A new book has recently been released by the Supreme Century publications in California on Iranian Leader Ayatollah Sayyed Ali Khamenei's "Nuclear Fatwa under...
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The truth, in legal terms, is the version of "what happened" which carries most authority. This original and thought-provoking book looks at how...
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well-known work in Imamiyya fiqh (jurisprudence), written by Abu al-Qāsim Najm al-Din Jaʾfar b. Hasan Hilli, known as...
Read More »Book: Islamic Finance in the Global Economy
This book explains the paradox of a system rooted in the medieval era thriving in the...
Read More »Islam and Literalism: Literal Meaning and Interpretation in Islamic Legal Theory
In this reading of Islamic legal hermeneutics, Robert Gleave explores various competing notions of literal meaning, linked to...
Read More »Chicago University Shiʿi Studies Symposium Call for Papers
The University of Chicago Shiʿi Studies Group Symposium will host a conference on “Shiʿism and Governance” on...
Read More »The Best Time for Daily Prayers
The time of ẓuhr and ʿaṣr is from noon until sunset. However, the very beginning of this time, for the duration of...
Read More »Intl. Seminar on Islamic Jurisprudence in Contemporary Society
The International Seminar on Islamic Jurisprudence in Contemporary Society with theme "The Social Harmony through Islamic Jurisprudence" will be...
Read More »Book: Child Custody in Islamic Jurisprudence +pdf
In this book we learn the many different laws on the rights of the mother, the father, the child, and...
Read More »The Jurisprudent Position Regarding Cloning
The Jurisprudent Position Regarding Cloning and the Discussion Regarding the Counterview is a writing by Late Ayatollah Sayyed Muhammad Hussain Fadlullah. Reactions to the operations of cloning varied, with many foreign countries issuing laws that prohibit these operations for all purposes whatsoever. But the Religious Authority Sayyed Muhammad Hussein Fadlullah, …
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