Ijtihad Network Being Wise and Faithful Muslim in the Contemporary World
In this book, Heinz Halm investigates from a historical perspective the intellectual traditions that developed among the Ismailis from the rise of the Fatimid state in North Africa to the cultural brilliance of...
May, 2022
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12 May
The Faith of the Imamiyyah Shi’ah
My interest in researching into this book, has arisen from the significance of the book itself and the urgent need to release it among the various milieus...
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10 May
An Introduction to Imamiyyah Scholars; Major Shi’i Thinkers of the Fifth/Eleventh Century
The fourth and fifth/tenth and eleventh centuries are considered to form the golden age of Muslim intellectual and cultural developments. In Imamiyya thought, these two centuries, together with the....
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9 May
God’s Terrorists: The Wahhabi Cult and the Hidden Roots of Modern Jihad
This book is not about the present. It is a history of the ideology underpinning modern jihad and, in particular, a first full account of one important strand in that founding ideology: Wahhabism...
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8 May
Cyber Muslims Mapping Islamic Digital Media in the Digital Age
Through an array of detailed case studies, this book explores the vibrant digital expressions of diverse groups of Muslim cybernauts: religious clerics and Sufis, feminists and...
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8 May
Notes from the Margins: Shi‘a Political Theology in Contemporary Pakistan
This article examines the political theology of contemporary (2011-2012) Pakistani Shi‘a traditional scholars (ulema)....
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5 May
The Position of Women in Islam: A Progressive View
Challenging the conservative framers of Islamic law who accorded a lesser status to women, Mohammad Ali Sayyid argues that the Quran and the Hadith—the two primary sources of...
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4 May
Conciliation in the Qurʾan: The Qurʾanic Ethics of Conflict Resolution
Conciliation in the Qurʾan addresses an existing imbalanced focus in Islamic Studies on conflict in the Qurʾan, and moves beyond a restrictive approach to ṣulḥ (reconciliation) as a mediation process in...
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4 May
Illustrating an Islamic Childhood in Syria: Pious Subjects and Religious Authority in Twelver Shi’i Children’s Books
Shi’i children’s books participate in their readers’ formation by explaining and illustrating pious norms in terms of emotional attachments, rituals, and...
April, 2022
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28 April
Pilgrimage, Consumption and Rituals: Spiritual Authenticity in a Shia Muslim Pilgrimage
The aim of this study is to understand how authenticity is evoked in a religious pilgrimage and the relationship between authenticity, rituals and...