Ijtihad Network Being Wise and Faithful Muslim in the Contemporary World
On the occasion of the demise of the pious scholar, Ayatollah Sayyid Muhammad Ali Alawi Gurgani, Ayatollah Khamenei issued a message of condolence....
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The Literary-Religious Tradition among 7th/13th Century Yemenī Zaydīs: The Formation of the Imām al-Mahdī li-Dīn Allāh Aḥmad b. al-Ḥusayn b. al-Qāsim (d. 656/1258)
The sīra of the Imām al-Mahdī li-Dīn Allāh Abū Ṭayr Aḥmad b. al-Ḥusayn (d. 656/1258) was composed by Sharaf al-Dīn Yaḥyā b. al-Qāsim al-Ḥamzī (d. 677/1278-9). The primary significance of the section of...
Read More »The Origins and Early Development of Shi’a Islam
This book reconstructs the development of an Islamic ideal in the form of Shi'ism It traces the Shi'a response to this ideal, from its origins among a group of the Prophet's Companions until the...
Read More »Late Ayatollah Alawi Gurgani’s View on Takfirism
One should not persist in taking the road of fomenting division and creating an atmosphere of hostility. This is only to the benefit of international supremacism and Zionism. In...
Read More »Shiʻā Jurist, Ayatollah Sayyid Muhammad Ali Alawi Gurgani Passes Away
Iranian Shiʻā Jurist, Ayatollah Sayyid Muhammad Ali Alawi Gurgani Passed away moments ago in Shahid Beheshti Hospital in Qom, Iran....
Read More »Islam, Authoritarianism, and Underdevelopment: A Global and Historical Comparison
Why do Muslim-majority countries exhibit high levels of authoritarianism and low levels of socio-economic development in comparison to world averages? Ahmet T. Kuru criticizes explanations which...
Read More »Shiʻa Minorities in the Contemporary World Migration, Transnationalism and Multilocality
This book offers a set of new comparative perspectives on the experiences of Shi’a Muslim minorities outside the so-called ‘Muslim heartland’....
Read More »Art, Allegory and the Rise of Shiʻism in Iran, 1487-1565
Transforming our understanding of Persian art, this impressive interdisciplinary book decodes some of the world’s most exquisite medieval paintings. It reveals the hidden meaning behind ...
Read More »Grand Ayatollah Sistani Explains the Duties of Shiʻā in the time of Imam Mahdi’s (AJ) Occultation
In response to a question, the Grand Ayatollah Sistani provided advice for believers in the era of the occultation of Imam Mahdi (AJ).....
Read More »The Art of Resistance in Islam: The Performance of Politics among Shi’i Women in the Middle East and Beyond
Based on first-hand ethnographic insights into Shi'i religious groups in the Middle East and Europe, this book examines women's resistance to state as well as communal and...
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