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Call for Papers: Moratoriums on Islamic Criminal Punishments: Legal Debates and Current Practices

The Journal of Islamic Law  invites papers that explore both theoretical discussions and practical applications concerning the ḥudūd, penalties that Muslim jurists consider to be divinely ordained punishments for a Special Issue on “Moratoriums on Islamic Criminal Punishments: Legal Debates and...

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Webinar: What is Shīʻīism? Factionalism and Universalism in Islamic Studies

Existence of divisions, or “sects” in Islam is supported by Islamic doxographical literature and summarised in well-known hadith according to which Muslims will be divided into 73 sects, only one of which will attain salvation. To some extent, this “sectarian” approach is reflected in modern scholarship, where “Shi’i Studies”, “Sufi Studies”, etc. are sometimes defined as...

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Webinar: Ali ibn Abi Talib and the Qur’an

Ali ibn Abi Talib is one of the most important figures in the textual history of the Qur'an. In addition to being one of the Prophet’s scribes, he is reported to have played a key role in compiling the Qur'an into a single book shortly after the Prophet’s death. As the fourth caliph, Ali ibn Abi Talib copied the Uthmanic codex and distributed it...

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Call for Papers: Global Shi’ism: Migrations, Diasporas and the Islamic Revival in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries

This workshop explores Shi’ism and Muslim confessionalisation from a global historical perspective, with a special focus on migrations and connections across borders and continents. Its main objective is to flip the central dichotomy at the heart of work on global trends in Islam to.....

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