This book presents a new reading and understanding as writer critically assesses the history, development, and impact of Islamic jurisprudence in the Muslim world...
October, 2018
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21 October
Cologne University Hosts the Second Annual Shi’a Studies Conference +Pics
In the 50th anniversary of establishment of the first Shia Specialized Library in Europe by Prof. Abdul Javad Falatouri, Iranian philosophy scholar and founder of Hamburg Faculty of Islamic Sciences, Cologne University of Germany hosted the...
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8 October
Book: Converting Persia Religion and Power in the Safavid Empire
The book explains how Iran was to acquire one of its defining characteristics: its Shi'ism. Under the Safavids (1501-1736 CE), Persia adopted Shi'ism as...
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5 October
Book: Islam, Shariʻa and Alternative Dispute Resolution
Dr Keshavjee's exploration of the use of alternative dispute resolution services by a Muslim community in the London area is a...
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5 October
Shiʿi Jurisprudence, Sunnism, and the Traditionist Thought (akhbārī) of Muhammad Amin Astarabadi
In the early 17th century, the Shiʿi juristic tradition experienced the first coherent refutation of uṣūliyya, the ijtihādī rationalism used by...
September, 2018
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28 September
Applied Family Law in Islamic Courts: Shari’a Courts in Gaza
Written from an ethnographic perspective, the book, Applied Family Law in Islamic Courts: Shari’a Courts in Gaza, investigates the socio-legal aspects of Islamic jurisprudence in...
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26 September
Book: Philosophy and the Intellectual Life in Shi’ah Islam
The Book “Philosophy and The Intellectual Life In Shi'ah Islam” offers insight into the rich intellectual history in Shi'ah Islam of examining enduring and integral theological, mystical, metaphysical, and...
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24 September
Islamic Macroeconomics: A Model for Efficient Government, Stability and Full Employment
This book proposes an Islamic model that offers significant prospects for economic growth and durable macroeconomic stability, and which is immune to the defects of the economic models prevailing both in developed and..
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22 September
In commemoration of martyrdom of imam Sajjad +Books
Imam Ali b. al-Husayn al-Sajjad (a.s) is the fourth Imam. His father was Imam al-Husayn b. Ali (a.s) and his mother was a noble Persian known as Shahrbanu. Imam Ali b. al-Husayn al-Sajjad (a.s) was born on the 5th of Shaban in the year 38 A.H. Imam al-Sajjad (a.s) is referred to in …
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20 September
In Pictures: Millions of Iranian Mourn Ashura Day around the Country
Iranians are attending mourning ceremonies in their millions across the country to mark Ashura Day, the day in history that witnessed the martyrdom of Shia Islam’s third Imam...