Hojjat al-Islam Mohammad Asadi Movahed, Islamic Research Scholar and Managing Director of Al-Hoda International Cultural, Artistic and Publishing Institute
One vital philosophy of Hajj is the fostering of understanding and fraternity among Muslims.
Greetings be upon the pilgrims of the House of God, the guests of the Friend’s House, and those responding to His invitation. And special greetings be upon the hearts which have become revitalized through the remembrance of Allah, and which have opened to His magnanimous grace and merc
By: Hojjat al-Islam Abdul Fattah Navvab, Representative of the Supreme Leader in Hajj and Pilgrimage Affair
Dr.Mohammad Madi Imanipour President of the Islamic Culture and Relations Organization
How many a small party has overcome a larger party by Allah’s will! And Allah is with the patient (The Holy Qur’an, Surah Al-Baqarah: 249)
By: Special Correspondent
Some European countries have been allowing extremist groups to spread hatred against Islamic values and sanctities in the name of freedom of expression. As a matter of fact, these countries are institutionalizing anti-Islamism and Islamophobia in their societies in spite of their beautiful human rights slogans; knowing very well that such acts have nothing to do with the freedom of expression and opinion. This also reflects upon the double standards adopted by these countries with regard to freedom of expression, otherwise, why would they subject those scholars who have proved the holocaust to be a myth to imprisonment?
By: Dr. Mohammad Hadi Fallahzadeh
Explaining the relationship between Iran’s Islamic Revolution and the model of religious democracy, on the one hand, calls for elucidating the foundations of the religious thought of Iran’s Islamic Revolution and, on the other hand, requires clarifying the relationship between this approach and the formation of the model of religious democracy in Iran in the post-Islamic Revolution era. Elaborating on this issue can throw light on the differences between this model with the rival models at the two levels of the Islamic world and the international system. Mansoor Mirahmadi
The unity and proximity among Islamic schools of thought have always been one of the slogans of the Islamic Republic of Iran. The Islamic Republic of Iran is of strong belief that religion, school of thought, and ethnicity should not cause differences. Rather, according to Islamic teachings, the value of a person is based on piety.
By: Hafez Najafi, Faculty Member of the Department of Ethics of the Academy of Hajj and Pilgrimage
Iran is a vast land in which several ethnic groups with different languages, dialects, religions, and religious schools of thought live. Influenced by the historical antiquity of this land and over the centuries, these different groups of people have learned to coexist peacefully with each other and have respect for different beliefs and faiths.