Ijtihad Network Being Wise and Faithful Muslim in the Contemporary World
This booklet provides a comprehensive look at fasting, its philosophy and goals, the rules that govern its performance, and the important details related to its...
March, 2024
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9 March
Morality and Revelation in Islamic Thought and Beyond: A New Problem of Evil
This book discusses a general problem in contemporary philosophy of religion by turning to the resources of the Islamic tradition, presents critical discussion of conservative arguments that Scripture can undermine morality, and offers two new solutions for....
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4 March
Ayatollah Khomeini: From Islamic Government to Sovereign State
This paper argues that the mature form of the political doctrine of the Ayatollah Khomeini (1902–89), Iranian Shiite religious authority and architect of the Islamic Republic of Iran, grew out of an encounter with the modern understanding of the state and the concept of....
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4 March
Contextualism in Ayatollāh Borūjerdī’s Jurisprudential Methodology
This article sheds light on the fiqhī methodology of Ayatollāh S. Hosain Tabātabāī Borūjerdī (1875-1961). According to the author, one of the most prominent features of his methodology is a....
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2 March
Qāḍī ʿAbd al-Jabbār’s Theory of Justice: Its Implications for Public Law and Contemporary Political Governance in Islam
By focusing on the concepts of "rationality" and "human will," which hold paramount importance in Qāḍī ʿAbd al-Jabbār al-Muʿtazilī's theory, this article aims to provide a legal and positive interpretation of the elements of his....
February, 2024
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26 February
Book: Foundations of Jurisprudence – An Introduction to Imāmī Shīʿī Legal Theory
Book: Foundations of Jurisprudence - An Introduction to Imāmī Shīʿī Legal Theory published by Brill
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18 February
Muslim Prayer in American Public Life
Drawing on an original survey of 350 Muslims as well as examining literature, poetry, film, TV shows, and social media posts, Muslim Prayer in American Public Life provides an in-depth examination of the lived experiences of Muslim prayer practices in....
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12 February
Proving Prophecy, Dalāʾil al-Nubūwa Literature as Part of the Scholarly Discourse on Prophecy in Islam
Dalā’il al-Nubuwwa literature that is centered on narratives from the Prophet Muḥammad’s life has most commonly been viewed, or even dismissed, as the product of popular veneration...
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4 February
Palestine from the Viewpoint of Imam Khomeini
The present book contains the guidances and positions adopted by a great man who transformed his divine movement into a great revolution in the Islamic world by reliance on God and faith in the great power of the...
January, 2024
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27 January
Islamic Law, Tribal Customary Law and Waqf
In this collected volume, Aharon Layish demonstrates that legal documents are an essential source for legal and social history....
