Religion — Islam & Shia Islam
The history of religion and Shiism in Iran — separating documented history from theological dispute, with viewpoints presented side by side.
Karbala & Ashura — a visual retelling
61 AH · 680 CEShiism's defining event — with a live map of Husayn's caravan from Medina to Karbala; history-first and neutral.
Full story →Sects & faiths of Iran — a family tree
family treeBranches of Islam (Sunni/Shia/Ismaili/Zaydi), Sufism and Yarsan, and Iranian faiths (Zoroastrian, Jewish, Christian, Bahá'í) — neutral and sourced.
Full tree →Pre-Islamic religion of Iran — Zoroaster, Mithra, Mani
until 651 CEZoroastrianism (Ahura Mazda, Asha and Druj, the Avesta), Mithraism and Manichaeism — faiths Iran gave the world; with scholarly discussion and sources.
Full story →Fatwa bank — where the authorities disagree
contemporaryMusic/chess, nuclear weapons, apostasy, purity of the People of the Book, organ donation — what the ruling is, which authority, and where they differ. Neutral and sourced.
See all →History of Islam & Shiism — from the Prophet to the Occultation
632–941 CESuccession, Ghadir Khumm, Ali's caliphate, the twelve Imams, and the Mahdi's occultation — history-first, with both Sunni and Shia views and academic sources.
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