Relying on an ethnographic research conducted both in the UK and Iraq, this article explores issues of cultural and religious identities among London-based young British Iraqi Shiis. Using Stuart Hall’s notions of...
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From 24-26 June 2020, the Leiden University Centre for Islam and Society (LUCIS) and Shiʿi Studies Unit of the Institute of Ismaili Studies, London (IIS), will host a conference on the...
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Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Sayyid Ali Khamenei has prayed for the speedy recovery of Iraq's prominent Shia cleric Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Ali...
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This Friday, January 17, 2020, the political-religious ceremony of the Friday Prayers in Tehran was led by Imam Khamenei - the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution - for the...
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Praises to God, an hour ago, Ayatollah Sistani had a successful operation and was transferred to recovery room or the ICU after...
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The office of Grand Ayatollah Sistani announced that he had a break in his leg last night and will undergo surgery today...
Read More »The Phenomenon of Divorce: Causes and Solutions
Nowadays, the phenomenon of divorce is spreading greatly. We have not seen this in the past few decades and before in ancient...
Read More »Book: Early Modern Trends in Islamic Theology
The present volume is dedicated to the study of ʿAbd al-Ghanī al-Nābulusī (1641–1731), an outstanding religious scholar, sufi thinker and man of letters from...
Read More »Video: Thousands in Pakistan’s Lahore Condemn US Assassination of Gen. Soleimani
Thousands of Pakistani people staged a rally in Lahore on Saturday afternoon to protest against the US killing of...
Read More »Call for Papers: Navigating the Non/Confessional in University Islamic Studies
A three-day international conference funded and organised by the Department of Theology and Religion, University of Birmingham, in partnership with the...
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