In this article, an interesting ritual called Sallekhana in Jainism is being presented. Sallekhana of a Teen Girl In August 2016, a 13-year-old girl from a wealthy family in Zahirabad city India, announced that she was going to observe a unique fast in her life. The girl said that her fast would continue until … Read more

Mullah Omar Escape In 2001, right after the American attack on Afghanistan, Mullah Abdul Jabbar Omri receives a message. The message says that wherever he is, he should immediately reach to Kandahar. Kandahar is considered the stronghold of the Taliban. When Omri arrives in Kandahar, he is approached by Mullah Shireen, who was the trusted … Read more

Demolition of Shrines Around the year 1744 CE, the proponent of Wahabi Islam, Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab climbed onto the dome of the shrine of Hazrat Zayd ibn Khattab in the village of Al-Uyaynah in the Najd region of Saudi Arabia and began to destroy it. Hazrat Zayd ibn Khattab was actually the brother of … Read more

Dawn of 9/11 On the morning of September 11, 2001, at 5:00 a.m., Al-Qaeda hijacker Ziad Jarrah left the Days Inn Hotel with his fellow hijackers. Ziad and his associates planned to hijack American Airlines Flight 93, departing from Newark Airport, and potentially crash it into the Capitol Hill building in Washington, D.C., the U.S. … Read more

  Introduction “Ahl-e-Hadith—is it a new sect of Islam? Which school of thought do the Ahl-e-Hadith follow? When and how did the Ahl-e-Hadith movement begin? Let’s discuss this.” In September 1919, a weekly magazine of the Ahl-e-Hadith in British India, Akhbar Ahl-e-Hadith, announced a competition for its readers to define “Who is an Ahl-e-Hadith?”  From … Read more

  How Twelver? On January 5, 874 CE, the funeral of the 11th Imam of the Twelver Shia, Imam Hasan al-Askari, was being prepared. His brother, Ja’far, stepped forward to lead the funeral prayer. At that moment, a child, approximately four years old, stopped him and said, “Uncle, please step back, for I have a … Read more