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A Minority within a Minority: the Complexity and Multilocality of Transnational Twelver Shia Networks in Britain

This article investigates the dynamics around the creation of transnational Shia communal spaces in north-west London, the public representation of Shia Muslim identities by networks and organizations based there to illustrate their multilocal connectivities and internal heterogeneity. Academic scholarship on Shia Muslim minorities in the West has described them as …

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Qaradawi steps down as head of Muslim scholars’ group

Ahmed al-Raissouni

Ahmed al-Raissouni: President of Muslim scholars’ union Doha-based International Union of Muslim Scholars elects Morocco’s Ahmed al-Raissouni as its new leader Moroccan scholar Ahmed al-Raissouni on Wednesday was elected president of the Doha-based International Union of Muslim Scholars (IUMS), replacing outgoing president Youssef al-Qaradawi. Sheikh Yusuf Al-Qaradawi on Saturday declared …

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