This book is arranged into two sections:1. Inward obligations and prohibitions, under the title “Beliefs,” and 2. Outward obligations and prohibitions under...

The bill emphasizes that wearing national dress is allowed, if it is not contrary to Federal law, it doesn’t harm or violate the rights and...

In this paper, the writer attempts to delineate the Qur’anic position on peaceful coexistence with the “other” and also examines the classical juridical and exegetical pronouncements on...

In this article, Ayatollah Makarem Shirazi examines the impact of khums on meeting the financial needs of the Muslim...

The campaign of “Save Pakistani Shia Muslim from the terror” organized by Pakistani Shia Muslims who are under terrorist attack for...

The Qur’anic view of peace and co-existence is interwoven with its view of a universal moral discourse that unites all human beings. According to the Qur’an, human beings are...

In the classical period of Islam, the term ijtihad was part of a longer formulation, namely: ijtihad bi al-ra’y, which means ‘putting in utmost effort in the exercise of...

This article examines the attitudes of the Saudi ulema towards the Saudi Shi‘a in political and social terms through the analysis of fatawa, sermons, lectures, and publications issued by the Saudi religious authorities...

“The Expert Witness in Islamic Courts: Medicine and Crafts in the Service of Law” is a significant contribution to studies of the role of expert witnesses in legal systems as well as to...

This article will outline the salient features that characterise the Shi‘a community in the United States of America and will examine some of the recent juridical literature that...