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Wednesday, 07 February 2007 |
 The Arab world reacted with fury yesterday when Israeli archaeologists began exploratory work near one of the most important shrines in Islam, the al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem. The digging was ordered by Israel to improve access to the Mughrabi Gate, the only entrance into the al-Aqsa compound, used by non-Muslim visitors and tourists. While the mosque compound is regarded as the third most important site in Islam, for Jews it is the most important shrine. This has made it a friction point between the two faiths for decades. Be first to comment this article
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Friday, 02 February 2007 |
 Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei here Thursday paid tribute to the Father of the Islamic Revolution, the late Imam Khomeini. On the eve of the annual `Ten-Day Dawn' celebrations marking the victory of the Islamic Revolution, the Supreme Leader renewed his allegiance to the ideals of the late Imam. He also visited the tombs of the late president Mohammad Ali Rajaei and prime minister Mohammad Javad Bahonar who were martyred in a terrorist bomb blast at the presidential office on August 30, 1981.
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Wednesday, 31 January 2007 |
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Tens of Millions of Shiite Muslim men and women, some beating their chests, marched through the streets of the Middle East on Tuesday to mark Ashoura. In Iraq, attacks in three towns killed at least 36 people taking part in the ceremony, which commemorates the 7th century death of the grandson of Islam's Prophet Muhammad. In Pakistan, an explosion next to a pre-dawn Ashoura procession provoked an outburst of shooting that left two Sunni Muslims dead in the western town of Hangu, police said. Nine police officers and four civilians were wounded in the attack. Be first to comment this article |
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Sunday, 28 January 2007 |
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 PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) - A suicide attacker detonated a bomb among police on guard near a Shiite Muslim mosque in this northwestern Pakistani city Saturday, killing at least 15 people and wounding more than 30, police said. The attack came as Pakistan's minority Shiites started to commemorate their most important religious festival, Ashoura, often a target of sectarian violence. Paramilitary forces in armored vehicles were deployed to patrol Peshawar after the bombing. The blast went off in a bazaar area about 200 yards from a mosque that was the starting point for the Shiite procession. It caused a power outage that left the city center in darkness, complicating rescue efforts.
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Saturday, 20 January 2007 |
 What you are about to read is a story of a great man whose uprising has no like in the annals of history. A revolution with goals most sublime, a victory most profound and at its core a pronouncement of reform over conquest. The story of Imam Hussain, the grandson of the Prophet of Islam, and his ‘everlasting stand’... After years of unjust tyrannical rule, the exuberant torch of Islam had turned into a feint glimmer kept alight by a devoted few. The religion had become nothing more than a tool in the hands of despotic rulers who shared neither its supreme teachings nor elevating principles...Comments (3) |
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Sunday, 21 January 2007 |
 In December 2006 and January 2007, AIM organised a 5-week course that outlined some of the key phases in Islamic History both pre and post occultation. This course examines a critical juncture in the development of Shi’a Islam. The Shi’ite doctrine, accepted as a significant subset of the Islamic civilization, has since its early beginnings been subject to an array of misinterpretations. From being a de facto puritanical movement purely political to a group of enlightened anti-traditionalists, these errors in reading have largely stemmed from a fundamental misunderstanding of the principle of Divine Leadership or Imamah in the Shi’ite doctrine. Be first to comment this article |
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Monday, 15 January 2007 |
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 For a third year running Ashura Awareness Week will become a means to propagate the message of True Islam. Propagation stalls will be held throughout the UK and literature handed out to members of the public and students at university. To facilitate Ashura Awareness Week, AIM has organised a Dawah Training Day for those who wish to gain an understanding of how to present themselves as well as answer those very challenging questions. The day will consist of classroom type teaching as well as interactive workshops and role plays to nurture your dawah skills.
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