Iraq's prominent Shia cleric Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Ali Sistani has condemned US President Donald Trump’s so-called deal of the century on the...
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In this book the writer draws on the history and theological underpinnings of Shi'i Islam to argue that in today's Iran, politi and religion are neither rigid nor in...
Read More »Martyrdom; an Islamic Perspective
According to Islamic teachings, martyrdom requires some elements including belief in God and His Prophet, conscious choice and being killed for the sake of...
Read More »Political Thought in Contemporary Shi‘a Islam
This book offers an intellectual history of one of the leading Shi’i thinkers and religious leaders of the 20th-century in...
Read More »The Core Concepts of the ‘Four Principles’ of Bioethics as Found in Islamic Tradition
In this study the writer aims to explore the roots of the 'Four Principles' in Islamic tradition and culture, and show that this particular set of principles are not something new but only...
Read More »Muhammad Makes List of Top 10 Baby Names in the US
For the first time, Muhammad is one of the top 10 most popular baby names for boys in the United States, according to data from the...
Read More »Call for Papers: Quran and Islamic Tradition in Comparative Perspective
The Quran and Islamic Tradition in Comparative Perspective unit of the Society of Biblical Litrerature invites proposals for both individual papers and pre-arranged panels at the...
Read More »Ayatollah Khamenei’s Message to University Students in Europe
Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Ali Khamenei issued a message to participants attending the 54nd conference of the Islamic Union Association for...
Read More »Personal Autonomy in Health Settings and Shi’i Islamic Jurisprudence
The rationale of this paper has been to high-light the conflict between the patients’ right to personalautonomy and medical and social...
Read More »U.N. Court Orders Myanmar to Protect Rohingya Muslims
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) has ordered Myanmar to do everything in its power to prevent the genocide of Rohingya Muslims in Rakhine, where state-sponsored violence has prevailed in recent years. The UN’s highest court in a ruling on Thursday ordered Myanmar to take urgent measures to protect its …
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