The Women and Family Research Center Intensive Course endeavors to enhance scholarly attention to Gender and Women’s Studies based on Islamic Shi’a point of view and seeks to offer an original and insightful image of women in...
Read More »Twelver Shiism: Unity and Diversity in the Life of Islam, 632 to 1722
The book “Twelver Shiism” provides a historical account of the development of this sect, from the conflicts over the successors of the Prophet Muhammad following his death in 632 to the fall of the Safavid dynasty in 1722...
Read More »Inheritor of Yazid Intents on Repeating the Story of Karbala
The current inheritor of Caliph Yazid bin Mu’āwīyya’s political mantle is Mohammed bin Salman (MbS), the impetuous crown prince of Saudi Arabia, who is also thirty-three years old. He seems intent on repeating the story of Karbala and promoting a fight to finish the Shia in the Middle East just as...
Read More »Int’l Federation Permits Iranian Women to Water Ski with Hijab
The International Water ski and Wakeboard Federation (IWWF) has finally allowed Iranian women to attend Asian and international competitions while observing the Islamic dress-code (Hijab)...
Read More »International Conference on “Social Policy in the Islamic World”
Allameh Tabataba’i University (the largest public university specialized in humanities and social sciences in Iran) will hold the first international conference on ‘Social Policy in the Islamic World’ in May 2018 in partnership with a...
Read More »Book: Islamic Law and Society in Iran: A Social History of Qajar Tehran
This is the first book on the relationship between Islamic law and the Iranian society during the...
Read More »The Jurisprudential and Legal Analysis of the Delayed Payment Fine in Banking Contracts in Iran
Delay in debt repayment by bank customers is one of the challenges facing the Islamic banking system in Iran. One solution to this problem can be the stipulation of a...
Read More »Opening Ceremony of Islamic World Cultural Capital to Be Held on January 24
Iranian holy city of Mashhad in Khorasan Razavi province has been selected as the cultural capital of...
Read More »Ayatollah Rafsanjani Passes Away
Chairman of the Expediency Council Ayatollah Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani has passed away at...
Read More »Int’l Conference on Prophet Muhammad to Be Held in Iran
The International Congress on Prophet Muhammad (P.B.U.H) Representation in Art and Media will be held by the...
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