The contemporary Western view of Lebanese Shi‘a transnational links generally focuses on the political relationship between Hizbullah and Iran. However, while Lebanon and...
December, 2019
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10 December
Shi’a Women’s Rituals in Northwest Pakistan: The Shortcomings and Significance of Resistance
Through their performances of mourning rites, Shi’a Mohajerin (emigrants from India) Muslim women in Peshawar, Pakistan practiced an oblique,undeclared contestation against their subordinate position in a...
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10 December
Marjaiyyah, Solution to Iraq’s Turmoil
What is going on in Iraq and what is the ultimate solution? While different analysts propose different solutions to the turmoil in Iraq, what is the best solution? Sayyid Hashim al-Haidari explains it for...
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9 December
Kenyan Shiite Community: A Socio-Historical Perspective
The shiite Muslim community in Kenya is an active religious minority which need to be studied due to their significant role in different aspects of social life in Kenya since the...
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8 December
History of Shi’a Muslims in Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania
Historically the vast majority of Muslims in Dar es Salaam have tended to belong to either the Shi'a community or to one of the Sunni sufi brotherhoods (s. tariqa, pl. turuq), each assuming a dynamic role in...
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3 December
The Shias of Pakistan: An Assertive and Beleaguered Minority
This nine-chapter long book comprehensively covers different facets of Shi‘a politics in the subcontinent...
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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...