Library

December, 2025

• 25 December

  Ayatollah Milani Was Truly the Reviver of the Mashhad Seminary

  

  Members of the organizing committee of the Congress Commemorating Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Mohammad Hadi Milani met with Grand Ayatollah Khamenei, the Leader of the Islamic Revolution, at the Imam Khomeini (ra) Hussainiyah....
• 21 December

  Invoking the Invisible in the Sahara: Islam, Spiritual Mediation, and Social Change

  

  Invoking the Invisible in the Sahara situates battles over the meaning and control of Islamic esoteric knowledge (ḥjāb) in Mauritania's history of racial and political struggles dating to the pre-colonial era. Innovatively using contemporary social media alongside traditional textual and oral sources, Pettigrew reveals the resilience and adaptability of both ḥjāb power and practitioners. ‘Magic' in Mauritania has not disappeared; it has become a marketable commodity....
• 18 December

  Bahāʼ al-Dīn al-‘Āmilī and the Visual Arts

  

  This essay examines the significant yet often overlooked role of Shaykh Bahāʼ al-Dīn al-'Āmilī in the visual arts of Early Modern Iran. Highlighting his documented associations with architecture and the evolution of his portraiture, the work argues that his portrayal in...
• 14 December

  Roads to Paradise: Eschatology and Concepts of the Hereafter in Islam +PDF

  

  Roads to Paradise: Eschatology and Concepts of the Hereafter in Islam offers a multi-disciplinary study of Muslim thinking about paradise, death, apocalypse, and the hereafter...
• 9 December

  Feminist Theology and Social Justice in Islam: A Study on the Sermon of Fatima

  

  This book explores the intersection of theology and women’s studies, centering around the influential figure of Fatima within Shiʿi theology. By examining Fatima’s sacred role and her impact on empowering women and political minorities, the manuscript offers a textual analysis of....

November, 2025

• 30 November

  New Release: Living Islam: Muslim Expressions of Faith

  

  Living Islam invites readers to appreciate ways in which Muslims from diverse backgrounds and traditions interpret and experience their faith. Adopting a cultural studies approach, Ali Asani begins by posing questions such as 'Which Islam?' and...
• 22 November

  In Pictures: Mourning Ceremonies for Martyrdom of Lady Fatima with the Attendance of Ayt. Khamenei

  

  Grand Ayatollah Khamenei attended the first night of mourning ceremonies on the anniversary of the martyrdom of Lady Fatimah Zahra (pbuh). This ceremony was held on Friday, Nov. 21, 2025, in the Imam Khomeini Hussainiyah....
• 20 November

  Shaykh Mufid: An Annotated Bibliography

  

  The present research includes two parts: first, a descriptive bibliography of primary works by Mufīd (i.e., written by Mufīd himself, dictated by him, or selected from his works); and second, a bibliography of contemporary secondary literature on Mufīd and his works....
• 18 November

  Shaykh Bahāʾī: An Annotated Bibliography

  

  An indispensable resource for scholars of Islamic history, philosophy, and science, this book opens a unique window into the mind of a true Renaissance man of the Islamic world, whose legacy continues to inspire centuries later...
• 13 November

  Theory of Reign, Shahid Sadr’s Answer to the Question of Determinism

  

  The problem of determinism is one of the complicated philosophical and theological issues that various answers have been offered by the thinkers for its resolution. One of the exact and from one perspective exclusive answers belongs to...