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...
November, 2019
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1 November
An Introduction to the Political Theory of Imam Khomeini
The two-volume book contains and analyzes a variety of Imam Khomeini’s dynamic political thought, ideology and theories from various perspectives.It is a discussion on...
October, 2019
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30 October
Book: Philosophy and Jurisprudence in the Islamic World
This book brings together the study of two great disciplines of the Islamic world: law and philosophy...
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30 October
Trends of History in Qur’an by Ayatollah Muhammad Baqir al-Sadr
If we refer to the Qur'an in the form of a question an idea which has already been investigated and discussed by various schools of human society, we can be guided by the Qur'an as to which is the best...
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8 October
Religion, Ideology and Discourse: A Critical Discourse Analysis of Majlis-e-Hussain
This paper intends to examine religious ideology and discourse conventions of majlis-e-Hussain; i.e. the speech to commemorate the martyrdom of Hussain, the grandson of Prophet Mohammad; from a...
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8 October
Islamic Family Arbitration, Justice and Human Rights in Britain+PDF
This paper draws upon doctrinal research to explore the rise of a new kind of faith–based, unofficial and, privatized forms of matrimonial dispute resolution process(es) emerging within Muslim communities in Britain...
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8 October
Citizenship and Accountability of Government: An Islamic Perspective
Offering insight into the Islamic perspective, this volume covers two subjects that have never before been discussed as separate topics in Islamic jurisprudence—citizenship and the...
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6 October
The People of Monotheism and Justice: Muʿtazilism in Islam and Judaism
Monotheism constitutes one of the central doctrines of Islam. The notion is again and again voiced in the Qurʾān, thus for example in sūra 112 (entitled “Sincere Religion”) which, in the translation of...
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3 October
Humiliation of Takfiri Mufti in Live TV Broadcast
You are watching a part of the confessions of the Wahhabi Mufti living in Saudi Arabia in a satellite program, when a telephone caller humiliated him. Attendance of Adnan al-Aroor, the Wahhabi Mufti living in Saudi Arabia, in Wisalsatellite TV and his confessions about ISIS humiliated him in the live …
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1 October
Book: Shari’a: Theory, Practice, Transformations
Much contemporary scholarship on Islamic law focuses either on Shari'a's development and structure in the premodern era, or on efforts to reconstitute and apply it in the modern Muslim world. In this comprehensive book...