The thugs, under the order of one of the Wahhabi cleric in Jos, Sheikh Aliyu bn Aliyu, popularly known as Ali Dan Ali, attacked the peaceful mourners using cutlasses, knives and iron rods, and injured about 30 at varying degrees including females.
Ahlul Bayt News Agency - On Friday the 23th of October, 2015 thugs attacked Shia Muslims brothers and Sisters on their way trekking to Ashura gathering in Jos city of Nigeria. On that fateful ...
Ahlul Bayt News Agency -ABNA- Ali ibn Muhammad al-Nimr', Born in 1994, has been sentenced to death by Saudi Arabia's Court of Appeal.
Hailing from the majority Shiite district of 'al-awamiyah' - eastern province of Qatif - Ali al-Nimr was arrested 3 years ago under strict orders of Saudi security officials, in complete breach of the law since underage.
It is important to note that the Saudi regime has systematically bypassed national and ...
- It’s springtime, this means that flowers are in bloom. Her wrinkled hands fill the canisters with soil as blossoms shyly pop their heads in brazen colors. The paradox is true to life, summarizing the Palestinian reality that says where there is death, there is also hope.Peaceful ResistanceIn a show of peaceful resistance, a Palestinian woman in the village of Bilin, near Ramallah, West Bank, has been planting flowers inside used tear-gas ...
Speaking in a meeting with activists in the field of Quran interpretation, the senior cleric said the great scope of Quranic activities in the country disproves the claims by the enemies of Ahl-ul-Bayt (AS) that Shia Muslims pay little attention to the Book of God.Referring to a sermon from Nahj-ol-Balagha that says "One who has the Quran has everything and one who does not have the Quran has nothing,” Ayatollah Makarem Shirazi said there ...
“O Ali! Allah has created me and you from His Light. He created Adam and put that light into Adam. This light reached Abdul-Muttalib and then it split; so I was in Abdullah and you were in Abu Taleb. Nubuwwah (Prophethood) does not befit anyone other than me, while Wilayah (vicegerency) does not befit anyone other than you. Whoever denies your vicegerency denies my prophethood, and whoever denies my prophethood Allah will throw him down on ...
There is no scope (possibility, range) for terrorism in Islam. In the Koran on many occasions it has been rebated (deduced) that true religion can be represented through intelligence and adducing (citing) cogent (powerful) reasons or detailing out convincing reason. In fact, the Koran has directed mankind to listen to everybody, and accept only what is logically appealing, sound and good.
But terrorism ushered (announced) in, was introduced by ...
The Sincerity of One's IntentionsThese wise and important words have been reported on the authority of the Prophet (Pbuh): Whoever marries to please Allah and establish a family, God will adorn his head with the crown of angels. Marriage produces numerous benefits: the loving-kindness of a wife and a husband; relief from loneliness; increase in one's daily sustenance; the happiness of two families; maintaining half of one's religion; attaining ...
- Millions of Muslims are celebrating the Eid al-Adha (the Feast of Sacrifice), which marks the culmination of the annual Hajj pilgrimage, in a number of countries. Muslims are flocking to mosques and open grounds to take part in celebrations marking the auspicious occasion, which is one of the most significant festivals on the Muslim calendar. In Iran, a mass prayer is being held in the capital city of Tehran. Ayatollah Seyyed Ahmad ...
The difference between men and women according to Imam Ali (AS) from the psychological perspective One of the important principles which should be considered about women and therefore, one should refer to Imam Ali (AS), is the physical- psychological differences between men and women. The intellectual and emotional differences between men and women One of the undeniable differences between men and women relates to the intellect and feelings. Of ...
Bahrain's Islamic Movement leader said in a message that reform of political structure was the only way to save the country.
AhlulBayt News Agency (ABNA): Bahrain's Islamic Movement leader said in a message that reform of political structure was the only way to save the country. The Senior Shia cleric, Shaikh Isa Qassim, said the political structure of Bahrain is suffering from backwardness and a major lag. He stated: "Even if there is a ...
The divine obligation of Hajj pilgrimage is one of the important rituals of Islam. It consists of prayers, supplications to God, suppression of the ego, abstention from even lawful pleasures, and enduring of the problems of travel.Prophet Mohammad (Blessings of God upon him and his progeny) has emphasized the importance of the Hajj pilgrimage which is obligatory once in a lifetime for those who can financially afford the journey and have the ...
Dr. Wahid Akhtar & Jalal Ali AhmadOccidentosis (Gharbzadegi) is Jalal Ali Ahmad's tryst with the infinite world of ideas, for which the scene is set in twentieth-century Iran and the background is provided by the vast panorama of the East faced with the onslaughts of the Western civilization. The first draft of the book in Persian was presented at two of the many sessions of the Congress on the Aim of Iranian Education, on 29 November 1961 ...
Ahlul Bayt News Agency - On 29 April 2015, a Bahraini court convicted 12 men in the case of killing the policeman Mahmoud Fareed and sentenced yet another person, Salman Isa, to death, while others were handed down imprisonment sentences ranging between life to 10 years, and all have had their citizenship revoked.Salman Isa, 30 years old, who is the most recent of 8 cases of death penalty, was first arrested on 27 December 2014, following ...
The court in Strasbourg, France found that the 2011 Belgian law banning clothing that partly or totally covers the face did not violate the right to respect for private and family life nor freedom of religion, and that it did not disproportionately discriminate the Muslim community. In its ruling, the court argued that the ban, however controversial, was “necessary in a democratic society” – because it seeks to guarantee the ...
One of the key mythological constructs of Western scientific and economic development is embodied in the often cited but little understood phrase 'knowledge is power." Francis Bacon, European philosopher and would-be statesman, spoke these infamous words in the early 17th century CE. Nowadays, Bacon is often credited as the "father of modern science," yet his celebrated dictum is rarely situated in the context he intended. Bacon believed that ...
The Ahl-ul-Bayt (AS) World Assembly in a statement condemned the recent arrest of a Shia cleric in Saudi Arabia. Saudi regime’s security forces in the al-Ahsa region of Eastern Province earlier this week arrested prominent Shia cleric Ayatollah Hussein al-Radhi over his anti-regime comments as Riyadh continues its crackdown on the Shia Muslims. The detention came after the senior cleric wrote an article in which he criticized the House ...
Hezbollah Secretary General Sayyed Hasan Nasrallah on Thursday vowed that the Israeli brigades which will enter Lebanon will be destroyed before the eyes of the entire world.
AhlulBayt News Agency (ABNA): Hezbollah Secretary General Sayyed Hasan Nasrallah on Thursday vowed that the Israeli brigades which will enter Lebanon will be destroyed before the eyes of the entire world. During a ceremony held on the third anniversary of martyrdom of ...
Last Advice Imam Musa al-Kazim’s (‘a) mother and Imam Jafar al-Sadiq’s (‘a) wife, Umme Hameeda was sitting in her home, bereaved by the passing away of her beloved husband and Imam. She noticed a very close friend of her husband, Abu Basir, among those who had come to condole with the family of the Imam (‘a). They both wept silently. Umme Hameeda then addressed Abu Basir. “During the last moments of his life, the Imam (‘a) suddenly ...
Injustice and oppression to the orphans brings severe punishment in this world as well as Hereafter. In the same way kind and gentle behaviour towards them earns countless rewards in this world, as well as the Hereafter. Especially blessed by Allah are those who protect the orphans and take the responsibility of being guardians to them. Numerous traditions have been recorded concerning this. A few of these are quoted below.
Hazrat Imam Ja'far ...
