The ‘Āshūrā, uprising which took place during the month of Muḥarram in the year 61AH, is one of the most important and influential events in the history of Islām. Three honorable Imāms were present at this event Imām Ḥusayn (as) who headed this revolution and was martyred in Karbalā. Imām Sajjād (as...

SHAFAQNA- Memory is an important factor in human being that helps us to store information and recall it whenever needed. At the same time, lapse in memory power can occur for any person due to several reasons. It is quite common to have weak memory at some point in our life. But weak memory should n...

Flowers covered by first snow are seen outside Russia's Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk October 11, 2012.REUTERS/Ilya Naymushin (RUSSIA - Tags: ENVIRONMENT) - RTR390VC SHAFAQNA- Researchers at UT have found new clues to how plants evolved to withstand wintry weather. The study suggests that many plants...

In February 2015, a man named Craig Stephen Hicks was arrested for the alleged murder of three Muslim students at the University of North Carolina’s Chapel Hill campus. One of the victim’s families later launched an educational campaign to promote equitable treatment of Muslims in the US. In the mon...

SHAFAQNA – Hoping to catch the Syrian Arab Army off guard on account of the ceasefire, Daesh militants attempted on Saturday mo ing to recapture territories they previously lost to the Resistance – a desperate bid to regain control over the Hama Gove orate. News reports confirmed that terror militan...

SHAFAQNA – Islamic teachings stress and encourage courtesy which is opposite arrogance. Various verses in the holy Quran refer to the effects and blessings of courtesy so that people are encouraged to adopt courteous behaviour in their life time. Arrogant behaviour is completely rejected in Islam an...

SHAFAQNA – It is narrated from Imam Hassan Askari (AS) who said: Whoever enters a place where others are gathered (meeting, party) and is satisfied with taking a seat (or to sit) at the back of the meeting, God and angels continuously send (Devine) blessings to him until he stands up [1]. In another...

SHAFAQNA- Extremism has spawned many misconceptions about Islamic culture, and one of the most enduring ones conce s the veil wo by Muslim women.The “hijab,” as that form of headdress is called in Arabic, has long been viewed by feminists as a symbol of oppression. A group of Muslim women living in ...

Commentary of the Quran (Chapter 2:37; Part-2)By: Mohammad Sobhanie The Myth of Original Sinبِسْمِ اللَّـهِ الرَّحْمَـٰنِ الرَّحِيمِفَتَلَقَّىٰ آدَمُ مِن رَّبِّهِ كَلِمَاتٍ فَتَابَ عَلَيْهِ ۚ إِنَّهُ هُوَ التَّوَّابُ الرَّحِيمُ ﴿٣٧﴾Translation: Then Adam received certain words [of prayers] from his ...

SHAFAQNA – Renown investigative jou alist and analyst for the Middle East, Patrick Cockbu told Sputnik in an interview earlier this week that he believes Daesh, aka ISIL is about to “breath its last” following Russia’s insistent and sustained air bombardments. Such a welcome development would actual...

SHAFAQNA – How many times over the past months have we heard US presidential candidate Donald Trump make derogatory comments against foreigners, Muslims and other social minorities, out of a misplaced sense of political righteousness. Under the slogan, Let’s make America great again, Trump has belit...

SHAFAQNA – Sheikh Mohammad Sanqoor, Friday prayer leader of Sanqoor, in Daraz district, Bahrain, in his weekly sermon referred to opposition of sectarianism with religious commonalities and wa ed against sectarianism as a plague which collapses societies. He said,” Those who spread sectarian prejudi...

Indian Muslim political activists sit during a protest in New Delhi on October 7, 2015, held to call for an investigation into recent beating death of a Muslim man by a mob near the Indian capital in late September. The murder in the village 35 kilometres (22 miles) from New Delhi over rumours the m...

SHAFAQNA – For the past few days, students across the UK have been taking part in the controversial Israeli Apartheid Week in an attempt to raise awareness of Israel’s “apartheid policies over the Palestinian people”. However, Jewish students and organisations have slammed the campaign for being “ho...

SHAFAQNA – Keen to jump in front of what he has viewed as a direct threat to his hegemonic ambitions in the region Turkish President Recep Erdogan appears to have unwittingly awoken the sleeping Kurdish giant, thus potentially precipitating his own demise. Kurdish separatism has been a long-standing...

SHAFAQNA – The human being should lea the proper way of offering apology where and when necessary. The holy Quran teaches and encourages people to lea this important skill. For example throughout the Surah Al-Yusuf, the Prophet Yusuf (AS) made his brothers aware of their wrong doing and then tought ...

SHAFAQNA – It is narrated from the Prophet of Islam (PBUH) who said: If someone’s brother offers him an apology and he does not accept it, his sin is the same as a blackmailer [1]. In another narration, The Prophet (PBUH) said: If a person’s brother comes to him to offer an apology, must accept it w...

SHAFAQNA – Harun Alrasheed who was the ruler of the time, used all the tricks and oppressive ways to prolong his rule. Ziad ibn Abisalameh narrated: I went to see Imam Kazim (AS), Imam (AS) criticised and blamed me for working in Harun’s gove ment. I replied: I have my reputation to think of, I have...

SHAFAQNA-The US-Russian truce deal on “cessation of hostilities” in Syria came into effect at midnight Damascus time. The ceasefire does not apply to Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL), Al-Nusra, or “other terrorist organizations” designated by the UN. Earlier on Friday, the United Nations Secur...

SHAFAQNA- We certainly show them Our Signs in the universe, and in their own selves, until it becomes manifest to them that it is the Truth. Is it not sufficient in regard to your Lord that He is a Witness over all things?’ 1 Introduction We go about our daily lives understanding almost nothing of t...