Hundreds of thousands of inmates in the United States have found a sense of community and solace in Islam, with Muslims now making up about 10 to 15 percent of all American prisoners...

The legacy of Imam Hussain is still invoked as a source of strength when Iranians face insurmountable challenges, such as threats of war. While President Donald Trump may claim that a...

Sheikh Ahmad ibn Hamad al-Khalili, the Grand Mufti of Oman, responded to the letter of Iranian Cleric, Ayatollah Ja'afar Sobhāni...

If anyone says, “we receive and follow the Qur'an, but we have nothing to do with Ahl al-Bayt, what do we do to Ahl al-Bayt?!, the book of God is enough for us”; we say to them, you mean the divine Book in which it...

Allama Amini is most famous for his research project al-Ghadir which offers an in-depth analysis of the appointment of Imam Ali at Ghadir Khumm and the...

This article provides an introduction to the special issue on Mapping Shia Muslim Communities in Europe...

This article focuses on reviewing green jobs from the Islamic perspective, and concepts and principles such as squander (israf), cleanliness (nizafah), waste (Iitlaf), no-harm (La zarar) and causation (Tasbib) are directly mentioned as a necessary condition for...

Insulting or disrespecting other religions and their sacred figures and places is a broad and significant subject in Shi‘a jurisprudence. The question often arises as to whether insulting sanctities is legally prohibited or...

The Research Center for Islamic Legislation and Ethics (CILE) College of Islamic Studies Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Doha, Qatar has called for research papers to a closed three-day seminar on...

The Department of Middle Eastern Studies and the Institute of Political Science, Faculty of Arts, opens a call for participation at an international workshop on theological, legal and political responses to...