This article, written by Mina Avanj (a doctoral student in the field of Iranian Revolutionary History), aims to explore Imam Khumayni’s views on music and examine the theoretical developments he made in this regard....
Read More »Forgiveness Work: Mercy, Law, and Victims’ Rights in Iran
Iran’s criminal courts are notorious for meting out severe sentences—according to Amnesty International, the country has the world’s highest rate of capital punishment per capita. Less known to outside observers, however, is the Iranian criminal code’s recognition of forgiveness, where victims of...
Read More »A Clear Explanation for the Prohibition of Music
The verdict on listening to music might be unclear and confusing to many Muslims. So our goal in these articles is to make a clear explanation on case 20 in the second volume of “Minhaj Al-Salehin” According to the verdict of...
Read More »The Rule of Law, Freedom of Expression and Islamic Law
This book, drawing on both International and Islamic Law, explores the rule of law, and freedom of expression and its practical application in the Muslim world...
Read More »What are the Necessary Limits for Women’s Covering while Performing Prayers?
I perform my prayers in an Iranian chador through which a part of my hair and arms can be faintly seen. Due to the same reason I do not use this kind of chador outside. Now my question is that whether I am allowed to use this kind of...
Read More »Laws and Practices: What is the Fast of the Month of Ramadan
The Muslim fast of the month of Ramadan is a continuation of the long history of fasting in the Abrahamic faiths. The self-improvement benefits of fasting make it an important means of improving one’s faith and practice of...
Read More »Call for Papers: Succession in Islamic Law
The conference addresses the role succession law played in Muslim communities in the past, how it unfolds today and what it implies for future generations...
Read More »Do all the Fuqaha Say that Smoking is Forbidden?
Islam prevented humans of eating or drinking or using everything that is harmful for health and the more harmful the prevention of its cause would be more serious until it reached the level of...
Read More »Ijtihad, Intellectual and Legislative Development
Muslims do not believe in the conciliatory Ijtihad that sets out to justify the legal reality of many cases of deviation.
Read More »Call for Applications: Research Fellowship, the Program in Islamic Law at Harvard
In collaboration with the John W. Kluge Center at the Library of Congress, the Program in Islamic Law at Harvard Law School is pleased to invite applications for the 2023-2024 PIL–LC Research Fellowship (due: January 31, 2023)....
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