Fiqh & Socitey

Al-Mahdi Institute’s Department of Islamic Philosophy and Theology, together with the Department of Religious Studies and Duke Islamic Studies Centre at Duke University, is delighted to open registration for its second international conference on ‘Islamic Perspectives on Prophecy and Revelation....

Drawing on both classical Shiʿa sources and contemporary moral philosophy, the book explores Imam Hussein’s choices through the lens of universal ethics, highlighting his relevance not only for Shiʿa Muslims but for all who seek moral clarity in times of injustice....

The months of Muharram and Safar are special months of the year for the followers of the Ahlul Bayt, alayhihum as-salam, whereby they express their grief over the martyrdom of Imam Al-Husayn, and all those who were with him. At the same time, people often wonder and ask what is allowed and what is not...

The Indonesian Journal of Islamic Law (IJIL) announced a Call for Papers for December, Vol. 8 No. 2 (2025), which will feature a special issue on "Law in the Modern Muslim World".....

On 11 May 1917, the participants of the All-Russia Muslim Congress elected a woman, Mukhlisa Bubi, as a qāḍī (a Muslim judge) to the Central Spiritual Administration of Muslims of Inner Russia and Siberia. Granting legal authority to a woman at a central religious institution was unprecedented in the Muslim world. This article explores how this...

It is that time of the year again when voices of truth and justice, transcending lines of ethnicity, sect, and ideology, rise in unison to honor the ‘Master of Martyrs’, who redefined resistance and moral courage on the desert plains of Karbala fourteen centuries ago...

Seventy years have passed since the establishment of the Zionist regime—an illegitimate, occupying, and aggressive entity—and during this time, West Asia has witnessed some of the most relentless and bloody humanitarian crises in modern history....

The ritual of Muharram in Iran, traditionally understood in the West as a strictly religious ceremony, in fact holds a much deeper and more complex significance. It is not merely a spiritual commemoration, but an onto-political act that weaves together identity, historical memory, and resistance....

The Leader of the Islamic Revolution, Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Ali Khamenei attended a mourning ceremony at Imam Khomeini's Hosseinieh marking the Ashura night on on Saturday...

Millions of Muslims in Iran and across the world are commemorating Tasu’a, a day before the martyrdom anniversary of Imam Hossein (AS), the third Shia Imam and the grandson of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH)...