Ijtihad Network Being Wise and Faithful Muslim in the Contemporary World
This paper, in its endeavours to first examine feminist hermeneutical approaches to Qurʾanic exegesis and to then compare them with traditional Shiʿi approaches, begins with an overview of the main concepts of contextualist theory...
April, 2020
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12 April
Use of Transmission Patterns in Contemporary Shiʿi Isnād Analysis
This paper examines how contemporary Shiʿi scholars of rijāl deal with problematic isnāds through engaging in a thorough examination of...
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12 April
Book Review: Shi‘ism and the Democratisation Process in Iran: With a focus on Wilayat al-Faqih
Shi‘ism and the Democratisation Process in Iran by Ibrahim Moussawi analyses wilayat al-faqih, or rule of the jurisprudent, and its application in the Islamic Republic of...
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5 April
Video: What is the Solution on Coronavirus Pandemic?
While the entire world deals with the pandemic of the corona virus, we witness a stark difference between the Islamic societies and the western-materialist societies. What is the ultimate solution of the problems that the...
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2 April
Article: The Legal Status of Science in the Muslim World in the Early Modern Period
The following discussion titled “The Legal Status of Science in the Muslim World in the Early Modern Period: An Initial Consideration of Fatwās From Three Maghribī Sources” examines the place that natural science (chiefly astronomy and medicine) occupied in three of the most important collections of legal opinions ( fatwa pl. fatawa) in the Muslim West during the late medieval and...
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2 April
Article: The Study of Shia Islam in Western Academia
This paper will examine the historical study of Shi͑ism in Western Academia. It will argue that until the last four decades, Western scholarship studied Shi͑i Islam primarily through a...
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2 April
Halal Food, Certification and Halal Tourism: Insights from Malaysia and Singapore
This paper discusses issues of halal food and its role in halal tourism with specific reference to Malaysia and Singapore which have majority and minority Muslim...
March, 2020
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31 March
External Barriers to Political Freedom from the Quran’s Point of View
This study aims to investigate external barriers to political freedom, approaching to Quran with the question that, what the external barriers to...
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25 March
The Hullabaloo Surrounding the Origin of the Muharram Festival Amongst the Sunni Malays
This article looks at the historic presence of the festival, survival as boria (choral street performance) and alleged Shi‘a roots in...
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25 March
Ethanol Standard in Halal Dietary Product among Southeast Asian Halal Governing Bodies
This review will analyses the dissimilarities that appear in the determination of the Halal Standard of ethanol content in dietary production in each of the four nations and try to...