The Ahl al-Sunnah have said that Imam Ṣādiq (‘a) said the following: I am from the line of Abū Bakr from two individuals. They have furthermore added that he was proud of...
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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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The Holy Quran helps to disclose the roots of the environmental crisis, while revealing ways in which each individual can contribute to the resolution of...
Read More »The Debate of Imam Al-Sadiq (a) With Abū Ḥanīfah
Question: How has the debate of Imam al-Sadiq (‘a) with Abū Ḥanīfah been narrated in the sources of the Ahl al-Sunnah?
Read More »Islamic Law in the Indian Ocean World: Texts, Ideas and Practices
This book explores the ways in which Muslim communities across the Indian Ocean world produced and shaped Islamic law and its texts, ideas and practices in their local, regional, imperial, national and transregional contexts. With a focus on the production and transmission of Islamic law in the Indian Ocean, the …
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Hundreds of Bahrainis have rallied in the island’s northwest in solidarity with the country’s most prominent Shia cleric, Sheikh Isa Qassim, and his cause for pro-democracy reforms in...
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The author of the study, Toronto professor Sarah Shah, says her report shows what biases and socio-economic pressures women face and will be the basis for a new...
Read More »2022 International Conference on Ethnic and Religious Conflict Resolution and Peacebuilding
The International Center for Ethno-Religious Mediation (ICERM), New York, is inviting scholars, researchers, and graduate students to submit proposals - abstracts or full papers - for the 2022 International Conference on Ethnic and....
Read More »Call for Papers: Religious Pluralism, Civil Freedoms and Economic Progress
The International Islam & Liberty Conference with the theme “Religious Pluralism, Civil Freedoms and Economic Progress” within the context of Muslim majority societies will....
Read More »Central Asian Ismailis: An Annotated Bibliography of Russian, Tajik and Other Sources
This open access book is the first English-language study of the Ismaili Muslims in this region, based on analysis of the Russian, Soviet and...
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