Gender equality and Islam: Why Muslim men must recall the spirit of the progressive Prophet
By Ed Hussein for Arab News | Some will say that because I am a man I cannot write about women. But as a man, I say that it is … Read More
Category: Islam
A message to all believers
Islam News – By Sheikh Assad Muhamad Qassir | In The Name of God, ALLAH, the Most Merciful, the Compassionate O Allah, Pray upon Muhammad and His Family, Just As … Read More
Why Muhammad Ali Joined the Nation of Islam
Islam News – One Night in Miami is out on Amazon Video, providing a dramatized version of interactions between boxer Cassius Clay, NFL star Jim Brown, Civil Rights activist Malcolm X and singer-songwriter Sam Cooke. There … Read More
Sufism in UAE: A short history
Islam News – By Dr. Haytham Mouzahem – There are few sources that talk about the history of mysticism in the Arab Gulf states and particularly in the United Arab … Read More
Al-Andalus revisited
Eight centuries of Muslim rule in Spain, during which Arab culture and science flourished, are echoed not only in the magnificent art and buildings of Al-Andalus, but also in the … Read More
The Shadow Government in Qom
By Dr. Haytham Mouzahem | Seminary Teachers in the city of Qom, known as Hawza, is becoming a shadow government in Iran as it supervises the work of the president, … Read More
Iraqi Shiite clerics maintain humility, influence
By Dr. Haytham Mouzahem FOR AL-MONITOR — NAJAF, Iraq — The house of Shiite cleric Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani lies a few hundred meters from the shrine of Imam Ali ibn … Read More
The Shias in Lebanon: A Short History
By Dr. Haytham Mouzahem* — The Shias of Lebanon gained global reputation in the early 1980s of the 20th century with the emergence of Hezbollah and its military operations against … Read More
The Shiite Religious Authority of Najaf
By Dr. Haytham Mouzahem — The hawza (seminary) in Najaf, which consists of religious schools where Shiite clerics are trained, was founded by the most prominent Shiite religious scholar, Sheikh … Read More
The Political Foundations of Religious Tolerance
by Dr. Haytham Mouzahem* – The Arab Muslim world struggles today with sectarian and ideological conflicts which affect the stability and progress of the region’s states and count loss in … Read More