Ijtihad Network Being Wise and Faithful Muslim in the Contemporary World
Between A.D. 800 and 1450, the most important centers for the study of what we now call "the exact sciences"—including the mathematical sciences of arithmetic, geometry, and trigonometry and their applications in...
January, 2022
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5 January
The Position of Lady Fatima al-Zahra (a) in the Verse of Mubahalah from a Sunni Perspective
According to Sunni traditional and exegetical sources, more than 135 verses in 49 chapters and two complete chapters (Dahr and Kawthar) are related to...
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4 January
Muslims and the Making of Modern Europe
Muslims and the Making of Modern Europe shows that Muslims were citizens of modern Europe from its beginning and, in the process, rethinks Europe itself....
December, 2021
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28 December
The Wise Teachings of Jesus Christ in the Words of Prophet Muhammad and the Purified Imams
Jesus Christ (Peace be upon Him) has an elevated station within Islam. In the Quran and Hadith (sacred narrations) quoted from the Prophet of Islam and his...
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24 December
Book: Female Religious Authority in Shi’i Islam
This collection of case studies, covering the period from classical Islam to the present, and taken from across the Shiʿi Islamic world, reflects on the roles that women have played in exercising religious authority across time and...
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20 December
Bankruptcy in Ja’farī Jurisprudence
The study examines bankruptcy in Islam from the perspective of the Ja'farī school of jurisprudence. To this end, it first describes the meaning of the term ‘iflās’ (bankruptcy). Then, considering the...
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14 December
Non-Shia Practices of Muḥarram in South Asia and the Diaspora
The book will be a key resource to scholars and students of South Asian studies, Asian religion, in particular rituals and religious practices, and Islamic studies but also engaging to non-academic readers interested in the practices of several regions. This book analyses engagements with non-Shia practices of Muḥarram celebrations in …
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13 December
Article: The Origins of Twelver Shīʿism in Iran
The issue of the entry of Imāmite/Twelver Shīʿism into Iran is one of the most controversial issues in the History of Islamic Sects. According to the established general opinion, it is...
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13 December
Book: Shīʿī Spirituality for the Twenty-First Century
Shīʿī Spirituality for the Twenty-First Century is a collection of talks and articles that reflect upon the teachings of Prophet Muhammad, his daughter Fatima, his granddaughter Zaynab and the Twelve Imams (as). It considers how our lives may be illuminated and our hearts strengthened in the...
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9 December
The Victory of Truth: the Life of Zaynab bint Ali
This is the story of the victory of truth. It is the story of a unique woman whose own fate was inextricably bound with the historical events of Karbala that have impressed upon mankind the true reality of...