Ijtihad Network Being Wise and Faithful Muslim in the Contemporary World
This text is a detailed and well-referenced reply to the booklet “What is Shi’aism?” which has been printed in Nairobi and distributed throughout East Africa by the Wahhabis, in order to...
July, 2019
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2 July
Book: Globalization, Violence and World Governance +PDF
In this work Laura Westra draws our attention to the failure of international law to promote and protect the rights of society in the face of the ravages of neoliberal agendas in an era of globalization...
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2 July
Article: Towards a United Shia Youth Community+PDF
Twelver Shia Muslims in the Netherlands, a minority within the Muslim minority, are living as an ethnically fragmented community that is organised along ethnic lines. In recent years, Shia young adults started to...
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1 July
Video: Advertising Halal Alcoholic Drinks in Saudi Arabia!!
A footage of a car carrying alcoholic drinks to different quarters of the city was spread recently that was recorded by a Saudi man. A point which is important in this video is that a...
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1 July
Video: Five Facts You May Not Know about Imam Sadiq (pbuh)
Whereabouts of Imam Ali’s (pbuh) tomb was hidden, it was unknown till Imam Sadid (pbuh) revealed it. Imam Sadiq had about 4000 students amongst which were some famous Shi’a scholars and also Sunni scholars like Abu Hanifa and...
June, 2019
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30 June
Video: Philosophy Is not Important than Fiqh
A footage outlining the discussion of managing the society using Islamic fiqh versus Islamic philosophy. How important is fiqh and how important is philosophy to administer a...
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29 June
The Right to Marry: Daughters and Elders in the Islamic Courts of Zanzibar
In rural Zanzibar, both lay people and legal professionals argue that women’s options in marriage could be improved by closer adherence to Islamic law....
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26 June
He never Talked to me without Respect: Beheshti’s Wife
What I saw through our 29 years of marriage life was his gentleness and patience. I do not remember that even a moment he became nervous without reason or even once he had talked to me...
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25 June
Muslim Women in Indonesian Religious Courts
This essay investigates the reasons underlying women’s increasing use of the Islamic courts by examining the attitude of Indonesian Muslim women towards divorce and divorce law as reflected in the narratives they present when petitioning for divorce in court....
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25 June
Discourse on Hudud in Malaysia: Addressing the Missing Dimension
This study argues that the discourse on hudud would not be complete unless hard questions surrounding its substance and practical procedures are....
