SHAFAQNA – The Grand Ayatollah Makarem Shirazi answered a question about asking people for forgiveness for the person who is passed away. Question: When a person is passed away, the relatives of the deceased address those who take part in the ceremony and say: If anyone has a right upon the deceased...

SHAFAQNA – Ayah 4 of Surah Al-Monafeqoon says: “When you look at them, their exteriors may surprisingly please you (attract you), and if they speak (because of their look) you listen to their words. They are like hollow pieces of the timber leaning on the wall; they consider every sound is against t...

The museum of the Imam Hussein Holy Shrine received a delegation from the United Nations who visited the museum in order to see the unique antiquities there. Dr. Adam Abdul Mawla, United Nations Credit Program manager, said: “We greatly respect Imam Hussein’s principles in terms of instilling Islam ...

SHAFAQNA- The U.S. duopoly electoral structure is in deep crisis, as Donald Trump consolidates his appeal to the unapologetic racist core of the Republican Party and Hillary Clinton rides the Black vote to inevitable victory in the Democratic camp. Both parties, as presently constituted, are inheren...

SHAFAQNA- The a ouncement of the establishment of an Arab Court of Human Rights, indeed any Court devote to Human Rights, should be an inte ationally welcomed initiative. The fact that the initiative has come from the Shoura Council of Saudi Arabia, the formal one hundred and fifty strong legislativ...

SHAFAQNA – A new report published in The Independent this Thursday read: “Saudi Arabia tu s on Lebanon for its unfaithfulness and lack of gratitude after decades of largesse.” Indeed … over the past few days, and too many commentators, politicians and observers’ surprise, the kingdom tu ed on Lebano...

SHAFAQNA – A recent drought in the Easte Mediterranean was the most devastating in nine centuries, a new NASA study shows. Scientists reached the conclusion after studying tree rings, which can indicate humidity changes over time. NASA recently published a study analyzing the humidity of the climate...

SHAFAQNA – New light is being shed on the role presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton played as secretary of state in the 2011 military intervention in Libya, with more than 50 officials from the US, Europe, and Libya speaking out to The New York Times. The report features many of those directly invol...

SHAFAQNA- Question: I’d like to hear about the intention behind an action according to Islam. If I for instance, wish others a happy new year, why am I considered a bad Muslim if my intention is to be humble and respect other people’s culture and days of celebrations? How is the Islamic code of good...

Hadith Thaqalayn is one of the traditions reported by about thirty companions of the Holy Prophet (S) and as many as two hundred Su i scholars have transmitted the same tradition in nearly five hundred books.[1] The documentations of this tradition can be found in the following index, “Sahih Bukhari...

SHAFAQNA – Wherever I go to lecture I hear one question first of all: “What is the true Gospel of Jesus (as)?” There is always someone who wants to know whether the book of the Gospel has been irretrievably lost, or whether it is to be found among the apocryphal gospels not included by the Church fa...

SHAFAQNA – An MSF-run hospital was forced this week to closed down its doors in Sa’ada, leaving the city without any medical facility, after its administration judged the situation much too dangerous. Oblivious to calls for restraints, Riyadh has continued to target MSF in Yemen, in what its officia...

SHAFAQNA – In an effort to promote tolerance through education, the South Brunswick Public Library (SBPL) in Monmouth junction, New Jersey hosted one in a series of conversations on major faiths around the world on Sunday. Suzy Ismail, author and visiting professor of communication at DeVry Universi...

SHAFAQNA – Thousands of Greeks have hit the streets in the capital, Athens, for a mass protest rally against EU policies towards refugees mainly coming from the Middle East. Chanting pro-refugee slogans on Wednesday, the protesters condemned the “imperialist war in the Middle East” and expressed sol...

SHAFAQNA – The Grand Ayatollah Sistani answered questions about the duty of the husband and the father regarding inte et co ections (communications). Questions: With advances in science and technology and the spread of inte et and social media, new problems have been created for families which need ...

SHAFAQNA – According to the Quranic teaching, the lifetime of the human being in this world is very short but in this short period a person can build own paradise or hell by his/her deeds. Meaning, the human being will see the same deeds carried out in this world in the hereafter as described in Aya...

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The goal: to invite the non-Muslim community to an Islamic center where they could meet Muslims and lea more about Islam during a political and social climate which increasingly views Islam with negativity and fear. The Association of Religion Data Archives conducted a study in 2010 and found that 7...