Ijtihad Network Being Wise and Faithful Muslim in the Contemporary World
This study aims at analysing two texts which are highly concerned with the issue of rights, namely, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights which was adopted and proclaimed in 1948 by the General Assembly of the United Nations and Treatise on Rights ‘Risalat Al-Huquq’ written by Imam Ali Al-Sajjad (p.b.u.h.) …
March, 2022
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8 March
Crisis and Consolidation in the Formative Period of Shī‘ite Islam
The present work attempts to shed light on some aspects of the Imamite doctrine during the period of Minor Occultation and on the contributions of Abu Ja’far b. Qiba to the formation of the...
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7 March
Imam Hussain’s (as) Revolution: Rituals and Inspiration
This book is a compilation of articles and lectures that have been delivered or written on various occasions by Ayatollah Muhammad Jawad Fadil Lankarani....
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6 March
Shi’i Narratives of Karbala and Christian Rites of Penance: Michel Foucault and the Culture of the Iranian Revolution, 1978-1979
In 1978-79, in the course of a massive urban revolution with several million participants, the Iranian people toppled the government of Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi (r. 1941-79), who had pursued an...
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6 March
Book Review: Encounters with the Hidden Imam in Early and Pre-Modern Twelver Shīʿī Islam
Encounters with the Hidden Imam in Early and Pre-Modern Twelver Shīʿī Islam is a published PhD by Omid Ghaemmaghami, obtained at the University of Toronto in 2020. As stated in the title, it specifically addresses the issue of how texts from the Twelver Shi’i tradition tackle the subject of whether …
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6 March
The Mourning of History and the History of Mourning: The Evolution of Ritual Commemoration of the Battle of Karbala
Shi‘i commemorations exemplify a peculiar phenomenon among world religions: in Shi‘i Islam, one of the most important annual religious holidays is not a joyful celebration but a...
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5 March
Book: The Victors of Imam Hussain (A.S)
Through his book The Victors, Ayatollah Chamseddine provides a critical study of the individuals who came to support Imam Hussain in his movement against the...
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5 March
Book: Approaches to the Qur’an in Contemporary Iran
Approaches to the Qur'an in Contemporary Iran explores the importance of the Qur'an in the religious, artistic, political, and intellectual discourses in modern and contemporary Iran from the nineteenth century to...
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5 March
Shi’ism Revisited: Ijtihad and Reformation in Contemporary Times
Shi'ism Revisited moves beyond theoretical questions of reformation to address specific ways that Islamic law is being revisited by jurists....
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2 March
Muhammad and the Believers: At the Origins of Islam
In Muhammad and the Believers, the eminent historian Fred Donner offers a lucid and original vision of how Islam first evolved....