Islamophobia in America offers new perspectives on prejudice against Muslims, which has become increasingly widespread in the USA in the...
February, 2020
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13 February
Muslim Youth and Consumerism: a Study of Islamic Street Wear
This analysis interrogates what Islamic street wear reveals, in terms of identity, about the experience of young Muslims living as a minority in...
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11 February
Pictures: Iranian Muslim Scholars Mark Islamic Revolution Anniversary
Muslim scholars with millions of Iranians from all walks of life have thronged the streets across the country to celebrate the 41st anniversary of...
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9 February
A History of Shi’ism in Bahrain: 630-1524
The history of Shīʻism in Bahrain has long been a neglected area of academic attention; partly due to a lack of easily accessible sources...
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9 February
Muḥammad Kāẓim al-Ṭabāṭabāʾī al-Yazdī: Life and Activities of a Faqīh through a Turbulent Age
In this paper, the writer discusses the intellectual genealogy of Ayatollah Muhammad Kazim al-Yazdī, and locates his education and the legacy he inherited from his masters in...
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6 February
Baqir al-Sadr and the Islamic State: A Theory for Islamic Democracy
This article critiques the current literature, arguing that Sadr’s thought is neither authoritarian nor liberal-democratic, but rather it is a type of constitutional democracy meriting the...
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6 February
The Relation between the Concept of Intellect in the Qur’an and Traditions and the Concept of Intellect in Islamic Culture and History
This paper aims at studying the fifth approach that studies the presence of intellect and rationality in Islamic history, culture, and...
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2 February
The Constitutionalism of Ruhollah Khomeini’s Theory of Guardianship
In this dissertation, the writer studies the political thought of a scholar and political actor who has long been viewed as a...
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2 February
Child Custody in Islamic Law: Theory and Practice in Egypt since the Sixteenth Century
Ahmed Fekry Ibrahim analyzes how these two concepts -the nurturing and upkeep of children, or 'custody', and caring for the child's education, discipline, and property- relate to the welfare of the child, and traces the development of an...
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2 February
Shi’i Jurisprudence and Constitution: Revolution in Iran
The book is focusing substantially on the relation between the concept of constitutionalism and Islamic Law in general and how such relation is specifically reflected in the...