Yemeni Manuscript Cultures in Peril contributes to the history of books and libraries and their role in the scholastic culture in Yemen, past and present. The contributions brought together in this volume address a wide spectrum of aspects....
Read More »Essays in Islamic Philology, History, and Philosophy
The articles in this volume are dedicated to Professor Ahmad Mahdavi Damghani for the breadth and depth of his interests and his influence on those interests....
Read More »Call for Papers: International Conference on Islam and Cyberspace
The First International Conference on Islam and Cyberspace will be held by the Office of Islamic Studies on Cyberspace (OISC), at the first half of 2023....
Read More »What Is the Ruling of Cat Hair on Prayer Performer Clothes?
If your question is what the fiqhi ruling is on cat hair, we have to say that amongst all animals, only dogs and pigs are najis....
Read More »Hajj Rituals by Ayatollah Sayyid Ali al-Husayni al-Sistani
It is clear from the Holy Qur'an and the traditions that performance of Hajj (Pilgrimage) is obligatory on every person who has attained puberty and has the means mentioned below....
Read More »Philosophy behind Prohibitions during Iḥrām in Ḥajj
In other words, through the act of performing Hajj, one declares that Allah (swt) is the Ultimate Authority. This visit to the House of Allah (swt) is the most sacred journey of...
Read More »The Fate of a Rich Girl Who Marries a Simple Cleric
If you are a rich girl and this poverty and indigence becomes the routine of your life together, what will happen to your belief, patience and morality? What if you are going to...
Read More »Muslim Minorities in the West: Between Fiqh of Minorities and Integration
This paper argues that Fiqh of minorities’ scholars attempt to provide legal opinions and solutions for Muslim minorities in the West in order for them to fulfill their role as both good Muslims and...
Read More »Human Rights: A Study of the Universal and the Islamic Declarations of Human Rights
Here is a pioneer Islamic presentation whose fundamental articles were presented by the learned scholar, `Allama Shaikh Muhammad Ali Taskhiri, before the Organization of the...
Read More »Islamic Law and Empire in Ottoman Cairo
James E. Baldwin examines how the interplay of these two conceptions of Islamic law – religious scholarship and royal justice – undergirded legal practice in Cairo, the largest and richest city in the....
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