Iran's spiritual capital, Mashhad, offers recreational experience to pilgrims too

Iran's northeastern city of Mashhad is well known as the spiritual capital of Iran since it hosts the shrine of a holy figure in Shia Islam; Imam Reza.

Imam Khomeini: Is the feast of Ghadīr-e Khumm, the greatest religious feast of Islam, the feast of ...

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The acquisition of religious knowledge, is one of the important religious duties

Imam Khomeini stressed that the acquisition of religious knowledge, is one of the important religious duties and a kind of worship. But Imam believed that decorating with divine virtues and purification of the self should happen prior to acquiring knowledge.

Hajj 2022 nears its end as pilgrims carry out final rituals in Mecca

Hundreds of Thousands of Muslims are performing final rituals, including circling around the holy Kaaba and stoning the devil, to mark the final days of the Hajj pilgrimage.

Leader in a message to 2022 Hajj calls for Muslim unity in face of enemies

Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has sent a message to the 2022 Hajj pilgrimage, inviting Muslims around the world to turn away from what leads to “disunity and division” while also talking about Islamic awakening and resistance.

Religious democracy from the viewpoint of Shia jurists

A comparative study between Imam Khomeini and Ayatollah Mohammad Mehdi Shams Uddin thoughts Author: Mohsen Yazdani University: Shahid Beheshti University, Faculty of Law and Political Science Year: 2010

Largest Hajj pilgrimage since COVID-19 pandemic begins in Mecca

One million Muslim pilgrims have converged on Saudi Arabia’s holy city of Mecca for the largest Hajj since the coronavirus pandemic severely curtailed access to one of Islam’s pillars. The annual pilgrimage begins on Thursday, marking a major step toward normalcy after two years of a drastically scaled-down Hajj restricted to Saudi residents.

Did Imam Khomeini ever perform Hajj?