The Book “Philosophy and The Intellectual Life In Shi'ah Islam” offers insight into the rich intellectual history in Shi'ah Islam of examining enduring and integral theological, mystical, metaphysical, and...
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A district in Indonesia’s deeply Islamic Aceh province has banned men and women from dining together unless they are married or related, according to an official who said it would...
Read More »Iowa Group Offers Sports Hijab to Encourage Muslim Girls
An eastern Iowa non-profit group is offering sports hijab to Muslim girls to encourage them to play sports and stay active...
Read More »Al-Azhar: Harassment of Women Is Haram, Should Be Punished
Egypt's top Sunni Muslim authority, Al-Azhar, has issued a statement expressing harassment of Women is religiously forbidden and should be punished ‘regardless of the context or...
Read More »Human Cloning from Shia Jurisprudential Point of View. Part 2
Human cloning is of the issues that have recently come to the fore. As examining an issue in jurisprudence is impossible before shading light on its all corners, exploring its inner and outer aspects, and defining its good and bad consequences; the religious researchers and...
Read More »Human Cloning from Shia Jurisprudential Point of View, Part 1
Cloning is of two types: therapeutic cloning and reproductive cloning. Therapeutic cloning would involve cloning cells from a human for use in medicine and transplants...
Read More »Muslim Woman Wins Case after Refusing to Shake Hands with Man during Job Interview
A Swedish Muslim woman whose job interview was terminated when she refused to shake hands with a man has won compensation...
Read More »How Raising Confident Young Muslim Women?
Young Muslim women, growing up in the West are, for the most part, encouraged to study, work hard, and develop careers to gain financial independence and contribute their skills to society...
Read More »Sex Reassignment Surgery in the View of the Shia Jurists
In this paper, after explaining the reasons for the "sex reassignment", a review of related jurisprudential rulings issued by the famous Imamiya jurists will be presented...
Read More »Imam Ali and the Perils of Social Media
with social media, we can peer into the lives of our friends and families in mere seconds and form opinions about them, while at the same time gauging the quality of our own lives in comparison to theirs...
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