The Alulbayt (a.s.) Global Information Center is an organization under the supervision of the office of
Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani
Ali al-Husayni al-Sistani ( ar, علي الحسيني السيستاني; fa, , Ali-ye Hoseyni-ye Sistāni; born 4 August 1930), commonly known as Ayatollah Sistani, is an Iranian–Iraqi Twelver Shia Ayatollah and marja'. He has been described ...
.
While they themselves include "(as)" in their organization title,
some omit it.
Goals
Its goal is ''"to spread the
Shi`ite
Shīʿa Islam or Shīʿīsm is the second-largest branch of Islam. It holds that the Islamic prophet Muhammad designated ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib as his successor (''khalīfa'') and the Imam (spiritual and political leader) after him, most n ...
culture through the WEB and create a kind of strong relation between the theological class and the public"''
To reach above aim, they concentrate on:
#Quick responses to religious questions.
#Access to a data bank containing thousands of theological Q & A.
#Directly linking you to the prominent scholars of Qom.
#Access to a data bank containing information on sectarian differences between the Sunni & Shia faiths.
History
The organization was founded in the spring of 1998, on the anniversary of
Eid al-Ghadeer
Eid al-Ghadir ( ar, عید الغدیر, ʿīd al-ghadīr, feast of the pond) is an Islamic commemorative holiday, and is considered to be among the significant holidays of Shi'ite Muslims. The Eid is held on 18 Dhul-Hijjah at the time when the ...
,
by Sistani's
son-in-law
Son-in-Law (22 April 1911 – 15 May 1941) was a British Thoroughbred racehorse and an influential sire, especially for sport horses.
The National Horseracing Museum says Son-in-Law is "probably the best and most distinguished stayer this count ...
"in a small building" in holy Shi'a city of
Qom
Qom (also spelled as "Ghom", "Ghum", or "Qum") ( fa, قم ) is the seventh largest metropolis and also the seventh largest city in Iran. Qom is the capital of Qom Province. It is located to the south of Tehran. At the 2016 census, its popul ...
, a scholarly center of Shi'a Islam
Sites
They operate though various internet websites, including:
*al-shia.org
::"available in no less than 27 languages, boasting huge archives, everything translated by a group of students, native speakers, in Qom. There are Afghans, Tajiks, Russians, northern Africans; they have been transferring all Shi'ite textbooks online for three years now. Zadeh says this is considered the number one Shi'ite website, and number seven among all Muslim websites. It has an average of 250,000 visits a month, from as many as 133 countries."
*holynajaf.net
*sistani.org
*Quran.al-shia.org, "only about the Koran, the whole book translated in 27 languages, plus interpretations"
*balaghah.net,
with a collection of Imam Ali's sayings in 22 languages.
See also
*
Ahlul Bayt Digital Islamic Library Project
*
Rafed Network for Cultural Development
References
External links
The Ahlulbayt (a.s.) World Assembly
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Shia Islamic websites
Shia organizations