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Propose that a committee, consisting of the representatives of major credible religions be established in order to hold annual meetings and draw up sound and....
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hen analyzing these discussions on Islam and human rights discourse into a typology they can provide insights where compatibility and non-compatibility lies, and where possible reinterpretation is...
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Read More »Webinar: A Fatimid Text on the Necessity of the Imamate
This lecture will discuss the contents and context of The Book of Interim Times and Planetary Conjunctions (Kitāb al-Fatarāt wa-l-qirānāt) as well as the state of....
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