UNDERTHESHADEOFAHLULBAIT

21st October 2012, 4th Dhul Hijah 1433 Bismillah-i-Rehman-i-Raheem I visited The Islamic Republic of Iran from 11th to 20th October. Let me be clear and unambiguous at the outset. I am a staunch supporter of the Islamic Republic and the Islamic Revolution. Therefore my analysis will be from my own viewpoint with a belief that anything which is against the principles of Islamic Revolution is not good. Thus you may call it a "biased" report but this is what it is. I am here not as an independent journalist giving an unbiased, independent assessment of the situation. I right this report with two characteristics one as a supporter of the revolution and one as a follower of Ahl-ul-Bait. Islamic Revolution of Iran holds a special place in my life because it occurred at a time when I was in the prime of my youth, 20 years of age to be more precise. The influence that it had on me and many other young people at that time is beyond description. As I have said in an earlier p...

                            VISIT TO THE BELOVED IMAM Leaving for Iran tomorrow. Going to attend conference on "ROLE OF IMAMAT IN MUSLIM AWAKENING" being organised by WORLD AHL-UL-BAYT ASSEMBLY. Also going to MASHAD to pay my respect and love to Imam Ridha (A.S). I simply don't understand how this became possible. It was not planned and neither did I make any personal efforts for it. About 2 weeks back I received a call from Brother Imtiyaz Sahib asking if I was ready to go to attend this conference in Tehran. It was out of blue. I said yes and the things started rolling and reached this state due to efforts of Brother Syed Qalbi Rizvi Sahab. My prayers for both of them. May Allah reward them for having made this visit possible. Now I don't know what to call it. Is it an invitation from the Imam (A.S)? I don't know. I believe not. How can it be so. Don't you need to fulfill certain basic criteria before you are ...