The Muʿtazilī and Zaydī Reception of Abū l-Ḥusayn al-Baṣrī’s Kitāb al-Muʿtamad fī Uṣūl al-Fiqh:A Bibliographical Note was written by...
May, 2017
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22 May
Article: Shīʿī Marriage Law in the Pre-Modern Period
This article addresses the differences between jurists of the three Shīʿī sects – Zaydīs, Ismāʿīlīs, and Twelver Shīʿīs – concerning the...
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22 May
Book: Authority, Continuity, and Change in Islamic Law
In this path-breaking new book, the author shows how authority guaranteed both continuity and change in Islamic...
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20 May
Book: Inheritance according to the Five Schools of Islamic Law
The present book, vol. 7 of 8, is dedicated to dissecting the intricate ways of Inheritance, the conditions and situations that may occur. The issue is presented according to...
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20 May
Book: An Introduction to Islamic Law+PDF
This book attempts to correct misconceptions about Islamic law, first by giving a brief account of...
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17 May
Book: Islam and the Challenge of Human Rights+PDF
In this book, Abdulaziz Sachedina rejects this informal consensus, arguing instead for the essential compatibility of Islam and...
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17 May
Late Ayatollah Muhammad Taqi Bahjat in Picture
There are some rare photos of Late ayatollah Muhammad Taqi Bahjat which passed away in 17 May 2009...
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16 May
Women, the Koran and International Human Rights Law +PDF
This book discusses three Islamic human rights approaches: secular, non-compatible, reconciliatory (compatible), and proposes a contextual interpretive approach....
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14 May
Book: Waqf, Hajr and Wasaya according to the Five Schools of Islamic Law
The present book, volume 8 of 8, is dedicated to the issues of waqf, hajr and wasaya. How they occur, what are the rules, what invalidates them and so...
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14 May
Crowdsourcing shari`a: Digital Fiqh and Changing Discourses of Textual Authority, Individual Reason, and Social Coercion
Using primary sources drawn from websites, blogs, and online message boards, I will explore the ways in which digital fiqh alters the prescriptive discourses of this...