On the 19th – 20th April 2018, the Centre for Middle Eastern Studies, University of Bergen will host the workshop Maslaha, Siyasa and Good Governance: Shari’a and...
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Taqleed is the following, by a lay person, of a Jurist in matters of religious practice. Thus, you apply the Jurist’s legal opinion (fatwa). It is as if you have put the responsibility squarely on the Jurist’s shoulders, in that he will stand accountable before Allah insofar as your compliance with...
Read More »Call for Paper: The Thousand Year School of Shia
“Shīa studies” nowadays is in the focus of interdisciplinary studies of many academic centers, research institutes and scholars. For this reason, and considering the importance of the exchange of ideas and approaches in Shi’a Studies, the...
Read More »Lunar Eclipse Happens, How to Perform its Prayer?
The sign prayer (Namaz-e-Ayaat) is one of the obligate prayers for Muslims due the solar or lunar eclipse, earthquakes, thunder...
Read More »Review on the Book “Principles of Islamic International Criminal Law”
The author of the book aims to examine some of the provisions of these two legal systems considering the growing importance of...
Read More »Call for Papers: Islamophobia Studies Yearbook
The Yearbook is an interdisciplinary journal and welcomes analysis from various disciplines. Diverse conceptions of anti-Muslim racism, Islamophobia, Orientalism, etc. are welcomed, as long as the terminology used is...
Read More »A Report on third International Conference on Shi‘i Studies
The Islamic College situated Willesden, London in co-operation with the Islamic Centre of England, hosted the 3rd International Conference on Shi‘i Studies, on...
Read More »The Roots of Taqlid in the Shia Community
The following translated passages come from a larger work in Arabic by Sayyid Muḥammad Saeed al-Ḥakim in which he...
Read More »Why Should We Do Taqlid in Religious Problems?
It is important to mention a basic thing that blindly following the views and manners of anyone completely is...
Read More »MA Intellectual Encounters of the Islamicate World, Freie Universität, Berlin
The aim of the MA Intellectual Encounters of the Islamicate World is to provide international graduate students with a thorough understanding of the deep and diverse links between the Muslim, Jewish and...
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