Ijtihad Network Being Wise and Faithful Muslim in the Contemporary World
The author argues that, while generally ulamas, or religious teachers, had to support state ideologies, they sometimes succeeded in “capturing” the state by influencing policies in their favor...
July, 2019
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24 July
Waqf in Zaydī Yemen: Legal Theory, Codification, and Local Practice
This book focuses on four socially grounded fields of legal knowledge: fiqh, codification, individual waqf cases, and everyday waqf-related knowledge...
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22 July
Woman’s Identity and Rethinking the Hadith +PDF
This book is a first step in a comprehensive attempt to contrast Hadith with the Qur`an in order to uncover some of the unjust practices by Muslims concerning women and....
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19 July
A Profile of Hazrat-e Ayatollah Al-Ozma Sayyid Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi+pdf
Hazrat-e Ayatollah al-Ozma Sayyid Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi is considered as one of the most prominent students of the late Marja’, Ayatollah al-Ozma Sayyid Muhammad Bagher Sadr...
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19 July
Islamic Insurance: A Modern Approach to Islamic Banking
The book aims to contribute towards further understanding of the conceptual frameworks of Islamic insurance in the hope that the world community will appreciate and recognise Islamic insurance as a...
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17 July
Method and Theory in the Study of Islamic Origins +PDF
This volume deals with the methodological and theoretical issues of the study of Islamic origins. Each of the twelve articles examines a different aspect of...
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16 July
Modern Perspectives On Islamic Law
The book explores the role of Islamic law in secular Western nations and reflects on the legal system of Islam in its classical context as applied in its traditional homeland of the Middle East and also in South East Asia...
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10 July
Book: Minor Marriage in Early Islamic Law
In Minor Marriage in Early Islamic Law, Carolyn Baugh offers an in-depth exploration of 8th-13th century legal sources on the marriageability of prepubescents, focusing on such issues as maintenance, sexual readiness, consent, and a...
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10 July
Book: Woman’s Identity and Rethinking the Hadith
This book is a first step in a comprehensive attempt to contrast Hadith with the Qur`an in order to uncover some of the unjust practices by Muslims concerning women and gender issues...
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8 July
Shi’a Sects: Kitab Firaq Al Shi’a +PDF
The earliest surviving work on Shia sects, Kitab Firaq al-Shia by al-Nawbakhti offers a uniquely Twelver Shia perspective on early Shia movements, including the Zaydis, the Ismailis, and extremist sects (ghulat)...