Learning & Education

Did you know that Sayyid Sistani used to listen to Imam Khomeini speeches in secret during Saddam’s time...

May 15th, named after Abu al-Qasem Ferdowsi, the great Iranian Poet, is also the day for honouring Persian language. On this occasion Ijtihadnet has...

Since certain matters related to religion are only expounded in the hadith, one who ignores hadith cannot properly follow the religious teachings, said...

Faithful teachers who enjoy good traits occupy a high position in society because of the appreciative efforts they exert for educating and supplying individuals with knowledge and...

The present book is a collection [transcription] of all extant lectures by the martyred thinker, Professor Āyatullāh Murtaḍā Muṭahharī about training and education in Islam...

This paper, in its endeavours to first examine feminist hermeneutical approaches to Qurʾanic exegesis and to then compare them with traditional Shiʿi approaches, begins with an overview of the main concepts of contextualist theory...

This paper examines how contemporary Shiʿi scholars of rijāl deal with problematic isnāds through engaging in a thorough examination of...

The following discussion titled “The Legal Status of Science in the Muslim World in the Early Modern Period: An Initial Consideration of Fatwās From Three Maghribī Sources” examines the place that natural science (chiefly astronomy and medicine) occupied in three of the most important collections of legal opinions ( fatwa pl. fatawa) in the Muslim West during the late medieval and...

This paper will examine the historical study of Shi͑ism in Western Academia. It will argue that until the last four decades, Western scholarship studied Shi͑i Islam primarily through a...

The Middle East and Islamic Studies (MEIS) program strives to promote research and education about Islam and the Middle East to the University community. About the Center The Middle East and Islamic Studies (MEIS) program strives to promote research and education about Islam and the Middle East to the University …