MNA In the Islamic calendar, today coincides with the martyrdom anniversary of Fifth Infallible Imam of Household of Holy Prophet, Imam Muhammad al-Baqir (PBUH). Heartfelt condolences to all Shia Muslims throughout the world on the martyrdom anniversary of Imam Muhammad al-Baqir (PBUH). Below is a biography of the Imam: Birth and Imamate Imam ...

MNA Imam Jafar Sadiq (PBUH) is the sixth Imam of Shi'ite world. He attained martyrdom on the 25th Shawwal 14 A.H. during the Caliphate of Abu Jafar Mansoor Abbasi. Imam Sadiq (PBUH) lived until 65 years. He had the longest life amongst the other eleven Imams (PBUH). Thus, he is also called as the Sheikh ul Aimue. During the period when the Umayyad ...

IRNA A young Italian man converted to Shia Islam by attending the Supreme Leader's representative in Karaj, Alborz Province, west of Tehran. Alessandro Fercino came to Ayatollah Mohammad-Mahdi Hosseini Hamedani and converted to Islam. Fercino was a catholic Christian before converting to Shia Islam. Ayatollah Hosseini-Hamedani gave Fercino an ...

Tasnim Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said Tehran is diametrically opposed to nuclear arms as their development, acquisition, stockpiling and use are prohibited under Islamic law. Iran's Leader has long made it abundantly clear that nuclear weapons are immoral & contravene Islamic principles. Their development, acquisition, stockpiling ...

MNA Top Military Aide to the Iranian Leader, Major General Yahya Rahim Safavi, said that no power is able to stop great victories of the Islamic Republic of Iran. The message of transferring the culture of martyrdom to the new generation is that no power can stop victories of the great Iranian nation and also future triumphs of the Islamic Revolution ...

MNA Author of Religious Freedom in Islam Philpott says that religious freedom is present in the Muslim world and that Islam is not inherently hostile to it. Daniel Philpott, a Professor of Political Science at the University of Notre Dame, says if a religion can be shown to be hospitable to religious freedom, then we can say that it is ...

MNA Professor Hossein Askari, an expert on Saudi Arabia who also teaches international business at the George Washington University, believes that Islamicity Indices are based on Quranic teachings. The Holy Quran and its interpretation by the Prophet Mohammad tell us what Muslim societies should strive to do, said Hossein Askari, who ...

Press TV - Analyst and commentator Riaz Karim says Islam is the fastest-growing religion in the world and that scares many governments including the US.�

Press TV - Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei says a"resistance movement" based on Islam is building up across the world, which isunsettlingworld powers, especially theUS. Ayatollah Khamenei said Sunday the sensitivity of the US to the Middle East is due to the rise of Islam and Islamic awakening which is threatening ...

president.ir - The president stressed the duty and responsibility of religious leaders in explaining the true culture of Islam in the present era, and emphasised, "Muslims must promote Islam with morality, faithfulness, and honesty at all times. At the meeting that was held late on Tuesday in New York, Dr Hassan Rouhani said, "You have an important ...

IRNA Participants in the third seminar of dialogue between Islam and Buddhism emphasized the role of religious leaders in promoting peace all over the world. The seminar of 'Dialogue between Islam and Buddhism: Interfaith Visions for Humanity' was held on March 15-16 in the Thai university Chulalongkorn and Heritage Hotel in Bangkok. The event ...

IRNA - Cultural Counsellor of Iran Embassy in Pakistan Shahaboddin Daraei says Islam is a religion of peace and brotherhood, stressing the need for promotion of peaceful image of Islam in the world. Speaking at a round table discussion on role of mystics in countering terrorism here, he said we can solve our problems by following the path of true ...

Press TV- Leaderof the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah SeyyedAliKhameneisays Syria is on the frontline of the fight against the enemies of Islam. "Syria today is on the frontline, so our duty is to support the Syrian resistance," Ayatollah Khamenei toldSyrian Ministerof ReligiousEndowments(Awqaf)Mohammad Abdul-Sattar al-Sayyedin Tehran on Thursday....

IRNA What terrorists did under the cloak of Islam in Syria and Iraq was tantamount to anti-Islamic movement aimed at representing Islam as a violent and merciless ideology, the head of Iran's Strategic Council on Foreign Relations said on Wednesday. Terrorists in Iraq and Syria were trying to portray the Islamic nations as uncivilized countries ...

IRNA Islam is the religion of democracy and peace, and not war, said President Hassan Rouhani at the 13th Session of the Parliamentary Union of the OIC Member States (PUIC) Conference here on Tuesday. He urged the representatives of Muslim people at legislative assemblies of Islamic countries to do their utmost to help their leaders and political ...

MNA According to the latest report issued by Pew Research Center, the population of Muslims in US is growing and by 2040, theyll replace Jews demographic status in US. Pew Research Center came out this week with an updated estimate of the American Muslim population, which is sure to cause a stir on all sides of the issue. The new numbers come ...

American Herald Tribune | LEILA FAWAZ: Who knew that a minor sports injury that took place in the year 1940 would be the cause of a chain reaction that led to John F. Kennedys assassination 23 years later? This is a perfect example of what we call The Butterfly Effect. The butterfly effect states that any minute change in a system could have a drastic ...

Tasnim A senior peace activist and journalist based in Virginia hailed Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khameneis second letter to Western youth in 2015 and said it helped the people in the West to gain a better understanding of true Islam. I wish I could tell you in some quantifiable terms the effect the letter had in helping ...

IRNA The enemies, by creating Daesh (ISIS) terrorist group, intended to portray Islam as a disgusting religion, said Brigadier General Hossein Salami, First Deputy Commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps. 'The enemies have been attempting to represent pure Islam as a ruthless and disgusting religion,' General Salami said, addressing a ...

IRNA Daesh interpretation of Islam is wrong and the US created Daesh in order to distort the image of real Islam, said an Albanian university professor. Ikballe Berisha Huduti said in the World Conference on Lovers of Ahl al-Bayt (PBUH) and the Takfiri Issue held in Tehran that World imperialism, headed by the US, decided to destroy mosques and ...