The Nahj al-Balaghah Research Institute in cooperation with Saadi Foundation and International Association of Dialogue for Peace will host the two-day workshop on Man & Social Relations in Shia Tradition on the...
Read More »Fifth Risalat Summer Course to Be Held in Qom, Iran
In cooperation with the International Institute for Islamic Studies (IIIS), Risalat International Institute (RII) is pleased to host a fifth group of RSC participants in...
Read More »Summer Courses on Shia Studies to Be Held in Qom
This program is intended for students and researchers who are interested in Islamic studies, Shi‘a studies, Iranian studies, eastern studies and...
Read More »Article: Islamic Law in the Modern World
The essay provides a general account of some of the main changes that Islamic law has undergone since the late 19th century: the transformation of Islamic law from a jurists’ law to a...
Read More »Al-Mahdi Institute Full-Time Study Opens Enrolment for 2019
Applications for Al-Mahdi Institute full-time study (starting September each year), can be submitted from the 1st of June of each year...
Read More »A Modern History of the Islamic World +PDF
A Modern History of the Islamic World provides a clear overview of the ways in which twentieth century modernism affected the societies of the Islamic world and how modernism was developed from an...
Read More »Job Opening: Assistant Professor in Islamic Studies
The Faculty of Arts at the University of Alberta invites applications for a full-time tenure-track position at the rank of Assistant Professor in Islamic Studies, with a starting date of...
Read More »Visiting Fellowships with Islamic Legal Studies Program: Law and Social Change
Harvard Law School’s Islamic Legal Studies Program: Law and Social Change invites applications for Visiting Fellowships for the 2019-2020 academic year....
Read More »Seminar: The Qur’an in English: Challenges and Choices for Surat an-Nisa
This seminar will highlight elements of interest from several verses. Some concern women's status and rights, but others look at family relations more broadly, as well as to...
Read More »Article: Hanafi Fiqh in India during Delhi Sultanate (1206-1526)
The period of Delhi Sultanate was a bright era of Indian history which witnessed revolutionary changes in education, sciences, architecture, fine arts, administration etc. The Islamic sciences, especially, fiqh (Islamic jurisprudence) flourished and...
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