The 6th Imam, Ja’far Ibn Muhammad As-Sadiq < The Truthful > (as) was Born in Madinah on 17th Rabiul Awwal 83 Hijiri (23.4.702 AD). Died in Madinah on 25th Shawwal, 148 Hijri (7.12.765 AD) at the age of 65. Period of Imamate 34 years. He has wise sayings and rare words. They raise the good souls to the […]
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The Rare ‘Feeling Of Getting Your Rights From The Islamic Republic’
Prominent Iranian lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh ended her hunger strike earlier this week after the authorities reportedly removed a travel ban they had imposed on her young daughter.
Ayatollah Mahmoud Taleghani
Ayatollah Mahmoud Taleghani (1911 – September 9, 1979) was an Iranian theologian, humanist, Muslim reformer, democracy advocate and a senior Shi’a cleric of Iran.
Islamic body agrees to suspend Syria: source
Foreign ministers at a meeting of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) agreed on Monday to suspend Syria from the international body, an OIC source said, further isolating President Bashar al-Assad.
Islamic Republic internationalizes crackdown on dissent
Reporters Without Borders firmly condemns the practice of detaining the relatives of foreign-based netizens as hostages and harassing the families of journalists who work for foreign media.
The “End of Stoning”: Islamic Republic Style
Huffington Post – The Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran in his latest report, published on March 7th, welcomed the omission of stoning as a punishment in the newly ratified Islamic Penal Code, but expressed his concern that severe punishments may still be issued at a […]
Dozens of women banned from university because of ‘un-Islamic veiling’
Reports from the Tehran Science and Industry University show that in the past few days, a number of female university students received disciplinary sentences for having ‘un-Islamic veiling’.
Senior cleric decries “damaged” state of Islamic Republic
Ayatollah Dastgheib, the Iranian senior cleric and a member of the Assembly of Experts, says: “The essence of the regime is now under question; the people have distanced themselves from religion and God and are now completely pessimistic about it.”
Journalist Mohammad Rahbar’s Passport Seized by the Embassy of the Islamic Republic in Malaysia
The passport of Mohammad Rahbar, a journalist residing in Malaysia was seized by the Embassy of the Islamic Republic in Kuala Lumpur.
Extremism is a poison to Islamic awakening: Hassan Khomeini
Hassan Khomeini, the grandson of Imam Khomeini, says the Islamic movements in the region should be guarded against extremism.