International Conference on Islamic Management and Multidisciplinary Studies (IMAMS 2019) 2019 will be held on 3rd (Saturday) August 2019 at Hotel Perdana, Kota Bharu, Kelantan, Malaysia...
Read More »Future of British Muslim Studies to Be Discussed in Cardiff University
The Muslims in Britain Research Network in partnership with the Centre for the Study of Islam in the UK, Cardiff University organize a conference entitles Future of....
Read More »A Faqih Whom 400 Mujtahids Were His Disciples
“O Ja’far! The twelver[1] ulama[2] have put a lot of effort into collecting Imams’ statements from around cities. They have also mentioned whether they are true, reliable or weak so that people of your kind can see the documentation of the religious law without effort and pronounce a decree,” Muhaqqiq …
Read More »‘What Is Islam’s Future in Europe’ Discuses in Turkey
Future of Islam in Europe was discussed by academics at a conference in Istanbul's Ibn Haldun University on Thursday...
Read More »Book: Studies in Medieval Islamic Intellectual Traditions
The present volume focuses on aspects of Islamic thought in Iran and Yemen, and other regions of the Middle East, ninth through fifteenth century CE, through a close study of...
Read More »The Congress of “Jurisprudential & Theology School of Shia” to Be Held in India
The congress of Shia jurisprudential and theological school would be held in 9th March in Lucknew and the Congress of Allameh Mir Hamid Hussain would be held in Iran. Today, February 26th, Hujjat al-Islam wal-muslimin[1]Mohammad Taqi Sobhani in a press conference with the presence of journalists stated, “The thought of …
Read More »Two Shi‘i Jurisprudential Methodologies to Address Medical and Bioethical Challenges
The legal-ethical dynamism in Islamic law which allows it to respond to the challenges of modernity is said to reside in the institution of ijtihād (independent legal thinking and hermeneutics). However, jurists like Mohsen Kadivar and Ayatollah Faḍlalla have argued that the “traditional ijtihād” paradigm has reached its limits of …
Read More »Call for Applications: Post-doctoral researchers on the “European Qur’an”
The Université de Nantes is recruiting doctoral candidates and post-doctoral scholars for work on the project “The European Qur’an: Islamic Scripture in European Culture and Religion (1150–1850)” (EuQu). There will be up to four doctoral and twelve post-doctoral positions available. This is an exciting opportunity for early career researchers to …
Read More »The Beginnings of the School of Ḥillah: A Bio-Bibliographical Study of Twelver Shīʿism in the Late ʿAbbāsid and Early Ilkhānid Periods
This dissertation is a bio-bibliographical study of Twelver Shīʿism in southern Iraq in the sixth/twelfth and seventh/thirteenth centuries, a period that has been called the....
Read More »Call for Papers Workshop: Islamic Modernity, Reform and Tajdid (Renovation)
Two-day workshop will be held on 23rd and 24th April 2019 at Islamic University of Applied Sciences Rotterdam, The Netherlands...
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