Sheikh Abdul Mahdi al-Karbalayi, the representative of grand Ayatollah Sayyid Ali Sistani in Karbala, reiterated support for the people of Palestine in the face of the Zionist regime’s brutal aggression....
Read More »Beyond Sectarianism: Ambiguity, Hermeneutics, and the Formations of Religious Identity in Islam
This book focuses on the literary Arabic Qur’an exegesis of the highly influential yet less studied poet, historian, and exegete al-Sharif al-Radi (d. 1015)....
Read More »Algerian Muslims, Christians Hold Joint Prayer in Support of Palestine
A joint prayer of Muslims and Christians was held in a church in Algeria’s capital to express support for the people of Gaza. The Notre Dame d’Afrique (Our Lady of Africa), a Catholic Basilica in Algiers, hosted the event. A number of Muslims and Christians took part in the program …
Read More »Article: Imāmī Theological Thought in the Early Seventh/Thirteenth Century
The present study discusses the scarce available data about Sālim b. Maḥfūẓ and the reception of his K. al-Minhāj, and it includes an editio princeps of the portion of the work that is preserved in MS Malik 1650....
Read More »Birth Control from Sunni Scholars’ Point of Views
Birth Control and family planning from the Sunni Scholars’ Point of Views.
Read More »Fatimah al-Zahra (ʻA) At Her Father’s Side
Fatima (615 – 632 A.D.), mother of the Imams (ع), is the daughter of the Messenger of Allah (ص) by his first wife, Khadija daughter of Khuwaylid, may the Almighty be pleased with her. Fatima was born in Mecca on a Friday, the 20th of Jumada II in the fifth year after the declaration of the Prophetic message which corresponds, according to the.....
Read More »Young Americans Turning to Qur’an to Understand the Incredible Resilience, Faith, Moral of Palestinians
Young American are turning to the Qur’an to understand the incredible resilience, faith, moral strength and character they see in Muslim Palestinians....
Read More »Call for Papers: Historical and Contemporary Migrations of Central Asian Muslims: History, Culture and Identity
The Institute of Ismaili Studies announces the call for papers for our upcoming conference on Central Asia (CA), a vast geographical area stretching from Western China to Caucasus in the west and from Kazakhstan to Afghanistan in the...
Read More »Job Opening: PhD Student in Islamic Endowments (Waqf) and State Formation in the Ottoman Empire
As a doctoral researcher at Ghent University, you will join the ERC-Starting Grant project ‘Islamic Endowments (Waqf) and State Formation in the Ottoman Empire, 1450-1650 (OTTOWAQF)’, under the supervision of the...
Read More »Muslim Countries Should Cut Political Ties with Zionist Regime: Ayatollah Khamenei
Leader of the Iran Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Sayyid Ali Khamenei has called on Muslim countries to sever political ties with the Israeli regime for "at least a limited period of time" amid the occupying entity’s ongoing genocide in the....
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