Ijtihad Network Being Wise and Faithful Muslim in the Contemporary World
This article presents reflections from an ethnographic study of the meaning and perception of the marjaʿiyyah among Shiʿa lay Muslims in Kuwait...
July, 2019
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5 July
The Great Theft: Wrestling Islam from the Extremists
In The Great Theft, Khaled Abou El Fadl, one of the world's preeminent Islamic scholars, argues that Islam is currently passing through a transformative period no less dramatic than the movements that swept through Europe during the...
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3 July
Legal Maxims in Islamic Criminal Law: Theory and Applications
The concept of Islamic Law has not been precisely defined, as some authors use the terms to reference the Shari’a while use it to refer to fiqh (jurisprudence)...
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3 July
Theology and Society in the Second and Third Centuries of the Hijra. Volume 3
Theology and Society is the most comprehensive study of Islamic intellectual and religious history, focusing on Muslim theology. With its emphasis on the eighth and...
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2 July
Book: Wahhabis Fitna Exposed +PDF
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...
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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...