The Middle East and Islamic Studies (MEIS) program strives to promote research and education about Islam and the Middle East to the University community. About the Center The Middle East and Islamic Studies (MEIS) program strives to promote research and education about Islam and the Middle East to the University …

This study aims to investigate external barriers to political freedom, approaching to Quran with the question that, what the external barriers to...

Islam as a comprehensive religion, gives some rulings regarding our personal and social life and among other things, Islam speaks about the Rights of Animals and through different verses and traditions, tries to protect them. In this series, we will focus on Animal Rights in Islam which is one of the lesser discussed aspects of the religion of Islam.

The Grand Ayatollah Sistani in an important Fatwa about decedents of Coronavirus emphasized that “It is not permissible to burn the Muslim dead bodies and their relatives and...

Ayatollah Sayyid Muhammad Taqi Hussaini al-Modarresi, one of the leading Islamic faith leaders addressed the impending global health crisis and...

This article looks at the historic presence of the festival, survival as boria (choral street performance) and alleged Shi‘a roots in...

This review will analyses the dissimilarities that appear in the determination of the Halal Standard of ethanol content in dietary production in each of the four nations and try to...

This paper aims to shed light on the way Ṣadrā interprets al-Kāfī and particularly to determine his understanding of the ʿaql (intellect) at the cosmic (as first created being) and...

The International Conference on “Society and Culture in the Muslim World” (SCMW) seeks to explore the suitability of the concept in dealing with the main issues faced by Muslim societies and...

The Grand Ayatollah Sistani, in a statement while answering questions about the Coronavirus, also made important recommendations for...