With Fox news describing the Muslim Brotherhood as a fanatic religious cult bent on turning Egypt into a nation that will threaten both Israel and the United States in its wake, I believe it is necessary to examine the Cultural Revolution in Iran to the movement occurring in Egypt, which at first glance ...

Saudi Arabia and Bahrain are expected to announce closer political union at a meeting of Gulf Arab leaders on Monday, a Bahraini minister said, a move dismissed by the Shiite Majority opposition as a ruse to avoid political reform, and to make the Majority Shiite Population of Bahrain a Minority By ...

Bahraini security forces have arrested a human rights activist in the country Nabeel Rajab with the interior ministry giving no particular reason for the act.Rajab is head of Bahrain’s Human Rights Organization which the government has already announced as illegal and is currently restricting ...

God bless Washington, London, Israel, Paris and their like-minded friends, their sermons introduced us to 'Human rights' and their actions taught us how to violate it.Although it is the most commonly used term in the media today, it remains the most abused concept, all over. Its very preachers are the ...

"Each such visit and the ensuing dialogue will make it easier for both governments to walk down the road that Singh and Musharraf defined."

Indian government has come under scathing attack from various human rights groups for its failure in upholding human rights in this conflict ridden Himalayan region that borders India, Pakistan and China.

While other religions are seeing “fewer people in the pews and decreasing spiritual vitality,” according to the Faith and Communities Today Surveys, Islam continues to show growth in the number of mosques, places of worship, around the country and growth in participation.

The writer is a political commentator, who specialises on Muslim affairs and global issues.

Moscow urges end to violence. Qatar calls for Arab, foreign troops in Syria. Saudi Arabia says UN veto allowed ‘brutality’ to continue. Arab and Russian foreign ministers met in Cairo on Saturday over Syria, amid splits over how to move forward to resolve a crisis that has left thousands ...

Facing unjustified hijab ban in her home country, 14-year-old Kyrgyz girl Rahat had to quit her school, ending any prospects of a promising future or education.

The nature of religious faith is quite mysterious. As part of their religious faiths, people believe in a variety of deities. There are people who have religious faith in the unseen supreme transcendental power and then there are others who believe in some humans as Gods, animals (e.g. monkeys), fire,...

Imam Reza (A.S.), the eighth Shi'ite Imam was born on Thursday 11th Zee al-Qa'adah 148 A.H. /29 December 765 A.D. in Medina. The new-born child was named Ali by his holy father, Imam Musa al-Kazim (A.S.), the seventh Shi'ite Imam. He was divinely entitled al-Reza and his nickname was Abul Hasan.

Islam was not only a spiritual but also a social and political revolution. It empowered women and gave them equal rights which were simply unthinkable in those days. Women could play at best a secondary role in any civilization in any part of the world during those times. However, Islam upheld their ...

Friday Platform in Lebanon addressed the situation of the Arab and Muslim world that is witnessing the changes and challenges, especially the people of defiance and the systems of resistance.

It is well known that the Qur’an was revealed over a period of 23 years in a very interactive manner which enabled the sahabahs to practise the Qur’anic injunctions in their lives and to convey it to the Makkan society.

Among the forerunner of Islamic mysticism is the late Imam Khomeini (RA) who was not only a great figure in mysticism but also in politics and Fiqh (jurisprudence). This is according to Hojat-ol-Islam Dr Mohammad Taqi Fa’alli, seminary and university scholar and author of ۹ books about newly emerging ...

What led to this tragic event of Karbala?

Husain was Imam for 10 years which was mostly during the reign of Muawiyah, except the last 6 month which coincided with the reign of Yazid.

In the month of Muharram 62 Hijri (approx. 20 October 680 AD), an event took place in Iraq at a place known as Karbala on the bank of the Euphrates river, where a large army...

There are several questions related to Karbala or the movement of Imam Al-Hussein (a.s.), as well as other questions concerning the method adopted by the "weepers" and the "bereaved" for studying Ashura tragedy, which was far from the scientific methodology in reading history, mainly when it comes to ...