Followers of the Ahl al-Bayt (Household of the Prophet) gather in Iran nationwide to commemorate the martyrdom of Imam Ja'far ...

This was in the year 1256, and then it was the turn of the Abbasid Caliphate and the Ayyubid dynasty of Syria, which also fell, leaving Aleppo and Damascus in his hands, among other cities. All those ...

The Cold War was a war of armaments and ideologies—but it was also a war of words, fought in classrooms, libraries, and on ...

By bnm Tehran bureau Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has stated in a cryptic fashion the path of the Shiite ...

The Cold War was a war of armaments and ideologies—but it was also a war of words, fought in classrooms, libraries, and on the printed page.

In 1071, a small nomadic dynasty—named the Seljuks after their founder—fought a battle against Byzantine forces under the ...

Maira’s grandfather was the descendant and last Amir of the Abbasid Caliphate 750CE; the golden age of learning, literature and art. During the time of Caliph Harun Ul Rashid Abbasi, the famed One ...

Sadiq (peace be upon him) lived with his grandfather, Ali the son of Hussein (peace be upon them) for 12 years, and another ...

Sadiq the 6th Holy Imam of the Shi'ites was the Founder of the First Grand Islamic University. Imam Sadiq strengthened the ...