The Institute for Sciences of Nahj al-Balagha affiliated with the shrine of Imam al-Husayn (a) unveiled the encyclopedia of Fiqh of Nahj al-Balagha ‘ala al-Madhahib al-Sab‘a in...
Read More »Shia Students Conference to Be Held in Massachusetts
The national Shia students conference titled “Ma’rifa 2020: Self-Discovery and Imagination” will be held on February 28-29 in...
Read More »Call for Papers: Thematic Conversation: Constructing Race in Islamicate Societies
This panel seeks new research and pedagogy on the construction of race, origin, and ethnicity in Islamicate societies from the seventh to the...
Read More »Undergraduate Paper Writing Competition: $10,000 Top Prize
Muhammad bin Hamad Al Thani Center for Muslim Contribution to Civilization announces a student writing competition entitled: Muslim Intellectual Life in...
Read More »Call for Papers: The Regulation of Purity (Ṭahāra) and Impurity (Najāsāt) in Islam
The 8th Annual Contemporary Fiqhī Issues Workshop, at the Al-Mahdi Institute, seeks to provide a forum for considering the regulations of im/purity (ṭahāra and najāsā) in Islam, in light of ...
Read More »Call for Papers: Sovereignty, Legitimacy and Authority in Twelver Shia Islam
This conference invites papers on the topic of clergy-state relations in Twelver Shia Islam, from the post-ghayba period (ca. 941 CE) to...
Read More »Call for Papers: Quran and Islamic Tradition in Comparative Perspective
The Quran and Islamic Tradition in Comparative Perspective unit of the Society of Biblical Litrerature invites proposals for both individual papers and pre-arranged panels at the...
Read More »Call for Papers: An Annual on the Visual Cultures of the Islamic World
Muqarnas -An Annual on the Visual Cultures of the Islamic World- invites papers for its forthcoming volume 38, to be published in...
Read More »Book: The Canonization of Islamic Law: A Social and Intellectual History
By tracing the formulation, reception, interpretation and spread of al-Shāfi'ī's ideas, the author demonstrates how the canonization of scripture that lay at the heart of al-Shāfi'ī's theory formed the basis for the emergence of...
Read More »Muslim World League to Launch “Islamic Jurispudence Award”
The Supreme Council of the Muslim World League (MWL) has announced the launching of the MWL’s “Islamic Jurisprudence Award,” and the “Holy Makkah Document” prize, with a total...
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