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What follows is a translation of the first, and part of the second, introductory discussions in the transcribed notes of al-Sayyid ʿAlī al-Ḥusaynī al-Sīstānī’s (b. 1930) advanced lectures on...

In this article, the writer discusses the prayer of a traveler at places designated as holy in Shi‘i hadith and juridical literature. After examining the traditions on praying at the holy places, he will investigate the factors that were significant in...

With the re-emergence of activism on the part of Shi’i mujtahids and its impact on the ascent of Shi’i community in Iran, Iraq, and Lebanon, scholars have defined a distinct strategic difference between what they characterise as...

Un-Canadian: Islamophobia in the True North is a provocative warning to Canadians that the values they cherish are being eroded through a disturbing pattern of political, legal and social prejudice against...

Based on ethnographic research in London, this article provides novel insights into the Twelver Shia Muslim organizational field in Britain and its engagement in...

The book summarises the life of the sixth Imam, a most prominent character, who benefited the human kind with his highly new scientific achievements, his instructions in the acts of worship and transactions and....

In this book, the writer hopes to shed light on the some of the questions that likely motivated a reader to pick it up in the first place: What are the differences between a Shiʻi and a Sunni Muslim? How did these differences develop over time in...

The writer discusses three key case studies - the revolt of Mukhtar b. Abi 'Ubayd, the life of the Twelver Shi'i Imam Musa al-Kazim and the rebellion and subsequent death of the Zaydi Shi'i Imam Yahya b. 'Abd Allah - in calling for...

In this article, Imam al-Sadiq, the sixth Shi‘a Imam, gives advice to his companion Abd-Allah ibn Jundab on the features of a true Shi‘a, some of which are those who know God, heed the hereafter, constantly engage in...

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...