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11 December

Shia Genocide: A Crisis in Pakistan

The right to practice religion is a universal one that extends to every inhabitant of the world. In Pakistan, however, this right is frequently violated, as religious minorities face social, political and economic marginalisation on a...

11 December

Article: Women in Imami Biographical Collections

Throughout Muslim history, biographical literature has been a medium through which scholars negotiated and articulated criteria for membership and authority in their respective religious communities...

11 December

Book: Glad Tidings of Mustafa for the Shia of Murtaza

The book, The Glad Tidings of Mustafa for the Shia of Murtaz’a, boasts a collection of over five hundred and ninety narrations, whose sources are amongst the most widely-recognized and accepted narrators in the...

10 December

From Tyre to Tehran: Transnational Links Amongst Lebanese Shi‘a Clerical Families

The contemporary Western view of Lebanese Shi‘a transnational links generally focuses on the political relationship between Hizbullah and Iran. However, while Lebanon and...

10 December

Shi’a Women’s Rituals in Northwest Pakistan: The Shortcomings and Significance of Resistance

Through their performances of mourning rites, Shi’a Mohajerin (emigrants from India) Muslim women in Peshawar, Pakistan practiced an oblique,undeclared contestation against their subordinate position in a...

10 December

Marjaiyyah, Solution to Iraq’s Turmoil

What is going on in Iraq and what is the ultimate solution? While different analysts propose different solutions to the turmoil in Iraq, what is the best solution? Sayyid Hashim al-Haidari explains it for...

9 December

Kenyan Shiite Community: A Socio-Historical Perspective

The shiite Muslim community in Kenya is an active religious minority which need to be studied due to their significant role in different aspects of social life in Kenya since the...

8 December

History of Shi’a Muslims in Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania

Historically the vast majority of Muslims in Dar es Salaam have tended to belong to either the Shi'a community or to one of the Sunni sufi brotherhoods (s. tariqa, pl. turuq), each assuming a dynamic role in...

3 December