In this special issue of the International Journal of Islamic Architecture it invites papers that bring critical perspectives to our understanding of the interrelation between the accumulated flows and the evolving concepts of boundary in predominantly Muslim societies, and within the global Muslim...
Read More »University of Cambridge Centre of Islamic Studies Invites Applications for Graduate Studentships, 2017-18
The Centre of Islamic Studies invites applications for graduate research studentships whose research is connected to the theme of contemporary Islam in the global age...
Read More »Book: Wahhabism and Monotheism
Had an educated Wahabist known that his supreme jurist-consult Abdul Azeez Bin Baz state that "Allah the Elevated is a material corporeality existing in a form of a human being in a certain place in this universe having a face hand leg limbs and organs and that His Throne is carried by...
Read More »The Ruling on Snowmen, Dolls, Action Figures and Plasticine Modeling
In this writing, the permissibility of drawing as well as sculpting inanimate objects is presented, followed by the rulings of three marāji’, namely Ayatollah Sistani, Ayatollah Khamenei and Ayatollah Makarim, on sculpting models of animals or human beings. The ahkam corner aims to present rulings that many are either unaware …
Read More »Fighting for Motherhood: The Case for Valuing One of the most Vital Members in Society
Yet in Islamic teachings, a mother is also considered a child’s “first teacher”. In modern societies, mothers who choose to stay at home and raise their children are more and more often considered to be “wasting their time”, and...
Read More »Islam and the West – Enjoining the Good and Forbidding Evil
The concept of enjoining the good and forbidding the evil is a fundamental aspect of Islam, and yet it is a controversial topic, particularly for Muslims living in the West...
Read More »Shia Global – New App Connects Muslims during Muharram
Shia Global app is your everyday tool to be informed of all the Shia events from Majlis to Jashan, Juloos to Demonstrations, Seminar to Picnic/campfire, Shabe Juma to Friday Prayers and...
Read More »New Media, an Opportunity to Propagate Islamic Teaching
This article will argue that new media creates more of an opportunity for Islamic communities to carry out propagation through more than what is known as...
Read More »Cape Town to Host International Halal Products Exhibition
As the first of its kind in South Africa, the Wesgro International Trade Unit will this month host an international halal product exhibition in Cape Town...
Read More »Syrian Grand Mufti Argues Ulama to Don’t Preach Hate and Bigotry
Our Ulama of different schools of thought during their Friday Khutbah differentiate people on the basis of sects and this confuses and disturbs the common people. I urge these Ulama don’t preach hate and bigotry...
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