The new Issue of Religions Journal would like to explore the correlation between the Qur’an, the word of God that through the Archangel Gabriel was inspired by God to Muhammad in the first half of the...
Read More »Conciliation in the Qurʾan: The Qurʾanic Ethics of Conflict Resolution
Conciliation in the Qurʾan addresses an existing imbalanced focus in Islamic Studies on conflict in the Qurʾan, and moves beyond a restrictive approach to ṣulḥ (reconciliation) as a mediation process in...
Read More »Illustrating an Islamic Childhood in Syria: Pious Subjects and Religious Authority in Twelver Shi’i Children’s Books
Shi’i children’s books participate in their readers’ formation by explaining and illustrating pious norms in terms of emotional attachments, rituals, and...
Read More »Muslims in Some Countries Celebrate Eid al-Fitr
Millions of people in more than a dozen Muslim countries are celebrating Eid al-Fitr at the end of the holy month of Ramadan after the new moon of the lunar calendar month of Shawwal was sighted on...
Read More »Three Purposes of Eid al-Fitr
Eid al-Fitr is the most important festival in the Islamic calendar. The day does not mark any historical event or episode; but its existence provides the Muslim for an...
Read More »Ayatollah Khamenei Urges Muslims in the World to Pay Attention to the Holy al-Quds
Ayatollah Sayyid Ali Khamenei urged all Muslims in the world to pay due attention to the International Quds Day and the Holy al-Quds....
Read More »Pilgrimage, Consumption and Rituals: Spiritual Authenticity in a Shia Muslim Pilgrimage
The aim of this study is to understand how authenticity is evoked in a religious pilgrimage and the relationship between authenticity, rituals and...
Read More »Between Islam and the State: The Politics of Engagement
This book explores the socio-political conditions and cultural venues in which Islamic movements cease to confront and start to cooperate with secular states....
Read More »The Quran in Shia Jurisprudence
The purpose of this study is to cover the meaning and role of the Qur'an in Shiite jurisprudence. Therefore, to achieve this purpose, the history of the compilation of the...
Read More »Call for Application: Visiting Assistant Professor, Islamic Studies
The Department of Religious Studies at Bucknell University invites applications for a one-year Visiting Assistant Professor (VAP) in Islamic Studies, to...
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