The Shi’a Intensive Course endeavors to enhance scholarly attention to Shiʿi Islam and offer an original and insightful understanding of its history, doctrines and practices. Combining the classical Shiʿa thought and the..

For 25 years, millions of Iranians were held hostage by the United States. That’s right: from August 19, 1953 to February 1, 1979—9,037 days in all—over 17 million Iranians were essentially hostages of the ṭaghut (evil, corrupt and deviant) government of the United States. That these hostages managed to free themselves from U.S. oppression due to the victory of the Islamic Revolution in Iran is indeed a miracle...

This interdisciplinary workshop, will be held in 13 September 2018, aims to facilitate a dialogue and scholarly exchange on the topic of Islamic female scholarship and leadership...

This volume, while featuring the great Sunni jurists of Central Asia and their monumental works to the Islamic jurisprudence, initiates a debate on the relevance of Islamic legal theory and its interpretation in the contemporary socio- political scenario, thus providing certain possibilities of rediscovering Islamic jurisprudence for the present times...

A challenging new book that reviews the ethics at the heart of the Islamic legal system, and suggests that these laws have often been misinterpreted by authoritarian readings of the sources, resulting in the repression of Muslim women...

The Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies (TIMES) Post-Graduate Forum will be held at the University of Birmingham on Wednesday 9th may, 2018...

Senior Bahraini cleric Sheikh Isa Qassim has been transferred to hospital to undergo a hernia surgery, 10 days after he was said to be in critical condition under house arrest...

A high-level meeting in Istanbul, which brought together Muslim scholars from around the world, wrapped up Tuesday evening with a declaration stressing Jerusalem’s supreme religious significance...

Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Ali Khamenei, while voicing deep regret over the great loss of life in recent terror attacks in Afghanistan, said the US has sent ISIL terrorists there to justify its presence in the region and create security for the Israeli regime...

THE Marrybrown restaurant chain, is expected to be the first halal fast food brand to enter the Japanese market with opening of outlets in Osaka and Tokyo, in time for the upcoming Olympics in 2020...