Ijtihad Network Being Wise and Faithful Muslim in the Contemporary World
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...
February, 2020
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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...
January, 2020
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28 January
Shi’ism and the Democratisation Process in Iran: With a Focus on Wilayat al-Faqih
In this book the writer draws on the history and theological underpinnings of Shi'i Islam to argue that in today's Iran, politi and religion are neither rigid nor in...
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26 January
Political Thought in Contemporary Shi‘a Islam
This book offers an intellectual history of one of the leading Shi’i thinkers and religious leaders of the 20th-century in...
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26 January
The Core Concepts of the ‘Four Principles’ of Bioethics as Found in Islamic Tradition
In this study the writer aims to explore the roots of the 'Four Principles' in Islamic tradition and culture, and show that this particular set of principles are not something new but only...
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23 January
Personal Autonomy in Health Settings and Shi’i Islamic Jurisprudence
The rationale of this paper has been to high-light the conflict between the patients’ right to personalautonomy and medical and social...