Tag Archives: Islamic Studies

Following British Association for Islamic Studies BRAIS’s successful conferences in Edinburgh (2014), London (2015 and 2016), Chester (2017) and Exeter (2018), the organisers invite proposals for...

The full-time posts are available on a fixed term basis from 1st April 2019 (or as soon as possible thereafter) for a period of 2 years in the Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies, College of...

The following is a lightly-edited selection from baḥth al-khārij (advanced jurisprudence) lectures of Sayyid Aḥmad Madadī, a respected jurist and student of Sayyid Abū l-Qāsim al-Khūʾī and SayyidʿAlī al-Sīstānī. He resides and teaches in the holy city of...

Since the formative period of Islamic law, jurists have debated whether it is acceptable for a law to be selected based on its utility. In Pragmatism in Islamic Law, Ahmed Fekry Ibrahim presents a detailed history of Sunni legal pluralism and the ways in which it was employed to accommodate …

The question of when, where, and how Islamic jurisprudence came into being has occupied research in...

The third Warwick Islamic Education Summer School will be focused on issues related to the formation of Muslim female faith and...

This July IIDR (The Islamic Institute for Development & Research) will be using Dr Jasser Auda’s latest book, Reclaiming the Mosque, to understand the historical lead up to...

The University of Religions and Denominations with its experience of organizing six intensive international courses on Shia Studies in Iran (Qom) and attracting more than a hundred participants from 42 countries, is organizing the...

The Centre for the Study of Islam in the UK, based in the School of History, Archaeology and Religion, wishes to appoint to a three-year fixed-term post in the field of British Muslim Studies...

Al-Mortada School in Najaf is announced the launch of its Shia Seminary Study Course from 15 Jul to 10 Aug 2018 for males only ages 16+. Lecturers from Howza of Najaf will deliver lectures in Quran, Jurisprudence, Theology, Ethics and...