By tracing the formulation, reception, interpretation and spread of al-Shāfi'ī's ideas, the author demonstrates how the canonization of scripture that lay at the heart of al-Shāfi'ī's theory formed the basis for the emergence of...
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In this essay, the writer will pursue an alternative strategy towards reconstructing the history of taqlid within the early...
Read More »Muslim World League to Launch “Islamic Jurispudence Award”
The Supreme Council of the Muslim World League (MWL) has announced the launching of the MWL’s “Islamic Jurisprudence Award,” and the “Holy Makkah Document” prize, with a total...
Read More »Social Media Deleting any Posts Showing Gen. Soleimani Fighting Terrorists
Facebook is doubling down on censorship of anything less than villification of slain Iranian Major General Qassem Soleimani, deleting a clip showing his history of...
Read More »Memory of Grand Ayatollah Makarem Shirazi about the Exceptional Sincerity of Gen. Soleimani
This morning, at the beginning of the first session of his Kharij al-fiqh class in A’zam mosque of Qom, Grand Ayatollah Makarem Shirazi expressed his gratitude to God for the opportunity of holding the...
Read More »Article: Being a Young British Iraqi Shi’i in London
Relying on an ethnographic research conducted both in the UK and Iraq, this article explores issues of cultural and religious identities among London-based young British Iraqi Shiis. Using Stuart Hall’s notions of...
Read More »Call for Papers: Historicizing the Shiʿi Hadith Corpus
From 24-26 June 2020, the Leiden University Centre for Islam and Society (LUCIS) and Shiʿi Studies Unit of the Institute of Ismaili Studies, London (IIS), will host a conference on the...
Read More »Ayatollah Khamenei Hopes for Speedy Recovery of Ayatollah Sistani
Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Sayyid Ali Khamenei has prayed for the speedy recovery of Iraq's prominent Shia cleric Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Ali...
Read More »Once again, Iraqi and Iranian Blood Mixed together in the Fields
This Friday, January 17, 2020, the political-religious ceremony of the Friday Prayers in Tehran was led by Imam Khamenei - the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution - for the...
Read More »Ayatollah Sistani Had a Successful Operation
Praises to God, an hour ago, Ayatollah Sistani had a successful operation and was transferred to recovery room or the ICU after...
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