cancelled Salman Rushdie’s visit to India

Fear of Imam Khomeini’s Fatwa

Salman Rushdie who was condemned to death by the fatwa of Imam Khomeini because of his book “The Satanic Verses”, withdrew from traveling to India and attending at the Literature festival of this country, fearing Imam’s fatwa.

Muharram

Muharram and Ashura

Muharram is the first month of the Islamic calendar, when Muslims commemorate the martyrdom of Imam Hussein (as), the grandson of the Prophet Mohammad (saw) and the third Imam and leader of the Shi'a. Imam Hussein's (as) martyrdom is a sad day for all Muslims especially the Shi'a, who mourn the massacre of their "Master of Martyrs" and his family in Karbala in 61AH/680CE.

Views of the Imam reagrding Women

Seminar on Views of Imam Khomeini (R.A.) on the women of today

A SEMINAR ON "VIEWS OF IMAM KHOMEINI (R.A.) ON WOMEN OF TODAY" WAS HELD JOINTLY BY THE CULTURE HOUSE OF THE ISLAMIC RPEUBLIC OF IRAN, MUMBAI & SAHYOG CULTURAL SOCIETY TO COMMEMORATE THE BIRTH ANNIVERSARY OF HAZRAT FATEMA ZAHRA (S.A.), DAUGHTER OF THE PROPHET MOHAMMAD (S.A.W.) CELEBRATED IN IRAN AS WOMEN'S AND MOTHERS' DAY. THE SEMINAR WAS ATTENDED BY THE DIGNITARIES FROM INDIA AND IRAN INCLUDING MRS. IFTEKHARI, HONOURABLE MEMBER OF THE ISLAMIC CONSULTATIVE ASSEMBLY (PARLIAMENT) OF IRAN.

The Imam's Background