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The Shia Grand Marja, Ayatollah Sayyid Ali Sistani answered a question about girls’ circumcision...

The Book "The Concept of Justice in Islam" will attempt to clarify a major misconception that has gained widespread acceptance in some academic circles...

There are some people among the non-Muslims and even the Muslims who spread confusion that the concept of human rights is alien to Shari’a (Islamic law) and it has no place in the provisions of the ...

The practical laws of Islam that are related to the actions that one must perform and those that must be avoided, and are the responsibility of everyone to...

The original publication of Marjaeya is the result of a candid discussion on matters pertaining to the Marjaeya from a series of question offered to...

This book examines the intersection between contemporary International Commercial Arbitration and Shariʿa law in order to determine possible tensions that may arise between the...

This paper will argue that the principle of a lacuna in Shi’i law can empower jurists to go beyond the traditional parameters of the shari’a. The principle allows for an expansion of Islamic law since jurists can...

The conference ‘Law, Islam and Anthropology’, jointly convened by the Department ‘Law and Anthropology’ of the Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology, RIMO and GAIR, brings together the disciplines of law, anthropology and...

The activities of the 4th international conference organized by the Egypt General Secretariat for Fatwa Authorities Worldwide on fatwa renewal was inaugurated on Tuesday...

Syria has endorsed a legislation that forbids Muslim preachers from "stoking sectarian strife" as the Arab country's fight against foreign-sponsored Takfiri terrorist groups is drawing to a...