Ijtihad Network Being Wise and Faithful Muslim in the Contemporary World
In this article the writer intend to consider briefly the concept, definition, and types of ijtihad and then examine briefly the criteria and justification of takhti’ah and taswib according to both Shi‘a and...
March, 2017
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8 March
Religious Revivalism or Reformation: Islamic Law in Modern Times
In this article, initially, the writer presents a brief overview of the classical exposition of Islamic law, the various factors that shaped the formulation of the...
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7 March
Article: Lifestyle and Ground-setting Training
Nowadays, in the Western capitalist world, the religious culture is understood as the determinant of the national identity which is used to get the capital and to win it from the other in the era of liberal industry, so that why...
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6 March
Article: American Shi’ism and the Media
This article will initially examine the origins and contemporary experience of the Shi‘i community in America. It will also discuss how Shi’is can better represent themselves in...
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5 March
Article: The Applicability of the Shari’a in Contemporary Times
This article will explore how modernity has impinged on the classical formulation of Islamic law and how the intersection of shari’a and modernity has forced Muslim jurists to...
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5 March
The Jurisprudential and Legal Analysis of the Delayed Payment Fine in Banking Contracts in Iran
Delay in debt repayment by bank customers is one of the challenges facing the Islamic banking system in Iran. One solution to this problem can be the stipulation of a...
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3 March
Defining the Boundaries of Sacred Space
This study examines how some of the most preeminent commentators of the Shi‘a exegetical tradition have interpreted Qur’an 9:28 to frame the...
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2 March
Offering Complete or Shortened Prayers?
In this article, Liyakat Takim discusses the prayer of a traveler at places designated as holy in Shi‘i hadith and juridical...
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1 March
Thou Shalt Emulate the Most Knowledgeable Living Cleric
This paper analyses the reconceptualization of Islamic law and authority as defined by Shaykh Murtada al-Ansari the influential scholar and first sole supreme exemplar of the...
February, 2017
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28 February
Combining or Separating the Daily Prayers: Shi‘i and Sunni Perspectives
In this paper, the writer initially discusses sectarian polemics in the eighth and ninth centuries as stated in Shi‘i and Sunni polemical and...