Although this sentiment dominates the current digital landscape, information about Islamic law and history often remains bound to its physical form and to the price of acquiring it...
Read More »The Islamic Rule of Lenity by Intisar Rabb+PDF
This Article explores an area of close parallel between legal doctrines in the contexts of Islamic law and American legal theory...
Read More »Verona Collection: Modern Islamic Clothing+Pics
When Lisa Vogl, a single mother, photographer and also a Muslim revert, converted to Islam in 2011, couldn’t find many options for modest clothing and realised that many other Muslim women shared the same sentiments. Gone are those days when it was difficult for Muslim women to find clothing that …
Read More »Book: The Formation of Islamic Law
The fourteen studies included in this volume, at a basic level, aim to provide a general - if not wholly systematic - coverage of the emergence and evolution of law during the first three and a half centuries of..
Read More »Ayatollah Sistani Warns Foreign Influence in Upcoming Election
Iraq's top Shiite cleric, ayatollah Sayyid Ali Sistani, has warned that "foreign influence" in the upcoming national elections could undermine the country's ability to carry out a free and fair vote...
Read More »The Islamic Perspective of the Beard+PDF
The following text gives substantial proofs and reasons for the desirability of the beard that conform to both faith and rationality...
Read More »Al-Azhar’s Imam Urges Islamic World Unity against Enemies’ Conspiracies
Grand Imam of Al-Azhar Ahmed Al-Tayyeb asserted the necessity of the Islamic world’s unity, “to remove all the obstacles and thorns that are sown from east and west,” in his speech during the opening session of the high-level consultative meeting of...
Read More »Call for Papers International: Conference on Qur’an and Hadith Studies
The second international conference on Quran and Hadith studies themed “Qur’an-Hadith Studies, Information Technology and Media: Challenges and Opportunities” will be held at Ushuludin Faculty, State Islamic University...
Read More »Call for Papers: Muslim Efforts on the Qur’ān in the Fırst Three Centuries of Islām
The fourth international Quran symposium -Muslim Efforts on the Qur’ān in the Fırst Three Centuries of Islām- will be held in Ankara, Turkey on October 19-21, 2018...
Read More »Polygamy Is not Recommended: Ayatollah Khamenei
According to Ayatollah Khamenei, polygamy is permissible (Jaʼiz), but it is not recommended (Mostahab). This view is not only strongly backed by Islamic jurisprudence (Fiqh), and consistent with the decree of some early and recent jurisprudents, but there is...
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