Brannon Wheeler uses both textual analysis and various types of material evidence to gain insight into the role of animal sacrifice in Islam. He provides a 'thick description' of...
Read More »Dissertation: Economic Thought of Muhammad Baqir al-Sadr: A Study of Iqtisaduna (Our Economics)
In the field of economics, Iqtisaduna provides necessary guidelines, values and rules that aim at achieving the twin objectives of social justice and sustained increase in...
Read More »Good Muslim vs. bad Muslim by Xavier Villar
One of the main frameworks used to discipline Muslims in contemporary times is good vs bad Muslim binary. This discourse is so pervasive, that we can find it within Muslim communities...
Read More »Call for Papers: 5th Congress on Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies
For its fifth edition, the “Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies” Scientific Interest Group (GIS MOMM) organizes its Congress at the University of Lyon on Tuesday 11, Wednesday 12 and Thursday 13 July 2023....
Read More »Call for Entries: Encyclopedia of Islamic Economics and Finance
This study seeks to offer an introductory account focusing on the subjects of Islamic finance and economics. There is visible need for such an account since there is no comprehensive literature that can be employed in courses being offered in courses on....
Read More »Call for Papers: Relating Science and Islam: Frameworks and Methodologies
The University of Chester is hosting a two-day online conference that aims to re-engage with the question of how Islam and science could, should and do relate to one another....
Read More »The Conceptualization of Guardianship in Iranian Intellectual History (1800-1989): Reading Ibn ʿArabī’s Theory of Wilāya in the Shīʿa World
This book is a study of the concept of wilāya and its developments among Shīʿī scholars from the eighteenth to twentieth century. Leila Chamankhah addresses a number of issues by delving into the....
Read More »Book Review: An Introduction to Islamic Law by Wael Hallaq
Wael Hallaq is one of the leading scholars in the field of Islamic law, and well qualified to evaluate the historical Shari‘ah, in comparison with both modern legislation and today’s heavily politicized presentation of Islamic law.....
Read More »Call for Papers: 6th Annual Symposium on Muslim Philanthropy & Civil Society
The Muslim Philanthropy Initiative (MPI) of the Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy invites you to present at the 6th Annual Symposium on Muslim Philanthropy and...
Read More »Essays in Islamic Philology, History, and Philosophy
The articles in this volume are dedicated to Professor Ahmad Mahdavi Damghani for the breadth and depth of his interests and his influence on those interests....
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