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This paper, in its endeavours to first examine feminist hermeneutical approaches to Qurʾanic exegesis and to then compare them with traditional Shiʿi approaches, begins with an overview of the main concepts of contextualist theory...

This paper examines how contemporary Shiʿi scholars of rijāl deal with problematic isnāds through engaging in a thorough examination of...

Shi‘ism and the Democratisation Process in Iran by Ibrahim Moussawi analyses wilayat al-faqih, or rule of the jurisprudent, and its application in the Islamic Republic of...

In reply to a question about fasting in the Month of Ramadan in the shadow of the Coronavirus outbreak, the Grand Ayatollah Sistani emphasized that fasting as an individual duty is Wajib, and whoever has the...

As the most comprehensive religion, Islam provides humanity with powerful guidelines concerning the rights of animals....

On the occasion of the anniversary of the birth of the Imam of the Age (may Allah hasten his reappearance), Ayatollah Khamenei, the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution addressed the nation in...

“Imamate” enjoys a high and unique status in the eyes of Muslims, especially the Shi’a, and that is why, during the history, some fake claimants have tried to...

We believe that Islamic art is an art that has grown in the context of Islamic culture and civilization, said Hujatt al-Islam Sayyid Mohammad Hossein Navvab, the head of the Islamic School of Art (ISOA). 9th April, the martyrdom anniversary of Sayyid Morteza Avini marks the day for “the Art …

Although “God’s will” is the fundamental cause of the reappearance of the Imam of Time (atf), what, in fact, humans can do to prepare the ground for the reappearance of the Imam (atf) is to do away with all those...

Allah (SWT) speaks of some people being oppressed who will be the Imams and leaders of the people and will rule over them. Verse 5 and a part of Verse 6 of Chapter al-Qasas read: وَ نُريدُ أَنْ نَمُنَّ عَلَى الَّذينَ اسْتُضْعِفُوا فِي الْأَرْضِ وَ نَجْعَلَهُمْ أَئِمَّةً وَ نَجْعَلَهُمُ الْوارِثين …