Ijtihad Network Being Wise and Faithful Muslim in the Contemporary World
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...
December, 2019
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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...
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24 November
Creating a Diasporic Public Sphere in Britain: Twelver Shia Networks in London
Based on ethnographic research in London, this article provides novel insights into the Twelver Shia Muslim organizational field in Britain and its engagement in...
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14 November
Book: The Life of Imam Ja’far Al-Sadiq by Baqir Sharif al-Qarashi
The book summarises the life of the sixth Imam, a most prominent character, who benefited the human kind with his highly new scientific achievements, his instructions in the acts of worship and transactions and....
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5 November
Book: Shiʻi Islam, An Introduction
In this book, the writer hopes to shed light on the some of the questions that likely motivated a reader to pick it up in the first place: What are the differences between a Shiʻi and a Sunni Muslim? How did these differences develop over time in...
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5 November
Book: The Rebel and the Imam in Early Islam
The writer discusses three key case studies - the revolt of Mukhtar b. Abi 'Ubayd, the life of the Twelver Shi'i Imam Musa al-Kazim and the rebellion and subsequent death of the Zaydi Shi'i Imam Yahya b. 'Abd Allah - in calling for...
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3 November
The Features of the Shi‘a from the Perspective of Imam al-Sadiq
In this article, Imam al-Sadiq, the sixth Shi‘a Imam, gives advice to his companion Abd-Allah ibn Jundab on the features of a true Shi‘a, some of which are those who know God, heed the hereafter, constantly engage in...
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2 November
Is Having a Personal Law System a Solution+PDF
The notion ‘local’ is more complex than earlier sharp distinctions between, for instance, the concept of ‘great’ and ‘little’ (or ‘folk’) traditions as a means of describing large-scale civilizations such as Islam...
