This article presents reflections from an ethnographic study of the meaning and perception of the marjaʿiyyah among Shiʿa lay Muslims in Kuwait...
July, 2019
April, 2019
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28 April
Call for Papers: Ijtihad and Taqlid in Sunni and Shia Islam
The relationship between taqlīd and ijtihād is complex. The purpose of this issue of Dominican Institute for Oriental Studies is to study the two approaches in greater depth, in the light of the Islamic heritage....
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16 April
Imam Sadiq’s Jurisprudence +PDF
‘Fiqh al-Imam al-Sadiq’ is an example of dynamic jurisprudence and it illustrates how fiqh evolves through the times. Books of this caliber that touch...
February, 2019
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25 February
Two Shi‘i Jurisprudential Methodologies to Address Medical and Bioethical Challenges
The legal-ethical dynamism in Islamic law which allows it to respond to the challenges of modernity is said to reside in the institution of ijtihād (independent legal thinking and....
December, 2018
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7 December
A Review on the Islamic Seminary of Karbala
One significant role of Islamic seminaries was the rise of knowledgeable and pious Shi‘a scholars.
October, 2018
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23 October
Formation of the Islamic Jurisprudence:From the Time of the Prophet Muhammad to the 4th Century
This book presents a new reading and understanding as writer critically assesses the history, development, and impact of Islamic jurisprudence in the Muslim world...
August, 2018
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12 August
The Place of al-Mufid in the Development of Shi’i Kalam and Fiqh+PDF
By paying homage to al-Mufid and publishing his written works, the scholarship of this generation pays in fact the debt of gratitude to a man whose personality and ideas have had a continued presence throughout the rich and fruitful growth of...
July, 2018
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11 July
A Report of the Fiqhi Issues Workshop on “The Past, Present and Future of Shīʿī Ijtihād”
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...
June, 2018
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10 June
The Function of Orality in Islamic Law and Practices : Verbalizing Meaning
The author argues most cogently that the Islamic Shari'a is a social construct shaped by the prevailing norms and sustained through the subsequent centuries as...
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9 June
An Introduction to The Islamic Shariah +PDF
In this text, Sayyid Muhammad Rizvi has outlined the fundamentals of Shari'ah and how to live by the teachings and laws of Islam. He discusses Taqlid, understanding of the laws and the...
