A new report has been released documenting the harsh treatment of the Shia Muslim clerics in Bahrain since an uprising began in the country in early 2011...
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The paper explores the role and meaning of maṣlaḥa and its possible appropriation in the field of Islamic legal and economic thought, as laid down by various medieval and contemporary Muslim scholars...
Read More »The 15th Malaysia International Halal Showcase to be Held on April
Malaysia International Halal Showcase (MIHAS) is a 4 day event will be held from 4th April to the 7th April 2018 at the Malaysia International Trade & Exhibition Centre (MITEC) in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia...
Read More »IUMS Urges Saudi Arabia, UAE to Free Clerics
The International Union of Muslim Scholars (IUMS) on Wednesday called for the release of Muslim scholars and preachers detained in Saudi Arabia and UAE...
Read More »Hamas Leader Thanks Ayatollah Khamenei in a Letter
A leader of the Palestinian Hamas resistance movement, Ismail Haniyeh, has sent a letter to Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Sayyid Ali Khamenei, praising Iran’s stance on Jerusalem al-Quds...
Read More »Sexual Violation in Islamic Law: Substance, Evidence, and Procedure
This book provides a detailed analysis of Islamic juristic writings on the topic of rape and argues that classical Islamic jurisprudence contained nuanced, substantially divergent doctrines of sexual violation as a...
Read More »Book: The Qur’an and the Just Society
The writer explores the underlying principles of its system of social justice. Dividing his book into four parts, he covers Qur’anic Ethics, Political Justice (politics, peace, war), Distributive Justice (fair trade, alms, marriage, inheritance) and Corrective Justice (public and private crimes)...
Read More »Belgium Allows Iranian Volleyball Player to Play with Hijab
Local Belgian media said late Tuesday that Farnoush Sheikhi will represent her team Charleroi Volley in the first tier of the Belgian women volleyball league with hijab after the club reached an agreement with authorities in...
Read More »Article: Islamo-Arabic Culture and Women’s Law
While some Western Scholars following the logic of external analysis, argue that Islamic law (like other secular and religious legal systems) is a product of society, history, and culture, many Islamic scholars, concentrating on an internal model of analysis, believe that this law is a...
Read More »Shia Rituals: The Impact of Shia Rituals on Shia Socio-Political Character
This book probes into the historical evolution, in form and content, of Ashura Rituals and reveals the three major stages through which Ashura rituals have passed...
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