Book: “Lessons in Islamic Jurisprudence” By: Muhammad Baqir Sadr, Translated and with an introduction by Roy Parviz Mottahedeh This is an English translation of one of the most famous texts by the influential and charismatic Islamic activist, Martyr Sadr, who was executed by Saddam Hussein in Iraq in 1980. As-Sadr’s …
May, 2016
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18 May
Book: Islamic Law in Theory: Studies on Jurisprudence in Honor of Bernard Weiss
Book: Islamic Law in Theory: Studies on Jurisprudence in Honor of Bernard Weiss Edited by A. Kevin Reinhart and Robert Gleave
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14 May
Book: The Justice of Islam, Comparative Perspectives on Islamic Law and Society
The book “The Justice of Islam, Comparative Perspectives on Islamic Law and Society” was written by Lawrence Rosen
April, 2016
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30 April
Book “Dispensing Justice in Islam Qadis and Their Judgments”
The book “Dispensing Justice in Islam” is designed to serve as a sourcebook of Islamic legal practice and Qāḍī court records from the rise of Islam to modern times. This book is a series of ‘case studies’ in both senses of the term. Its strengths and weaknesses derive from either …
March, 2016
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17 March
Book: “Theories of Islamic Law: The Methodology of Ijtihad”
This book presents usul al-fiqh, or Islamic legal theory, as comprising three major theories or methodologies.
February, 2016
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18 February
Book “Is Hajj Obligatory on me?”
In this book you will read the rituals and decrees of four Shia Marja’ associated with capability of performing the Hajj.
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14 February
Book “Speaking for Islam, Religious Authorities in Muslim Societies”
This book, which is edited by Gudrun Krämer and Sabine Schmidtke, is concerned with religious authorities, men and women claiming, projecting and exerting religious authority within a given context. Who speaks for Islam? To whom do Muslims turn when they look for guidance? To what extent do individual scholars and …
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9 February
Book “Islamic Human Rights and International Law” by Glenn Roberts
Book “Islamic Human Rights and International Law” by Glenn Roberts.
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6 February
A Review on the Book “The Islamophobia Industry: How the Right Manufactures Fear of Muslims”
A review on the book “The Islamophobia Industry: How the Right Manufactures Fear of Muslims” by Nathan Lean