In this research area, you can pursue interdisciplinary study of Islamic thought and practice, and of historical, theological, ethical and political encounters between...
Read More »Imāmī Thought in Transition: An Archaeological Inquiry into Texts and their Transmissions
The subject of this three-volume publication is the transition of Imāmī thought and its literary legacy from the second half of the 10th century CE up until the contemporary period, using distinct, and at the...
Read More »Call for Papers: Islamic Theologies of Disasters: Between Science, Religion and Messianism
The thematic issue of Dominican Institute for Oriental Studies is devoted: the Islamic theology of catastrophes at different periods of history, in ancient, modern and...
Read More »Mufid Academic Seminary Launches its BA in Hawzah Studies Program
Located in Fairfax Virginia, Mufid Academic Seminary (MAS) announces the launch of its BA in Hawzah Studies program for...
Read More »Ayatollah Sistani Stood Up as a Sign of Respect to Imam Khomeini
Did you know that Sayyid Sistani used to listen to Imam Khomeini speeches in secret during Saddam’s time...
Read More »An Interview with Reza Asgari on Persian Language Day, Abu al-Qasem Ferdowsi
May 15th, named after Abu al-Qasem Ferdowsi, the great Iranian Poet, is also the day for honouring Persian language. On this occasion Ijtihadnet has...
Read More »One Who Ignores Hadith Cannot Follow the Religious Teachings: Shaykh Tahir Jaffer
Since certain matters related to religion are only expounded in the hadith, one who ignores hadith cannot properly follow the religious teachings, said...
Read More »The Virtues and Rights of Teachers in the Narrations
Faithful teachers who enjoy good traits occupy a high position in society because of the appreciative efforts they exert for educating and supplying individuals with knowledge and...
Read More »Training and Education in Islam
The present book is a collection [transcription] of all extant lectures by the martyred thinker, Professor Āyatullāh Murtaḍā Muṭahharī about training and education in Islam...
Read More »A Comparative Study of Islamic Feminist and Traditional Shiʿi Approaches to Qurʾanic Exegesis
This paper, in its endeavours to first examine feminist hermeneutical approaches to Qurʾanic exegesis and to then compare them with traditional Shiʿi approaches, begins with an overview of the main concepts of contextualist theory...
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