Ijtihad Network Being Wise and Faithful Muslim in the Contemporary World
As Abû ʿAbd Allâh al-Ḥusayn, son of ʿAlî and Fâṭima and grandson of Muḥammad, moved inexorably towards death on the field of Karbalâʾ, his sister Zaynab was drawn ever closer to...
February, 2023
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5 February
Islamicate Textiles: Fashion, Fabric, and Ritual
This thematically arranged book sheds light on the traditions, rituals and religious practices of Central Asia to Tanzania, and the ways in which each one incorporates materials and...
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2 February
A Reconsideration of the Number of the Prophet’s Wars
The important question that arises is whether there were actually eighty-five clashes and conflicts between the Prophet and his companions on the one hand and his enemies on the....
January, 2023
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31 January
A Comparative Study of Women’s Social Status in the Quran and the Hebrew Bible
The present work adopts the descriptive method and cites numerous verses of the Old Testament and the Quran to present women’s social status in the course of the society according to religious rulings and doctrines under the notions of human dignity and...
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31 January
The Role of Theologian Women in Contemporary Iran on Reducing Religious Violence and Gender Discrimination
This paper examines religious violence among Muslims against women - as a case study of Iran after the Islamic Revolution of 1979....
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30 January
Understanding Islam: Positions of Knowledge
Bryan S. Turner, in this book, argues that understanding Islam has in recent years been dominated by political events – the Iran Hostage crisis, the fall of the Iranian Shah, 9/11, Afghanistan and the foreign policy of Donald Trump – leading to western intellectuals and...
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28 January
Formation of a Religious Landscape: Shi‘i Higher Learning in Safavid Iran
In Formation of a Religious Landscape: Shi‘i Higher Learning in Safavid Iran, Maryam Moazzen offers the first systematic examination of Shi‘i educational institution and practices by exploring the ways in which religious knowledge was produced, authenticated, and transmitted in the...
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26 January
Islamic Shari’a Law, Neotraditionalist Muslim Scholars and Transgender Sex-Reassignment Surgery: A Case Study of Ayatollah Khomeini’s and Sheikh al-Tantawi’s Fatwas
By studying the fatwas, the paper analyzes the main juridical reasons behind the fatwas of Khomeini and Al-Tantawi, who might be called neotraditionalists, and the issuance of such progressive fatwas through their classical methodology of...
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21 January
Seeing through the Thick Fog of the Islamophobia Assault on Hijab
The current Islamophobia assault on hijab in Iran should be understood as part of a hybrid warfare against the Islamic Republic. For more than 60 days, unsubstantiated news stories full of hypes, Orientalist tropes, and...
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16 January
The System of Rights of Women in Islam: Revised Edition of The Rights of Women in Islam
The book presents a realistic picture of women's rights in Shi’ah Islam. Contrary to popular propaganda, the laws, teachings and practices of Islam provide a complete system for a dignified life for women....