While various peace studies programs have been produced with religious, legal, international relations, historical, and other approaches, this paper suggests the development of...
Read More »Between Hadīth and Fiqh: the “Canonical” Imāmī Collections of Akhbār
As an example of the processes at work in the collection and presentation of akhbār, the writer examines the issue of tayammum, ritual purification by...
Read More »Article: The Living Fiqh, or Practical Theology, of Muslim Humanitarianism
In this paper the writer analyzes the discursive practices emerging in the transnational Muslim humanitarian sector, documenting the emergence of a pervasive ethic of...
Read More »How Did Imams (a) Fight with Magicians?
Direct encounter of Imams (a) with magicians and Druids is rarely reflected in the history and at least in library researches, we did not find any documents in this regard. We only see one case in the biographies of...
Read More »Book: Jesus (a) through the Qur’an and Shiʻite Narrations
What is offered here is a fairly comprehensive selection of the ayat (signs) of the Noble Quran and narrations pertaining to Jesus said to have been reported by the...
Read More »Ayatollah Sistani Stood Up as a Sign of Respect to Imam Khomeini
He stood up and said, “first, one should stand up as a respect for late Ayatollah Khomeini. You do not know what he did?, said Ayatollah Sistani....
Read More »Book: Imperial Mecca: Ottoman Arabia and the Indian Ocean Hajj
The Writer analyzes the late Ottoman hajj and Hijaz region as transimperial spaces, reshaped by the competing forces of Istanbul’s project of frontier modernization and the extraterritorial reach of...
Read More »Does the Qur’an Praise or Prohibit Taqlid and Imitation?
Taqlid is among topics about which, one cannot give a general rule, but rather its goodness and badness differs due to conditions. It is sometimes admirable and...
Read More »In Pictures: Ayatollah Khalkhali Laid to Rest
On Monday a large number of Iranian people attended a funeral procession for Ayatollah Sayyid Muhammad Mahdi Khalkhali, who died at the....
Read More »Muslim Scholars Urge India to Reverse Citizenship Law
The International Union for Muslims Scholars (IUMS) on Sunday called on the Indian government to retreat from a controversial citizenship law, warning that the...
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