The Islamic educational system teaches Muslims the recommendations on human mental health from choosing a spouse, childbearing, breastfeeding and...
Read More »Fatwa of Al-Azhar on Fasting During Ramadan in Coronavirus Era
As the coronavirus sweeps across the world, many questions have been raised on whether Muslims would be able to fast the holy month of Ramadan or...
Read More »Article: The Legal Status of Science in the Muslim World in the Early Modern Period
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...
Read More »Article: The Study of Shia Islam in Western Academia
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...
Read More »Halal Food, Certification and Halal Tourism: Insights from Malaysia and Singapore
This paper discusses issues of halal food and its role in halal tourism with specific reference to Malaysia and Singapore which have majority and minority Muslim...
Read More »Nature as Viewed by the Holy Qur’an
Nature has always been respectable and heavenly in the eyes of the religious man who regards the world of nature as the scene of divine glory and beauty, and damaging nature as the...
Read More »Middle East and Islamic Studies at University of Louisville
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 …
Read More »External Barriers to Political Freedom from the Quran’s Point of View
This study aims to investigate external barriers to political freedom, approaching to Quran with the question that, what the external barriers to...
Read More »The Hullabaloo Surrounding the Origin of the Muharram Festival Amongst the Sunni Malays
This article looks at the historic presence of the festival, survival as boria (choral street performance) and alleged Shi‘a roots in...
Read More »Ontology and Cosmology of the ʿaql in Ṣadrā’s Commentary on Uṣūl al-Kāfī
This paper aims to shed light on the way Ṣadrā interprets al-Kāfī and particularly to determine his understanding of the ʿaql (intellect) at the cosmic (as first created being) and...
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