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...
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Shi’i children’s books participate in their readers’ formation by explaining and illustrating pious norms in terms of emotional attachments, rituals, and...
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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...
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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....
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The aim of this study is to understand how authenticity is evoked in a religious pilgrimage and the relationship between authenticity, rituals and...
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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 Papers: Muslims in America
This panel intends to examine the works of Muslim American poets, novelists, playwrights, musicians, performers, filmmakers, and...
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This paper analyses postmodern theory of education writings and illustrates some of the problems and alternatives in the realm of education, through and....
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Analysing two concepts of people’s role and the duties of religious democratic government from Imam Ali’s perspective is the aim of...
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