John Esposito: A Scholar Who Challenged Islamophobia through Civilizational Understanding
IQNA – The death of John L. Esposito, one of the world's most prominent scholars of Islamic studies and professor emeritus at Georgetown University, has prompted widespread reactions across international academic circles.
IQNA – A specialized training course in manuscript restoration and preservation was held at the holy shrine of Imam Ali (AS) in Najaf, Iraq, for students of the University of Kufa’s Faculty of Archaeology and Cultural Heritage.
11:25 , 2026 Jul 21
IQNA – The winners of the first edition of the ‘Martyred Imam’ World Poetry Award were named and awarded in a ceremony in Tehran on Tuesday.
09:19 , 2026 Jul 15
IQNA – The 11th edition of the “Humanities Elites Discourse” national plan, a program designed to cultivate the next generation of scholars and researchers in humanities has been launched.
14:03 , 2026 Jul 17
IQNA – The faculties of Language, Translation and Humanities of Al-Azhar University in Cairo celebrated the completion of the first stage of the project to translate a thousand books of Islamic heritage and thought.
15:18 , 2026 Jul 15
IQNA – The head of the scientific committee of the 6th Health in Arbaeen International Congress said 500 papers have been sent to the secretariat of the congress.
15:22 , 2026 Jul 14
IQNA – Martyred Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei devoted an entire lifetime to self-purification, spiritual wayfaring, striving in the path of God, and serving His creation.
15:05 , 2026 Jul 12
IQNA – A scientific conference to review the book "The Contribution of Albanian Writers to Quranic Sciences in the Ottoman Era" was held by the Dar al-Ifta of Shkoder Province, Albania.
22:21 , 2026 Jul 13
IQNA – An international conference on “Artificial Intelligence, Ethics and Democracy” will be held in Vienna by the Iranian Cultural Center in Austria.
18:17 , 2026 Jun 29
IQNA – A senior Iranian religious official described Hazrat Zeynab’s (SA) response to the governor of Kufa following the Battle of Karbala as a defining moment that reflects a deeply monotheistic understanding of the events of Ashura, framing the tragedy as a manifestation of divine beauty.
16:54 , 2026 Jun 29
IQNA – The deputy of the Qom-based Computer Research Center of Islamic Sciences said a comprehensive manuscript database named Makhtutat (Manuscripts) is planned to be unveiled soon.
15:27 , 2026 Jun 27
IQNA – A Lebanese researcher offered a historical analysis examining how mourning rituals for Imam Hussein (AS) and the martyrs of Karbala evolved during the first five centuries of the Islamic Hijri calendar, identifying three distinct phases from personal grief to public ritual.
11:12 , 2026 Jun 20
IQNA – Nikita Darrani is an Afghan woman who was born in Herat and has begun her writing the entire Quran in calligraphy, despite the restrictions.
13:25 , 2026 Jun 22
