Ijtihad Network Being Wise and Faithful Muslim in the Contemporary World
The book “Living Sharia: Law and Practice in Malaysia” provides us with diverse and dynamic conceptions of Shari’a in the wider context of Southeast Asia and beyond Drawing on ethnographic research, Living Sharia examines the role of sharia in the sociopolitical processes of contemporary Malaysia. The book traces the contested …
January, 2018
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18 January
Sexual Violation in Islamic Law: Substance, Evidence, and Procedure
This book provides a detailed analysis of Islamic juristic writings on the topic of rape and argues that classical Islamic jurisprudence contained nuanced, substantially divergent doctrines of sexual violation as a...
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18 January
Book: The Qur’an and the Just Society
The writer explores the underlying principles of its system of social justice. Dividing his book into four parts, he covers Qur’anic Ethics, Political Justice (politics, peace, war), Distributive Justice (fair trade, alms, marriage, inheritance) and Corrective Justice (public and private crimes)...
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17 January
Shia Rituals: The Impact of Shia Rituals on Shia Socio-Political Character
This book probes into the historical evolution, in form and content, of Ashura Rituals and reveals the three major stages through which Ashura rituals have passed...
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14 January
Book: Environmental Protection in Islamic Shari‘ah+PDF
This text underlines the importance of protecting the environment. It links all the issues of protecting the environment with the command of Allah in the verses of the Holy Qur'an regarding the environment. It also provides a short history of international effort that have been...
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13 January
Education Jurisprudence (Al-Fiqh Al-Tarbawi): Essential and Presuppositions
Education has been a matter of importance in the life of mankind since old times, and the collection of the experiences of trainers as well as the intellectual efforts of philosophers and thinkers have further enriched the experiences of...
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11 January
“The Friday Prayer & the Two Celebrations Made Simple” Published in Philadelphia
Commenting on his new book, “The Friday Prayer & The Two Celebrations Made Simple,” Imam Amin Nathari said, this is the first book in a series, making the practice of Islam simple for new converts to the religion and for older Believers still trying to acclimate themselves to the intricacies of their faith...
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10 January
Book: Early Islamic Law in Basra in the 2nd/8th Century
The manuscript of the has repeatedly attracted particular interest among modern scholars, as it raises questions concerning the early development of the Ibāḍī Basran community and the emergence of...
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9 January
Constructing a Worldview: Al-Barqī’s Role in the Making of Early Shī‘ī Faith
Based on the earliest Shīʽī sources extant, this book seeks to portray the worldview of the Shīʽa prior to the crystallization of their beliefs and doctrines...
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6 January
Book: Hawza-yi ‘Ilmiyya, Shi‘i Teaching Institution
The current volume is a translation of a series of article on the traditional system of Shia seminary sducation known as the hawza. After beginning with information about the hawza, the book begins by discussing the formative period of hawza in the early Islamic period and then traces the development of...
