The Journal of Philosophical Theological Research (JPTR) has called for papers for the subject of its special issue on "Comparative Philosophy of Religion"....
Read More »A Reconsideration of the Number of the Prophet’s Wars
The important question that arises is whether there were actually eighty-five clashes and conflicts between the Prophet and his companions on the one hand and his enemies on the....
Read More »A Comparative Study of Women’s Social Status in the Quran and the Hebrew Bible
The present work adopts the descriptive method and cites numerous verses of the Old Testament and the Quran to present women’s social status in the course of the society according to religious rulings and doctrines under the notions of human dignity and...
Read More »The Role of Theologian Women in Contemporary Iran on Reducing Religious Violence and Gender Discrimination
This paper examines religious violence among Muslims against women - as a case study of Iran after the Islamic Revolution of 1979....
Read More »Understanding Islam: Positions of Knowledge
Bryan S. Turner, in this book, argues that understanding Islam has in recent years been dominated by political events – the Iran Hostage crisis, the fall of the Iranian Shah, 9/11, Afghanistan and the foreign policy of Donald Trump – leading to western intellectuals and...
Read More »Formation of a Religious Landscape: Shi‘i Higher Learning in Safavid Iran
In Formation of a Religious Landscape: Shi‘i Higher Learning in Safavid Iran, Maryam Moazzen offers the first systematic examination of Shi‘i educational institution and practices by exploring the ways in which religious knowledge was produced, authenticated, and transmitted in the...
Read More »Call for Applications: Research Fellowship, the Program in Islamic Law at Harvard
In collaboration with the John W. Kluge Center at the Library of Congress, the Program in Islamic Law at Harvard Law School is pleased to invite applications for the 2023-2024 PIL–LC Research Fellowship (due: January 31, 2023)....
Read More »Islamic Shari’a Law, Neotraditionalist Muslim Scholars and Transgender Sex-Reassignment Surgery: A Case Study of Ayatollah Khomeini’s and Sheikh al-Tantawi’s Fatwas
By studying the fatwas, the paper analyzes the main juridical reasons behind the fatwas of Khomeini and Al-Tantawi, who might be called neotraditionalists, and the issuance of such progressive fatwas through their classical methodology of...
Read More »Al-Azhar Calls for Boycott of Dutch, Swedish Goods after Quran Desecration
In response to the desecration of the Holy Quran in Holland and Sweden, Egypt's Al-Azhar asked the citizens of the Arab world and Muslims to boycott the products of these two countries....
Read More »The Condition of the ‘Alawīs during the Time of Imam al-Hādī (‘a)
During this time period, the ‘Abbāsid government sought to create enmity against the Alawīs in the wider society, and therefore, scatter the Alawī forces. Whenever the government felt the smallest potential danger from the...
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