Ijtihad Network Islamic Jurisprudence
The 10th international conference of Sireh Alavi (behavioral style) with the approach of Imam Ali (PBUH), economy and society will be held at University of Lorestan, Iran on...
December, 2018
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26 December
Ayatollah Hashemi Shahroudi Laid to Rest in Qom
Expediency Council Chairman Ayatollah Sayyid Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi, who passed away on Monday at the age of 70 after months of ill health, was laid to rest in the holy city of Qom on...
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25 December
He Is as Promising Future for Islam & Treasure for Sharia: Martyr al-Sadr
Sayyid Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi who lost his father in childhood followed his father in his career and became one of the special students of Ayatollah Muhammad Baqir Sadr. It is said that his master had called him as a promising future for
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24 December
Ayatollah Sayyid Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi Passes Away
Chairman of Iran's Expediency Discernment Council Ayatollah Hashemi Shahroudi, passed away at 70. The health condition of Ayatollah Shahroudi had turned worse on Sunday, and he was in the...
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22 December
Book: Sociology of Shiʿite Islam +PDF
In these collected essays writer has persistently developed a Weberian theoretical framework for the analysis of Shiʿism, from its sectarian formation in the eighth century through the establishment of the Safavid empire in the sixteenth century, to the...
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18 December
Roots of North Indian Shi’ism in Iran and Iraq: Religion and State in Awadh, 1722–1859
In this book, the writer, Juan Ricardo Irfan Cole has contributed significantly to our understanding both of Nawabi Awadh (Oudh) and also Twelver (isna Ashari) Shi’ism. His detailed study of the social and...
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1 December
In Picture: Ayatollah Sayyid Hassan Modarres
Ayatollah Sayyid Hassan Modarres was born in 1870 in a village near Ardestan, a city in Isfahan province. His had a poor but religiously devoted family...
November, 2018
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24 November
World’s Biggest Gathering of Islamic Scholars Opens in Iran
The 32nd edition of the conference, organized by the World Forum for Proximity of Islamic Schools of Thought (WFPIST), opened with representatives from 100 countries in attendance in...
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4 November
8th International Intensive Course on Shia Studies to be Held in Iran
Organized by the University of Religions and Denominations, the Shi’a Intensive Course endeavors to enhance scholarly attention to Shi’a Islam and offer an original and insightful understanding of its history, doctrines, and...
October, 2018
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8 October
Book: Converting Persia Religion and Power in the Safavid Empire
The book explains how Iran was to acquire one of its defining characteristics: its Shi'ism. Under the Safavids (1501-1736 CE), Persia adopted Shi'ism as...
