Ijtihad Network Being Wise and Faithful Muslim in the Contemporary World
Man has been created for woman and vice versa. They are attracted to each other like magnets.
Read More »The Duties of Women toward their Husbands, part2
A History of Islam in Indonesia: Unity in Diversity
In this survey Carool Kersten presents the Islamisation of Indonesia from the first evidence of the acceptance of Islam by indigenous peoples in the late thirteenth century until the...
Read More »Brain Death in Islamic Jurisprudence by Abdulaziz Sachedina
Although the Muslim scripture, the Qur'an, contains various death themes that add significantly to our insight into the meaning of death, the concept is left undefined and always portrayed in close relationship with the...
Read More »New Techniques in Human Reproduction from Islam’s Point of View
The birth of the first 'test-tube-baby' in 1978 made headlines all over the world. All the world, with the exception of the Vatican, welcomed this new development in human science. After all, man is the prime creation of God. Allah has created the universe for man but created the...
Read More »Nowruz in Islam
Nowruz is the traditional Iranian festival of spring which starts at the exact moment of the vernal equinox, commencing the start of the spring. It is considered as the start of the New Year among Iranians. The name comes from Avestan meaning “new day/daylight”. Noruz is celebrated March 20/21 each …
Read More »Call for Applications: Three Postdoctoral Researchers – Islam & Vision
The European Research Council (ERC) project Visionis: Visuality in the Qur’an and Early Islam at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem directed by Dr. Hannelies Koloska is...
Read More »How Women Are Truly Viewed in Islam?
Despite the prevalent misconceptions, most particularly in western societies, the status of women in Islam is equal to men....
Read More »Book: Approaches to the Qur’an in Contemporary Iran
Approaches to the Qur'an in Contemporary Iran explores the importance of the Qur'an in the religious, artistic, political, and intellectual discourses in modern and contemporary Iran from the nineteenth century to...
Read More »Islam and Science: The Intellectual Career of Nizam al-Din al-Nisaburi
In examining the work of eminent fourteenth century Iranian Shiite scholar Nizam al-Din al-Nisaburi, this book is the first rigorous attempt to explain the cross-fertilization of scientific and religious thought in...
Read More »Faces of Muhammad: Western Perceptions of the Prophet of Islam from the Middle Ages to Today
The book shows that Muhammad wears so many faces in the West because he has always acted as a mirror for its writers, their portrayals revealing more about their own concerns than the historical realities of the...
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