Pope Francis announced on Tuesday he would declare the use and possession of nuclear weapons “immoral” in the Catholic Church’s official manual, after visiting the Japanese cities of...
Read More »Book: Deconstructing Islamic Studies
This volume, comprising chapters by leading experts, deconstructs the ways in which classical Muslim scholarship has structured (and, indeed, continues to structure) the modern study of Islam...
Read More »Book: Un-Canadian: Islamophobia in the True North
Un-Canadian: Islamophobia in the True North is a provocative warning to Canadians that the values they cherish are being eroded through a disturbing pattern of political, legal and social prejudice against...
Read More »Int’l Conference on Islam and Humanity Held in Jammu by the Attendance of Hindus, Christians, and Sikhs
Not just Muslims, but Hindus, Christians, and Sikhs as well attended an international conference on 'Islam and Humanity' held in the Jammu region of...
Read More »Call for Papers: “Religion on the Periphery”
The aim of this conference is to encourage scholars from Central and Eastern Europe, as well as Western scholarship, to reflect on the variety of such peripheries – in particular, peripheries in...
Read More »Creating a Diasporic Public Sphere in Britain: Twelver Shia Networks in London
Based on ethnographic research in London, this article provides novel insights into the Twelver Shia Muslim organizational field in Britain and its engagement in...
Read More »The Law of Ahmad al-Hassan; Killing Religious Authorities including Ayatollah Sistani and Ayatollah Khamenei
Ahmad Isma’il is among contemporary deviant sectarian movements, there cruitment and extent of which has distinguished it from other currents; thus, it cannot be...
Read More »Growth of Muslims in US Creates Need for Religious Scholars
An increasing number of US Muslims want guidance from religious instructors who they can understand linguistically and culturally...
Read More »We Are Not Anti-Semitic; But Anti Zionist Regime
Ayatollah Khamenei said that the abolition of the state of Israel means the abolition of the false Zionist regime and the establishment of a government elected by the original owners of the land of...
Read More »Book: The Life of Imam Ja’far Al-Sadiq by Baqir Sharif al-Qarashi
The book summarises the life of the sixth Imam, a most prominent character, who benefited the human kind with his highly new scientific achievements, his instructions in the acts of worship and transactions and....
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