This book focuses on the literary Arabic Qur’an exegesis of the highly influential yet less studied poet, historian, and exegete al-Sharif al-Radi (d. 1015)....
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A joint prayer of Muslims and Christians was held in a church in Algeria’s capital to express support for the people of Gaza. The Notre Dame d’Afrique (Our Lady of Africa), a Catholic Basilica in Algiers, hosted the event. A number of Muslims and Christians took part in the program …
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The present study discusses the scarce available data about Sālim b. Maḥfūẓ and the reception of his K. al-Minhāj, and it includes an editio princeps of the portion of the work that is preserved in MS Malik 1650....
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Birth Control and family planning from the Sunni Scholars’ Point of Views.
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Fatima (615 – 632 A.D.), mother of the Imams (ع), is the daughter of the Messenger of Allah (ص) by his first wife, Khadija daughter of Khuwaylid, may the Almighty be pleased with her. Fatima was born in Mecca on a Friday, the 20th of Jumada II in the fifth year after the declaration of the Prophetic message which corresponds, according to the.....
Read More »Young Americans Turning to Qur’an to Understand the Incredible Resilience, Faith, Moral of Palestinians
Young American are turning to the Qur’an to understand the incredible resilience, faith, moral strength and character they see in Muslim Palestinians....
Read More »Call for Papers: Historical and Contemporary Migrations of Central Asian Muslims: History, Culture and Identity
The Institute of Ismaili Studies announces the call for papers for our upcoming conference on Central Asia (CA), a vast geographical area stretching from Western China to Caucasus in the west and from Kazakhstan to Afghanistan in the...
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The paper traces the origin of the Kashmiri marsiya (elegy) and its role in enshrining the memory of Karbala in Kashmiri Shia community.....
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This volume offers an engaging introduction to the diverse writings of influential scholars representing six classical Islamic schools of theology: Sunnism, Zaydism, Twelver Shiʿism, Muʿtazilism, Ibadism, and....
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What is happening in the Gaza Strip is unprecedented in human history. This densely populated area is being bombarded with hundreds of missiles every day. Thousands of people have been martyred and every second that passes we see more children and women being brutally martyred by the Zionist regime. As …
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