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This 7-week course critically examines the dynamic relationship between Islamic law (Sharīʿa) and contemporary international legal frameworks. Designed for students, researchers, and professionals in the fields of Islamic studies and law, the course offers a rigorous, comparative exploration of foundational theories and current debates on some of the most pressing legal and ethical questions of our time...

Al-Mahdi Institute has announced the call for papers for their upcoming two-day conference, running from Monday, 12 February until Tuesday, 13 February 2024, titled: ‘Compiling a Tradition: The History and Development of the Early Imāmī Hadith Corpora, convened by...

The Al-Mahdi Institute (AMI) welcomes applications for the AMI Doctoral Scholarship to support talented students working on the study of Imāmī (Twelver) Shīʿism....

The Al-Mahdi Institute is pleased to announce the call for papers for the 2nd Graduate Islamic Studies Conference to be held between Saturday 6th of May 2023 and Sunday 7th of May 2023....

The Inaugural Annual IRS Academic Workshop in the Eschatology Series, hosted by Al-Mahdi Institute (AMI), provides a forum for sharing perspectives related to the nature of the human soul, its transitioning at the point of death and the....

The conference is aimed at graduate students at the masters level working in the field of Islamic studies with the aim of providing those intending to pursue a career in research and academia with an opportunity to gain experience presenting at a conference and to network with likeminded peers. The …

Considering ongoing tensions and the perception that critique of religion is not tolerated in Islam, the 9th Annual Contemporary Fiqhī Issues Workshop, hosted by...

A two-day workshop, hosted by Al-Mahdi Institute in conjunction with the UK Organ Donation and Transplant Research Centre at the University of Bedfordshire, hopes to facilitate multi-disciplinary scholarship dealing with...

The 6th annual fiqhī workshop on “The Past, Present and Future of Shīʿī Ijtihād” was held on 5th-6th July, 2018 with the attendance of prominent scholars from Iran and Iraq seminary and the...

A number of small grants and bursaries are available to encourage the development and publication of research in line with the aims and objectives of Al-Mahdi Institute...