Sociability & Relations

In this survey Carool Kersten presents the Islamisation of Indonesia from the first evidence of the acceptance of Islam by indigenous peoples in the late thirteenth century until the...

Minneapolis City Council has passed a resolution on recognizing the Islamic month of Ramadan while also backing the public playing of adhan....

Nowruz is the traditional Iranian festival of spring which starts at the exact moment of the vernal equinox, commencing the start of the spring. It is considered as the start of the New Year among Iranians. The name comes from Avestan meaning “new day/daylight”. Noruz is celebrated March 20/21 each …

For more than a millenium the idea of the future coming of the Mandi has provided Shi'i piety with a unique aspiration in the redemption through the appearance of the twelfth Imam....

The reason behind the occultation of the Imam of the Age is steeped in divine mystery; and it is possible that we will never be able to fathom it in all its profundity....

Iraqi-based Shia marja’ Grand Ayatollah Seyed Ali Sistani in a statement has offered his condolences over the passing of Iranian Shia cleric, Ayatollah Sayyid Mohammad Ali....

One of the specialized Ḥadīth domains in the recent orientalist studies is the investigation of the reasons and factors of the appearance and advent of the Shī‘a Ḥadīths and the reason behind the Shī‘a followers and scholars in...

This book explores the birth and development of Shī'i identity. Through a critical analysis of legal texts, whose provenance has only recently been confirmed, the study shows....

The disappearance of the twelfth Imām in 874 plunged the Twelvers (then Imāmīs) into a prolonged state of crisis.....

The purpose of this study is twofold. Drawing on the sociology of Max Weber, it purports to offer a new interpretive perspective for the analysis of the role of religion in political action and societal change in...