What is Shia Islam? From the succession dispute after Prophet Muhammad to Karbala, sects and global communities, here is how ...
Fourteen centuries later, the message of Karbala continues to shape the worldview of Shia communities across the globe. It teaches that injustice must be confronted, even when resistance appears ...
Rooted in Shiism, the official religion of the Islamic Republic, martyrdom is not merely a theological concept but a powerful strand in the country’s collective memory and political imagination.
Iran’s Supreme Leader is dead, and I am glad. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was a vicious and sadistic ruler who led a regime stuffed with vicious and sadistic men. But his long-overdue assassination at the ...
The Iranians of Kishanganj trace their roots to Persia, present-day Iran, and settled in Bihar, creating what is locally known as Little Iran. Most are Shia Muslims, and their culture combines Bihari ...
From the state Assembly to students and farm unions, several sections in Punjab have expressed solidarity with Iran.