Islam

The open houses will be 1-4 p.m. in Tulsa, Oklahoma City, Lawton, Edmond and Stillwater.   The events will offer tours of the mosque, refreshments and opportunities to ask questions and look in on Islamic prayer. Questions that Muslims will be prepared to answer include where do Muslims work and …

Seyfollah Sohrabi told Mehr News that five tourists, three of them from Texas, US, and two others from the Netherlands, visited holy shrine of Imamzadeh Abdullah in Gorgan on Tuesday evening that marked Tasu’a, the night before anniversary of martyrdom of Imam Hussein (PBUH), the third Shia Imam.

On the auspicious occasion of Eid Al-Ghadir, when the Imamate and Wilayah are celebrated, thousands of people from various spheres of life, gathered at the Hussayniyeh of Imam Khomeini (ra) to meet with the Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Khamenei, Tuesday morning, September 20, 2016. Ayatollah Khamenei congratulated the …

    Ayatollah Khamenei made the remarks while addressing a group of people who met the Leader on the occasion of one of the holiest and significant feasts of Shia Muslims, Eid-e Ghadir. Eid-e Ghadir is among happy holidays of the Muslims when the holy Prophet of Islam (Peace Be …

Millions of Muslims are celebrating the Eid al-Adha (the Feast of Sacrifice), which marks the culmination of the annual Hajj pilgrimage, in a number of countries.

PETALING JAYA, Malaysia  – Penang (Malaysian state) Mufti Dr Wan Salim Wan Mohd Noor said Shia Muslims are still Muslims despite their differences with Sunni Islam. Quoting a hadith of Prophet Muhammad, he said as long as a Muslim prayed the same way facing the direction of Mecca, they should …

Speaking at his Kharij-e-Fiqh course in Qom’s Grand Mosque, Grand Ayatollah Makarem Shirazi referred to the Wahhabi Muftis’ recent Fatwa in which they called Iranians ‘non-Muslims’ and added,” The Islam of Muhammad ibn Abdullah (PBUH) is different than that of Muhammad ibn Abdulwahhab’s, the founder of Wahhabism since there are …

    Grand Shiite cleric and source of emulation, Ayatollah Nouri Hamadani, in a meeting with some of the families of the martyrs of the Mina tragedy, which occurred during last year’s Hajj because of Saudi Arabia’s lack of planning, mentioned that Wahhabism is one of the tragedies of the …

    It really disturbs Dr Zamihan Mat Zin when he sees Muslims in Malaysia gravitating towards a Wahhabi/Salafist brand of Islam. This is dangerous and divisive, he feels. Dr Zamihan, a Home Ministry religious officer currently attached to the prisons department, has been helping rehabilitate religious extremists such as …

    A recent trove of documents linked to the Islamic State reveals an increasingly pronounced phenomenon: Many of the young recruits to the extremist organization don’t know much about Islam.