Twin bombings killed more than 45 Shia pilgrims today, taking the number of suicide attacks across Iraq in the past four days to seven with a collective death toll of more than 110. The blasts targeted pilgrims marking the annual Shia Muslim ceremony of Arbae’en near entrances to Karbala, a shrine city in central Iraq….
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Imam Zayn al-‘Abidin’s praise of Allah (SWT)
1 Praise belongs to God, the First, without a first before Him, the Last, without a last behind Him. 2 Beholders’ eyes fall short of seeing Him, describers’ imaginations are not able to depict Him.
The plight of the Shia
Sayings of the Prophet Muhammad
The following sayings of the Holy Prophet of Islam are taken from Ayatollah Imani’s book A Bundle of Flowers, in which he has taken the great care of carefully selecting various traditions, from various sources, of the Prophet of Islam, and his Ahlul Bait. I, for this post, have only selected the sayings of the…
Update on the situation in Malaysia
As-Sallamu-Alaykom, As Shia Muslims in Malaysia seek to receive a basic fundamental right in being able to practice their religion, we here at this blog will try, God willing, to keep our readers updated as much as possible on the current situation. In the present climate the Shia denomination is considered illegal, and therefore anyone…
Shia Muslims in Malaysia arrested for mourning Imam Hussein’s death
A religious scholar in Malaysia blasts the arrest of more than 200 Muslim Shias, including Iranians, Indonesians and Pakistanis, at an Ashura mourning ceremony. “Malaysia is trying to become a country a la Taliban that only allows one school of thought,” prominent Muslim scholar Asri Zainul Abidin said.
The definition of Islam
In his Peak of Eloquence Imam Ali (as) give a most wonderful definition of the word Islam. Though already produced on this site, amongst many other immaculate sayings, I believe this one in particular deserves another look at.
The Martyrdom of Imam Hussein (as)
‘’ With the advent of the month of Muharram, my father Imam Kadhim (A.S.) would never be seen laughing; gloom and sadness would overcome him for (the first) ten days of the month; and when the tenth day of the month would dawn, it would be a day of tragedy, grief, and weeping for him.’’
Refuting Fitna
The movie Fitna, which has generated much publicity and controversy within the media, and much of the Islamic world, is a seventeen minute short film made by Dutch filmmaker Geert Wilders. The film aims at proving that the religion of Islam is a religion which preaches violence and intolerance toward all non-Muslims. But as we…
The killing of one is like the killing of all
Chapter five verse 32 of the Holy Quran contains a beautiful moral passage, one which is clear in its message, and powerful with its delivery. But sadly, though not too surprisingly, critics of Islam love to make the claim that this verse is irrelevant to Muslims living today, and that the main moral is…