The birthday anniversary of Ali al-Akbar, the eldest son of Imam Husayn (as), is honoured as the day of youth in the Islamic Republic of Iran, on this...
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As the coronavirus sweeps across the world, many questions have been raised on whether Muslims would be able to fast the holy month of Ramadan or...
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The following discussion titled “The Legal Status of Science in the Muslim World in the Early Modern Period: An Initial Consideration of Fatwās From Three Maghribī Sources” examines the place that natural science (chiefly astronomy and medicine) occupied in three of the most important collections of legal opinions ( fatwa pl. fatawa) in the Muslim West during the late medieval and...
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This paper will examine the historical study of Shi͑ism in Western Academia. It will argue that until the last four decades, Western scholarship studied Shi͑i Islam primarily through a...
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This paper discusses issues of halal food and its role in halal tourism with specific reference to Malaysia and Singapore which have majority and minority Muslim...
Read More »Nature as Viewed by the Holy Qur’an
Nature has always been respectable and heavenly in the eyes of the religious man who regards the world of nature as the scene of divine glory and beauty, and damaging nature as the...
Read More »Middle East and Islamic Studies at University of Louisville
The Middle East and Islamic Studies (MEIS) program strives to promote research and education about Islam and the Middle East to the University community. About the Center The Middle East and Islamic Studies (MEIS) program strives to promote research and education about Islam and the Middle East to the University …
Read More »External Barriers to Political Freedom from the Quran’s Point of View
This study aims to investigate external barriers to political freedom, approaching to Quran with the question that, what the external barriers to...
Read More »Ayatollah Sistani’s Fatwas on Ghosl and Burial of Coronavirus Dead Bodies
The Grand Ayatollah Sistani in an important Fatwa about decedents of Coronavirus emphasized that “It is not permissible to burn the Muslim dead bodies and their relatives and...
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Ayatollah Sayyid Muhammad Taqi Hussaini al-Modarresi, one of the leading Islamic faith leaders addressed the impending global health crisis and...
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