The Faculty of Arts and Humanities, Humboldt University of Berlin, invites applications for a Full Professorship “Islamic Law in the Past and Present.”...
Read More »Islamic Macroeconomics: A Model for Efficient Government, Stability and Full Employment
This book proposes an Islamic model that offers significant prospects for economic growth and durable macroeconomic stability, and which is immune to the defects of the economic models prevailing both in developed and..
Read More »Shi’i Studies Group Symposium: Sectarian Identity and Community Formation in Islam
The annual symposium aims to strengthen the field of Shiʿi Studies by bringing together a group of both senior and early-career scholars to present research and to cultivate an...
Read More »Muhammad, the Most Popular Baby Name in London
Muhammad was the most popular name for baby boys in English regions London, the West Midlands, and Yorkshire and the Humber in 2017, government statistics show, with spelling variations in the name taking it to...
Read More »In Pictures: Millions of Iranian Mourn Ashura Day around the Country
Iranians are attending mourning ceremonies in their millions across the country to mark Ashura Day, the day in history that witnessed the martyrdom of Shia Islam’s third Imam...
Read More »Imam Hussain’s Martyrdom Give Lesson to Never Refrain from Fighting Terrorism, Extremism
Pakistan’s President, Arif Alvi has said that the martyrdom of Hazrat Imam Hussain (may Allah be pleased with him) is a lesson for everyone to never refrain from fighting against terrorism, extremism and intolerant ideology and...
Read More »Millions of Iranians Mourn Imam Hussain’s Martyrdom
Millions of Iranians hold mourning processions across the country on Ashura, which marks the martyrdom anniversary of Imam Hussein (PBUH), the third Shia Imam...
Read More »Formerly, Pakistani Sunnis Joined Shias in Imam Hussain’s Mourning
Every year, an elderly man from a Sunni family sets up a sabeel (stall offering cold drinks and water) along the route of the first Muharram procession in predominantly Shia neighbourhood of Kocha Sardar in...
Read More »Pakistan Government Announces Public Holidays on 9th, 10th Muharram
The federal government of Pakistan has announced public holiday on 9th and 10th of Muharram that falls on Thursday 20th and Friday 21st September 2018...
Read More »Call for Papers: The Sixth Annual Conference of the British Association for Islamic Studies
Following British Association for Islamic Studies BRAIS’s successful conferences in Edinburgh (2014), London (2015 and 2016), Chester (2017) and Exeter (2018), the organisers invite proposals for...
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