This article will critically examine al-Shāfi’ī’s complex views on the use of qiyās as a method for establishing culpability under Islamic criminal law and, then explore how his position corresponds to the human rights paradigm in the contemporary age...
August, 2019
July, 2019
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31 July
New Released: The Laws of Islam by Ayatollah Modarresi +PDF
The Laws of Islam is the English-language legal manual of Grand Ayatollah al-Modarresi which provides the reader with a concise overview of the Islamic obligations and recommendations, both personal and...
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28 July
Gamete Donation and the Role of Religious Leaders in Iran
In this article, the “Iranian ART Revolution” that has allowed donor technologies to be admitted as a form of assisted reproduction technology will be examined...
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7 July
The Legal Methodology of “Fiqh al-Aqalliyyat” and its Critics: An Analytical Study
Fiqh al-Aqalliyyat — the jurisprudence of Muslim minorities — is a legal doctrine asserting that Muslim minorities, especially those residing in the...
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6 July
Maqāṣid al-Sharīʻa and Contemporary Reformist Muslim Thought: An Examination
Maqasid al-Shari'a and Contemporary Reformist Muslim Thought looks at the effectiveness of Maqasid al-Shari'a - as understood as both a classical legal hermeneutical construct developed by premodern Islamic legal theoreticians...
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5 July
Marjaʿiyyah from Below: Anthropological Approaches to the Study of Religious Authority +PDF
This article presents reflections from an ethnographic study of the meaning and perception of the marjaʿiyyah among Shiʿa lay Muslims in Kuwait...
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...
May, 2019
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29 May
All Faiths Should Be Involved in Writing Universal Declaration of Human Rights
All faith communities should be involved in writing Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The role and opinions of Muslims in Universal Declaration of Human Rights should be propounded and compiled in the Islamic Conference....
April, 2019
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19 April
A Summary of Ruling +PDF
This book is the English translation of the Risalat al-Fiqh (text of Islamic Laws) of Grand Ayatollah Nasir Makarem Shirazi, with a helpful addition of a glossary of Arabic terms appended at the end for the...
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9 April
Hamza b. ‘Ali b. Zuhra al-Halabi
Al-Sayyid Abūl-Makārim ʿIzz al-Dīn Ḥamza b. ʿAlī b. Zuhra al-Ḥusaynī al-Ḥalabī, b. 511/1118 - d. 588/1189) famous as Ibn Zuhra was a Faqih, Usuli, Mutikallim, Nahwi, and one of the great Shi'a scholars of...
