Ijtihad Network Being Wise and Faithful Muslim in the Contemporary World
This book contains selected contributions presented during the workshop “Establishing Filiation: Towards a Social Definition of the Family in Islamic and Middle Eastern Law?” which was convened in...
February, 2022
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13 February
Politics of Shi‘i Identity in South Asia: Syed Jawad Naqvi’s Concept of Wilayat-i Fiqh
This thesis examines the discourse of a contemporary Pakistani Shi‘i cleric, Seyed Jawad Naqvi. It focuses on his sermon The Role of Women towards the System of Wilayat....
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13 February
The Islamic Roots of Democratic Pluralism
Sachedina, in this book, argues that we must reopen the doors of religious interpretation—to correct false interpretations, replace outdated laws, and formulate new doctrines....
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12 February
The Role of Islam in the Public Square: Guidance or Governance?
The Role of Islam in the Public Square tackles the critical role of religion in the development of democratic institutions in Afghanistan and Iraq....
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10 February
The Political Thought of Ayatollah Murtaza Mutahhari: An Iranian Theoretician of the Islamic State
Ayatollah Hajj Shaikh Murtaza Mutahhari Farimani (1920–79) was from a clerical family, a pupil of Ayatollah Khomeini, a university Professor of Philosophy and a Mujtahid (jurist) in Islamic law at the Shi‘ite seminary. Ayatollah Murtaza Mutahhari was a significant figure in the movement which brought the Islamic Republic of Iran …
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4 February
Late Grand Ayatollah Saafi Golpayegani in Pictures
Ayatollah Lotfollah Safi Golpaygani was the author of several significant books on Shia jurisprudence. He was born in 1919 in Golpayegan and died from cardiac arrest on...
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4 February
In Pictures: Funeral Ceremony of Late Ayatollah Saafi Golpayegani in Karbala
The body of the late Grand Ayatollah Safi Golpayegani was laid to rest near the shrine of Imam Hussain (A.S) after funeral ceremonies in Qom, Najaf Ashraf and Karbala...
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2 February
Explanation to the Belief of Mahdism in Shi’a Imamiya by Ayatollah Saafi
The author debates, discusses and corrects the book “Islamic Messianism” written by the respected scholar, Abdul Aziz Sachedina, which gives erroneous impression to readers of the Real and Right Islam which Shia’sm is, and enabling readers to analyse faith to...
January, 2022
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31 January
Understanding Islamic Sciences by Martyr Mutahhari
Understanding Islamic Sciences provides an informative introduction to six major disciplines in Islamic studies: Theology, mysticism, principles of jurisprudence, philosophy and...
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29 January
Islamic Economy: Its Ideological and Legal Foundations
When we study the Islamic economy as a way which Islam prescribes for individual and social behavior in the economic field and examine Islam's rules in this area, we can conclude that its most...