• University of Ibadan
    • dan http://www.ui.edu.ng/index.htm A BRIEF HISTORY TheUniversity College, Ibadan, was founded in 1948. At first, it occupied the old site previously used by the 56th Military General Hospital about eight kilom...
    • Thomas Ballantyne Irving
    • g (Talim Ali) (1914 – 2002)   Professor, writer, translator, and activist best known for his translation of the Qur'an: First American Version (1985). The work is an attempt to make the English translation of the Qur...
    • The history of Holy Shrine of Imam Reza
    • eza Almighty God had said in Qur'an: "in Houses which Allah had permitted I be exalted and that His name may be remembered in them…" (Nour/ the light: 36) The Shrine of Infallible Imams' are epitomes of su...
    • Imam Hasan, his Imamate and peace treaty
    • On the 21st night of the Ramadan of 40th Hijra Imam Ali (PBUH) passed away making all the people sorrowful and grieved. Imam Hasan (PBUH) who was 27 years of age came along with the people to the mo...
    • Characteristics of Imam Hasan
    • san http://www.tebyan.net/english/Events/2003/07/Html/imam-askari.htm http://www.tebyan.net/english/IslamicInformations/etr/etr4/etr4_right.htm The Peace Treaty between Imam Hasan and Mu'awiya Some criticize the ...
    • Helwan University
    • ity http://www.helwan.edu.eg/ History: Helwan University was founded onJuly 26th, 1975 as a result of the development of some higher technical institutes which had been affiliated to the Ministry of Higher Ed...
    • Dictionary of Islamic Philosophical Terms
    • rms (1) Ibtihaj: bliss; ecstasy; happiness; to enjoy God, i.e. to have the bliss and beatitude of the experience of the Divine. Abad: Eternala parte post, i.e. eternal without end as opposed toazal(q.v.), eternal a part...
    • Alawis
    • The Alawis, or Nusayris, who number about 1,350,000, constitute Syrias largest religious minority. They live chiefly along the coast in Al Ladhiqiyah Province, where they form over 60 percent of the rural population;...
    • AL-INFITAR
    • ITAR (Bursting Apart) Name It is derived from the wordinfatarat in the first verse.Infitar is an infinitive which means to burst or split asunder, thereby implying that it is the Surah in which the splitting asunde...
    • Ablution (Wudu;)
    • Prior to performing the daily prayers, and as a recommended or obligatory prerequisite to other acts of worship, Muslims must purify themselves – this is usually done with water. The minor form of this purification with water...
    • Samarra
    • rra Sāmarrā is a town in Iraq. Itis located on the east bank of the middle Tigris in Iraq, 125 km north of Baghdad. Between 836 (221 H) and 892 (279 H) it was the capital of the Abbasid Caliphs.Samarra expande...
    • The Yale Department of Religious Studies
    • ies Islamic Studies http://www.yale.edu/islamicstudies/ The Yale Department of Religious Studies, established in its present form in 1963, provides opportunities for the scholarly study of a number of religious tr...
    • ANNE MARIE SCHIMMEL
    • MEL (1922- 2003) Professor Annemarie Schimmel was a leading German Islamologist who published more than 50 books on Islamic literature, mysticism and culture and translated Persian, Urdu, Arabic, Sindhi and Turk...
    • Centre for Arab and Islamic Studies
    • ies (The Middle East & Central Asia) http://arts.anu.edu.au/cais/ Centre for Arab & Islamic Studies (The Middle East & Central Asia) The Faculties The Australian National University Canberra ACT 0...
    • The Spiritual Significance of Jihad
    • ad Seyyed Hossein Nas "And those who perform jihad for Us, We shall certainly guide them in Our ways, and God is surely with the doers of good." (Qur'an 39: 69) You have returned from the lesser jihad to the gre...
    • The meaning and concept of philosophy in Islam
    • lam Seyyed Hossein Nasr In the light of the Qur'an and Hadith in both of which the term hikmah has been used,1 Muslim authorities belonging to different schools of thought have sought over the ages to define the meaning ...
    • Al-TAKWIR
    • WIR (Extinguished or: Wrapping things up) Name Itis derived from the wordkuwwirat in the first verse.Kuwwirat is passive voice fromtakwir in the past tense, and means "that which is folded up", th...
    • Fiqh
    • iqh (Islamic jurisprudence) By Murtada Mutahhari The Arabic word fiqh means knowledge, understanding, and comprehension. It refers to the legal rulings of the Muslim scholars, based on their knowledge of the shari'a. ...
    • A Selective Bibliography of Hadith Studies
    • ies (Part 1) A Abbott , Nabia,Studies in Arabic literary papyri,Volume I, Historical Texts, Chicago, U. Chicago Press, 1957. ---,Studies in Arabic Literary Papyri , Volume II, Qur'anic Commentary and Tradition,Chicago, ...
    • Akdeniz University
    • ity http://www.akdeniz.edu.tr/web/english/index.htm Mission The main goal of our university is to provide higher-education which includes vocational schools, bachelor degree, master degree, doctorate and medica...
    • The Illustrious Period of the
    • the Imamate of Imam Zayn al-'Abidin Seyyid Saeed Akhtar Rizvi Al-Serat, Vol. 5 (1979), Nos. 3 & 4 No Imam began his Imamat in a more tragic atmosphere. The first day of his Imamat saw him seriously ill and a c...
    • Elegy (Marthiya) on Hossein: Arabic and Persian
    • ian Lynda Clarke, University of Toronto FromAl-Serat, Vol XII (1986) I propose to give here an account neither of the development, nor of the themes, of the elegy on Hossein, in Arabic or Persian, nor of the outstanding...
    • University of Sharjah
    • jah http://www.sharjah.ac.ae The University of Sharjah aims to fulfill its obligations and responsibilities towards its students, add to human knowledge and scientific research, meet the needs of society and enhance...
    • The Night of Ashura (1)
    • Imam Hossein (PBUH) gathered his companions at night. Imam Ali Zainul Abedeen (PBUH) says that: I went closer to them so as to hear what they said, and at that time...
    • K.N.Toosi University of Technology
    • ogy Iran http://www.kntu.ac.ir/ K.N.ToosiUniversity of Technology is one of the largest academic and technological institution in Tehran and one of the best known throughout the country. In all its programs, under...
    • Haj Sheikh Abbas Qomi
    • omi Compiler of Mafatih- al- Janan [1] (1255-7 Day 1310 / 1877-28 December 1942) Haj Sheikh Abbas Qomi was born in 1255 Sh. (1877) in Qom. He passed his childhood in Qom and after learning literature, left there to N...
    • Iran University of Medical Sciences
    • es http://www.iums.ac.ir History Located in Tehran, the nation's capital, Iran University of Medical Sciences and Health Services was established in 1974 as the International Medical Center of Iran. It started its acti...
    • Balamond University (UOB)
    • OB) http://www.balamand.edu.lb/ General Information The University of Balamand (UOB) is a private, non-profit, independent institution of higher learning which was founded in 1988 by His Beatitude Patriarch Ig...
    • The martyrdom of Haaj Hossein Qaffari
    • ari (7 Day 1353 /28 December 1974) Hossein Qaffari Azarshahri was born in 1295 Shamsi (1916) in a farmer family. Soon he lost his father and was grown up under his older brother’s custody. He passed his primary education in...
    • Imam Khomeini’s letter to Gorbachev
    • hev (13 Day 1367/ 3 January 1988) On 13 day 1367, Imam Khomeini sent a letter to Gorbachev, leader of Union of Socialist Soviet Republics, illustrated about Islam and invited him to accept it. Let’s read some parts o...
    • Hamdard University
    • ity http://www.hamdard.edu.pk/ The emergence of Hamdard University on the educational scene ofPakistan is a relatively recent phenomenon but the progress it has made so far is phenomenal. The University, however, do...
    • Vasco da Gama
    • ama Explorer ( 1469 ?- December 24 , 1524 ) Vasco da Gama was a Portuguese explorer who discovered an ocean route fromPortugal to the East. Da Gama was born to a noble family in Sines,Portugal. Da Gama's fathe...
    • The Insurance Day
    • Day (13 Azar/ 4 December) The Social Insurance in Islam Taking care of the poor & provisions of their tangible, inward, as well as spiritual demands are mostly emphasized in the orders & recommendations o...
    • Sir George Cayley
    • ley Science of Flight ( 27 December 1773 - 15 December 1857 ) Sir George Cayley, born in 1773, is sometimes called the 'Father of Aviation'. A pioneer in his field, he is credited with the first major breakthroug...
    • Samuel Beckett
    • ett Playwright and novelist ( April 13 , 1906 – December 22 , 1989 ) The Irish-born playwright and novelist Samuel Beckett, is best known for the absurdist dramaWaiting for Godot (1952; Eng. trans., 1954). ...
    • Recognition of Constitutional Law
    • Law (12 Azar 1358 /3 December 1979) In spite of long historical background,Iran has just experienced two types of constitution up to now: Constitutional (Mashroute Movement) constitution and Islamic Republic Consti...
    • Mu'tah University
    • http://www.mutah.edu.jo/ Mu'tah University was established in 1981 by a Royal Decree from the Late HM King Hussein as a military institution of higher education. Later, in 1986, a civilian ...
    • Tarbiat Modares University
    • ity http://www.modares.ac.ir/ Educational System In view of the diversity and multiplicity of fields in the higher educational system and in order to establish a general interconnection between different levels...
    • The University of Benin (Nigeria)
    • ia) http://www.uniben.edu/ TheUniversity of Benin was founded on23 November 1970 by the then Midwestern State Government initially as the Midwest Institute of Technology.  The Institute achieved full Universit...
    • Abu Dhabi University (ADU)
    • DU) http://www.adu.ac.ae/about.html Abu Dhabi University (ADU) is a newly-established university located in the United Arab Emirates with two campuses in Abu Dhabi (UAE Capital City) and another in Al Ain (Home C...
    • Sharjah Islamic Museum
    • eum Introduction The roots of the Sharjah Islamic Museum go back to an old 2000 year block to its owner, Mr. Sa'eed Mohammed Al-Shamsi. Through the great efforts of the government of Sharjah, "The Media and Education...
    • Al al-Bayt University
    • ity http://www.aabu.edu.jo/ Al al-Bayt University (The House of theProphetUniversity) is located on the outskirts of the city of Mafraq , 65 Kilometers to the north-east (about 45 minutes drive) of the capital Am...
    • National University of Uzbekistan
    • istan http://www.nuu.uz History At the end of XIX century there was an idea to organize a University inTurkestan, a motherland of the great scholars. This idea was written on the pages of the newspapers and jou...
    • Imam Hasan (as), a brief look into his Life
    • fe (This is) an account of the Imam after the Commander of the faithful, peace be on him, the date of his birth, the evidence for his Imamat (the period of his succession), the time of his death, and the place of his gra...
    • University of Bahrain
    • ain http://www.uob.edu.bh/about-uob.htm The Establishment and Development The roots of the University go back to the late sixties when the Higher Institutes for male and female teachers were established. These insti...
    • Islamic University - GAZA (IUG)
    • G) http://www.iugaza.edu/ Introduction The Islamic University of Gaza (IUG) is an independent Palestinian institution located inGaza. It is the first higher education institution to be established in Gaza. IUG beg...