2021 CE

Year 2021 CE^[1] which is a leap year in the Gregorian calendar started on Friday, Jumada I 16, 1442 AH, and ended on Friday, Jumada I 26, 1443 AH.^[2]

Events

March 6 – Meeting of the Pope of the Catholic Church with Sayyid 'Ali al-Sistani, a Shi'a marja' in Najaf. (22 Rajab 1442 AH)^[3]
May 8 – Eighty-five Hazara Shi'as were killed in explosions targeting the Sayyid al-Shuhada School in the Dasht-e-Barji Shi'a neighborhood in Kabul. (25 Ramadan 1442 AH)^[4]
August 19 – Three people were killed and at least more than fifty others were injured as a result of a powerful explosion targeting a mourning procession of Imam Husayn (a), in central Pakistan. (10 Muharram 1443 AH)^[5]
August 21 – Three martyrs and twelve were injured in an attack targeting 'Ashura commemoration ceremonies in Nigeria. (12 Muharram 1443 AH)^[6]
December 10 – An announcement about the screening of "The Lady of Heaven" in America. (5 Jumada II 1443 AH)^[7]

Deaths

January 1 – Muhammad Taqi Misbah Yazdi, a philosopher and jurist, a member of the Council of Leadership Experts, and the founder of the “Imam Khomeini” educational and research institution (Jumada I 17 1442 AH)^[8]
January 20 – Sayyid Muhammad Hasan al-'Alawi, one of the Sabzevar scholars. (Jumada II 6 1442 AH)^[9]
March 3 – Sayyid Muqtada al-Husayni al-Abhari, founder of the Imam 'Ali (a) Islamic Center in Switzerland. (Rajab 19 1442 AH)^[10]
March 13 – Sayyid Radhi al-Din al-Mar'ashi, one of the professors of the Najaf Seminary, and one of the students of Sayyid Abu l-Qasim al-Khoei, Sayyid Muhsin al-Hakim, and Imam Khomeini. (28 Rajab 1442 AH)^[11]
May 22 – Sayyid Muhammad Jawad al-Mar'ashi al-Najafi, son of Sayyid Shihab al-Din Mar'ashi Najafi. (10 Shawwal 1442 AH)^[12]
May 23 – Sayyid 'Abd al-Amir al-Hakim, imam of the Kufa Mosque. (11 Shawwal 1442 AH)^[13]
June 30 – Sayyid 'Abd al-Karim Shubbar, a religious scholar and agent of Sayyid 'Ali al-Sistani in Diwaniyah. (20 Dhu l-Qa'da 1442 AH)^[14]
July 4 – 'Abd al-Husayn al-Sakini, a religious scholar and agent of Sayyid 'Ali al-Sistani in Qurna (23 Dhu l-Qa'da 1442 AH)^[15]
August 7 – Sayyid 'Adel al-'Alawi, a jurist and scholar, and a student of Sayyid Al-Marashi. (27 Dhu l-Hijja 1442 AH)^[16]
August 14 – Mahdi Pishwai, author of the book Maqtal-i jami'-i Sayyid al-Shuhada' (a) in Persian. (5 Muharram 1443 AH)^[17]
August 20 – Sayyid Kamal Faqih Imani, one of the scholars of Isfahan. (11 Muharram 1443 AH)^[18]
August 22 – Muhammad Rida Hakimi, a Shi'a writer and one of the famous figures of the School of Tafkik. (Muharram 13 1443 AH)^[19]
August 27 – Sayyid Muhammad 'Ali 'Alimi al-Balkhabi, a Shiite scholar from Afghanistan confronted the Soviet forces in the north of his country. (Muharram 18 1443 AH)^[20]
September 3 – Sayyid Muhammad Sa'id al-Hakim, a Shi'a marja' in Iraq. (25 Muharram 1443 AH)^[21]
September 4 – Shaykh Abd al-Amir Qabalan, head of The Supreme Islamic Shi'a Council of Lebanon. (26 Muharram 1443 AH)^[22]
September 25 – Hasan Hasanzada Amuli, an Iranian Shi'a philosopher and scholar and one of the students of 'Allama Tabataba'i. (18 Safar 1443 AH)^[23]
October 9 – Abolhassan Banisadr, the first president of the Republic Islamic of Iran after the Islamic Revolution. (2 Rabi' I 1443 AH)^[24]
November 28 – 'Abbas al-Mahrus, a Shi'a preacher from Qatif. (22 Rabi' II 1443 AH)^[25]
December 1 – Sayyid Radhi al-Shirazi, the grandson of the Sayyid Muhammad Hasan Shirazi, a Shi'a jurist. (25 Rabi' II 1443 AH)^[26]

Notes

[1] Common Era

[2] WikiShia dates; Calendar converter

[3] Pope Francis Meets Iraq’s Top Ayatollah as Both Urge Peace

[4] At least 50 killed in bomb attack near school for girls in Kabul.

[5] Deadly blast hits Ashura procession in Pakistan

[6] 3 Ashura mourners martyred, 12 injured by Nigerian police

[7] Millions Of Viewers Await The Premier Of The Lady Of Heaven

[8] Imam Khamenei's condolence message on Ayatollah Mesbah Yazdi's passing away

[9] Leader condoles passing of Ayatollah Alavi Sabzevari

[10] Former head of "Imam Ali Islamic Center in Switzerland" passes away

[11] The Najaf Hawza mourns its deceased Ayatollah Sayed Radhi Al-Marashi. (Arabic)

[12] Ayatollah Sayyid Muhammad Jawad Al-Marashi Al-Najafi is under the protection of eternity. (Arabic)

[13] The imam of Kufa mosque passed away due to corona virus.

[14] Ayatollah Sistani offers condolences to the people of Diwaniyah on the demise of Sayyid Abd al-Karim Shubbar

[15] The demise of the representative of the religious authority, Sayyid Ali al-Sistani, in the Qurna district of Basra, southern Iraq, Sheikh Abdul Hussein al-Sakini, due to complications from the Corona virus

[16] Sayyid 'Adel al-'Alawi passed away. (Arabic)

[17] Hujjat al-Islam Mahdi Peshwai passed away. (Persian)

[18] Leader Offers Condolences on Death of Senior Cleric.

[19] Mohammad Reza Hakimi the Iranian Philosopher of Justice Dies at 86.

[20] The demise of the most prominent jurists and Mujahidin in Afghanistan, Ayatollah Al-Sayyid Alami Belkhabi. (Arabic)

[21] Shia leader Grand Ayatollah Mohammed Saeed al-Hakeem dies in Iraq.

[22] Higher Shiite Council Head Sheikh Abdul Amir Qabalan Dies.

[23] Leader condoles departure of Ayatollah Hassan Hassanzadeh-Amoli

[24] Abolhassan Bani-Sadr, Former Iranian President, Dies at 88

[25] One of the prominent preachers of Qatif passed away. (Persian)

[26] The demise of Ayatollah Sayyid Radhi al-Shirazi

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