The meeting regarding Shia and Catholic dialogue led by Dr. Shomali was held with Father Eduardo and Brother Joseph at the presence of representatives from the Seminary of Qom. Father Eduardo and Brother Joseph expressed their gratitude for the hospitality of the institute and the two parties proceeded their conversation. Father Eduardo began by mentioning [...]
Student: Mr. Mohammad Meftah Dissertation: “Animals Slaughtered by the People of the Book” Level: MA- English Date: 07 October 2014 Supervisor: Dr. Mokhtari Advisor: [...]
On Wednesday, January 29th 2014 the weekly gathering was held at the IIIS with the presence of H. I. Zeid Al-Salaami, a doctoral student in the field of Islamic Studies at the ANU (Australian National University). H. I. Zeid Al-Salaami introduced himself at the beginning of the talk and then examined the Islamic Studies [...]
Student: Mr. Khamooshi Dissertation: “الرحلة فی طلب الحدیث” (Journeys to Acquire Hadiths) Level: PhD - Arabic Date: 8 August 2014 Supervisor: Dr. Jabbari Advisor: Dr. As’adi Referee(s): Dr. Hosseini [...]
This week's English Lecture was held on June 7th, 2014 at Dar al-Tilawah courtyard of the holy Shrine of Lady Masouma (s). This week's lecturer was H. I. Dr. Shomali. In this lecture, he first introduced the topic of his talk and then recited and explained hadiths related to his topic from the ninth section of Bihar [...]
On Tuesday, 3rd of June 2014, IIIS co-hosted a meeting with renowned writers and researchers, Gareth Porter, Sergei Markus, Katariina Simonen and, Kevin Barret. The meeting was on Ayatollah Khamenei’s fatwa regarding the usage of Nuclear Weapons. After H. I. Mohaddes’s introduction, Ayatollah Alidoost delivered his speech. First, he talked about the NPT, and its [...]
This week's English Lecture was held on May 10th, 2014 at Dar al-Tilawah hall of the holy Shrine of Lady Ma'souma (s). This week's lecturer was H. I. Isma'ili In this lecture, which was delivered some days before birthday anniversary of Imam Ali (a), H. I. Isma'ili first congratulated the audience on this auspicious event and then spoke [...]
This week's English Lecture was held on May 3rd, 2014 at Dar al-Tilawah hall in the holy Shrine of Lady Masouma (s). This week's lecturer was H. I. Foroutan. In this lecture, H. I. Foroutan first introduced taqwa as one of the most fundamental concepts in Islamic ethics and then mentioned that Taqwa's first pillar is Tawhid. He then mentioned [...]
On the 26th of April, 2014, the weekly English lecture was held by H. I. Ghanbari at the Dar al-Tilawah hall in the Shrine of Lady Masoumah (S.A). In his talk, H. I. Ghanbari first spoke about the general points of "spiritual freedom" and then explained that freedom is the first requirement for spiritual progress and perfection. He then elaborated on [...]
With the help of God, and under the supervision of Imam Mahdi (as), Mr. Madani Nejad, a student of Islamic Studies in Arabic at PhD defended his thesis on 23th of November, 2013 at the IIIS. The topic of his thesis was “The Approach of the Ahlul-Bayt and Particularly the Fifth and Sixth Imams towards the Followers [...]
