With the re-emergence of activism on the part of Shi’i mujtahids and its impact on the ascent of Shi’i community in Iran, Iraq, and Lebanon, scholars have defined a distinct strategic difference between what they characterise as...
Read More »Al-Azhar: Supplication with Loud Voice over Graves Is Recommended
Al-Azhar explained the fiqh rule of supplicating with loud voice over graves in a fatwa recently issued by the committee of fatwa of al-Azhar assembly for Islamic researches and considered it recommended...
Read More »Ayatollah Sistani Warns of Enemy Plot Seeking to Create Civil Strife
Iraq's top cleric has warned that enemies of Iraq and affiliated groups in the country are plotting to create internal strife and bring the country back to the "era of dictatorship", an apparent reference to the...
Read More »Fatwa of al-Azhar about Hijab
The global center for fatwa in al-Azhar emphasized that, hijab is obligatory based on the apparent text of the Glorious Qur’an and traditions which are definite in positiveness and implication, without the need to...
Read More »Al-Azhar’s Fatwa Eliminated Wahhabi Ground
Al-Azhar explained the fiqh rule of supplicating with loud voice over graves in a fatwa recently issued by the committee of fatwa of al-Azhar assembly for Islamic researches and...
Read More »Call for Papers: Turkish Journal of Shiite Studies
Turkish Journal of Shiite Studies aims to publish studies reflecting the scientific and academic perspective which are related to Shi’ism that one of...
Read More »Book: Un-Canadian: Islamophobia in the True North
Un-Canadian: Islamophobia in the True North is a provocative warning to Canadians that the values they cherish are being eroded through a disturbing pattern of political, legal and social prejudice against...
Read More »Int’l Conference on Islam and Humanity Held in Jammu by the Attendance of Hindus, Christians, and Sikhs
Not just Muslims, but Hindus, Christians, and Sikhs as well attended an international conference on 'Islam and Humanity' held in the Jammu region of...
Read More »Job Opening: Assistant Professor in Islamicate South Asian Studies
The Department of Middle Eastern, South Asian, and African Studies at Columbia University is seeking to fill a tenure-track Assistant Professor position in South Asian studies with specialization in...
Read More »Call for Papers: “Religion on the Periphery”
The aim of this conference is to encourage scholars from Central and Eastern Europe, as well as Western scholarship, to reflect on the variety of such peripheries – in particular, peripheries in...
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