Imam Ja'far al-Sadiq (AS) is one of the most influential figures in Islamic sciences in such fields as Fiqh (jurisprudence), Quran interpretation, ethics, geography, economics, astronomy, medicine and mathematics and whose students created a great capacity in the development of religious sciences all over the...
Read More »Imam al-Sadiq, a Man of Knowledge, Struggle for Forming Islamic Rule
From the perspective of Ayatollah Khamenei, the Leader of the Islamic Revolution, delineating and promoting the issue of Imamate and the existence of a politico-ideological network are two important components that Imam Sadiq (a.s.) used in order to implement his plan – namely, an open uprising to establish the...
Read More »Muslim NGOs Criticize ‘Racist’ Study on Muslim Students in Austria
Muslim associations in Austria criticized research conducted among Muslim students by the University of Vienna over alleged racism....
Read More »Islamophobia in France: The Construction of the “Muslim Problem”
Islamophobia in France is an English translation of Abdellali Hajjat and Marwan Mohammed’s Islamophobie: Comment les e´lites franc¸aises fabriquent le “proble`me musulman.” In this groundbreaking book, Hajjat and....
Read More »The Major Trends of Islam in Contemporary Malaysia and their Influence on the Form of Islamic Family and Penal Law
The aim of this article is to present selected major trends in Islam in contemporary Malaysia – its political representation (the dominant political parties: UMNO, PAS and PKR) and intellectual non-governmental groups (especially the NGO Sisters of....
Read More »Call for Papers: Muslim Intellectual History in Mughal South Asia
The conference invites current research on Muslim intellectual history in Mughal South Asia across areas like philosophy, theology, astronomy, rhetoric, jurisprudence, hadīth, tafsīr, Perso-Sanskrit interactions, infrastructures of...
Read More »International Conference on Human-Animal Ethical Relationship in Islam and Christianity
The international conference titled “comparative studies of ethics in Islam and Christianity; Human-animal ethical relationship in Islam and Christianity” to be held online on....
Read More »The Christian-Muslim Frontier: A Zone of Contact, Conflict or Co-operation
his book explores the complex social and political relationship of the frontier between Christianity and Islam, arguing that it should be understand as a zone of contact rather than a distinct line of....
Read More »Webinar: Islamic Mysticism and Theory of Being-Centered Leadership
International webinar on "Islamic mysticism and Theory of being-centered Leadership" will be held on Monday, 8th May 2023, 10:30 am, EST time, 4:30 pm CET time....
Read More »Ali, The Well-Guarded Secret: Figures of the First Master in Shi‘i Spirituality
Based on a detailed analysis of several categories of sources, this book demonstrates that Shi‘ism is the religion of the Imam, of the Master of Wisdom, just like Christianity is that of Christ, and that ‘Alī is the first Master and...
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