Ijtihad Network Being Wise and Faithful Muslim in the Contemporary World
This study is focused on the ʾithnā asharī or Twelver strand of Shiʿism, the predominant branch of orthodox Shiʿa Islam. Shiʿa Islam emerges as a distinct tradition centred on the understanding of the Prophet Muhammad and particular members of his progeny, known as the...
August, 2023
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9 August
Twelver Shia in Edinburgh: Marking Muharram, Mourning Husayn (AS)
By closely examining Twelver Shia’ public performance of Islam, this article offers a case study of an alternative narrative of Muslims in Britain and sheds new light on the rituals and experience of the Twelver Shia in...
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9 August
Al-Karkh: the Development of an Imāmī-Shīʿī Stronghold in Early Abbasid and Būyid Baghdad
From the point of view of the micro-history, this article investigates the incubation of the Imāmī-Shīʿī movement in this suburban area of the city, bringing together topography and social history data from medieval geography manuals, historical chronicles, local histories, biographical dictionaries, poetry, and...
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5 August
The Shi’i Islamic Martyrdom Narratives of Imam al-Ḥusayn: An Introduction
The book “Shi'i Islamic Martyrdom Narratives of Imam al-Husayn” leads the Western reader to a clear and profound understanding of a “universal classic” of Islamic studies, the “Maqtal” literature....
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5 August
The Qurʾānic Codices and Fragments Ascribed to Imām ʿAlī and Other Shīʿa Imāms
After a historical overview of the phenomenon and classification of the various types of ascribed codices, this article provides evidence for the rejection of these ascriptions and that establishes the colophons as forgeries...
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2 August
Muslim Religious Authority in Central Eurasia
The present volume is intended to historicize the question of religious authority in Muslim Central Eurasia, through historical and anthropological case studies about the exercise, negotiation, or institutionalization of authority, from the nineteenth to the early...
July, 2023
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30 July
Islamic Laws of Medicine by Ayatollah Sistani
this book is an example of the comprehensive and robust knowledge of the religious seminaries, which provide splendid services to those who want to faithfully apply Islamic rules to every aspect of their lives....
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21 July
The School of Hillah and the Formation of Twelver Shi‘i Islamic Tradition
This book is a mammoth undertaking that interrogates the archival record to meticulously trace the relationships that existed between scholars and their texts....
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18 July
Sunni and Shia Muslim and Christian Encounters in Northern Nigeria
This article analyses how the circulation of ideas and hybrid rituals between Shia Muslims and Christians reveals a much more intentional political process whereby minority religious groups consciously create shared experiences and a sense of commonality in the face of...
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18 July
The Formation of Muslim Minorities within a Muslim Majority Context: the Case of Shia Groups in Nigeria
Focusing on al-Ḥaraka al-Islamiyya fī Nayjīriyā (Islamic Movement in Nigeria), which is the largest Shia group in the country, this article examines Shia’s growth and social relations between its members and...