowledge and perfection for a woman. Rather, the veil protects her from many dangers and traps ...

( 2022-06-13 09:21:45 )

Fresh fears over UK links to Bahrain’s ‘torture prisons’

The visit is fresh evidence of the growing and often secret relationship between security officials in the two countries that has developed despite repeated allegations of torture in Bahraini detention centers. On Friday, it emerged that a controversial multimillion-pound program of support for Bahrain’s security and justice system was being bolstered by a further £2m of British funding, despite the Persian Gulf state reversing ...

( 2022-06-13 09:21:44 )

Comparison of Muslim and Christian Prayers

We will mention some examples of Christian worship in comparison with what we have mentioned about Islamic worship. The Bible says: And when you pray, do not keep on babbling like pagans, for they think they will be heard because of their many words. Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him. “This, then, is how you should pray: “‘Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name, Your kingdom come, ...

( 2022-06-13 06:19:02 )