Ijtihad Network Being Wise and Faithful Muslim in the Contemporary World
This nine-chapter long book comprehensively covers different facets of Shi‘a politics in the subcontinent...
December, 2019
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3 December
A Study of Iraqi Immigrants: Has The Shi‘a-Sunni Conflict Been Transferred to Ottawa, Canada?
This research project examined the dynamics between the Shi‘a and Sunni branches of Islam amongst Iraqi immigrants in Canada...
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3 December
The End of Traditional Islamic Jurisprudence in Hermeneutics of Moḥammad Mojtahed Shabestarī
This article is devoted to the contemporary Shi'a Iranian religious scholar and thinker Moḥammad Mojtahed Shabestarī (b. 1936)...
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3 December
In Pictures: International Fiqh Conference on Water
The 3-day conference is held with the core theme of “Water Fiqh in the Islamic Law, its Legal Provisions, Civilized Prospects and Contemporary Issues"....
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3 December
Book: Migration and Islamic Ethics: Issues of Residence, Naturalization and Citizenship
Migration and Islamic Ethics, Issues of Residence, Naturalization and Citizenship addresses how Islamic ethical and legal traditions can contribute to current global debates on migration and...
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1 December
Book: Deconstructing Islamic Studies
This volume, comprising chapters by leading experts, deconstructs the ways in which classical Muslim scholarship has structured (and, indeed, continues to structure) the modern study of Islam...
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1 December
Al-Sayyid ʿAlī al-Ḥusaynī al-Sīstānī on Uṣūl al-fiqh in Twelver Shīʿī Thought
What follows is a translation of the first, and part of the second, introductory discussions in the transcribed notes of al-Sayyid ʿAlī al-Ḥusaynī al-Sīstānī’s (b. 1930) advanced lectures on...
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1 December
Article: Offering Complete or Shortened Prayers? The Traveler’s Salat at the “Holy Places
In this article, the writer discusses the prayer of a traveler at places designated as holy in Shi‘i hadith and juridical literature. After examining the traditions on praying at the holy places, he will investigate the factors that were significant in...
November, 2019
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30 November
Article: The Shi’i Clergy and Perceived Opportunity Structures
With the re-emergence of activism on the part of Shi’i mujtahids and its impact on the ascent of Shi’i community in Iran, Iraq, and Lebanon, scholars have defined a distinct strategic difference between what they characterise as...
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26 November
Book: Un-Canadian: Islamophobia in the True North
Un-Canadian: Islamophobia in the True North is a provocative warning to Canadians that the values they cherish are being eroded through a disturbing pattern of political, legal and social prejudice against...
