The history of the Jaʿfarī Shiʿa Islamic School of Law from its Inception to the Occultation...
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Janābat is a ritual impurity caused by the discharge of semen or by sexual intercourse, and the person on whom Ghusl al-Janābat becomes obligatory is known as a...
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Headgear, including the hijab and yarmulkes, will be allowed in professional basketball following the approval of a proposal by the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) that overturns a ban on...
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Bahraini clerics have called on all the people of the Persian Gulf Arab country to show their solidarity with distinguished Shia cleric Sheikh Isa Qassim, saying that the people's unwavering support for...
Read More »MA Intellectual Encounters of the Islamicate World, Freie Universität, Berlin
The aim of the MA Intellectual Encounters of the Islamicate World is to provide international graduate students with a thorough understanding of the deep and diverse links between the Muslim, Jewish and...
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Between 16th – 21st March, 2017, a group of twenty-two people from eight different cities across Canada, UK and the US took part in a 5-day intensive training course on ‘Interfaith Engagement in Theory & Practice’ in the cities of Geneva and...
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Shaykh Yūsof al-Baḥrānī who was a Faqih and Muhaddith ( Hadith Scholars) belong to Akhbari School of thought and authored many works on Shiʻa thought and belief...
Read More »Muslim Women Rally for Right to Wear Hijab
The International Worker's Day event on Monday followed a decision by the Court of Justice of the European Union, which allowed private companies to ban employees from wearing visible religious symbols - a ruling Muslims said was a...
Read More »Michigan University Offers Islamic Studies for Students of other Ten Universities
Due to the new Digital Islamic Studies Curriculum, developed and lead by the University of Michigan International Institute, students who want to study Islam — but whose universities don’t offer the...
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In a country where Muslims are a small minority, they are having outsized influence with their halal laws. Halal shops and restaurants as well as beauty and cosmetic shops are finding plenty of Catholic and Christian customers who...
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