A scientific roundtable discussion focusing on "Women's Participation in Ijtihad" was held in the office of Hujjat al-Islam wal al-Muslimin Mojtaba Elahi Khorasani, a distinguished professor of Islamic studies and instructor of Advanced Level Studies of Mashhad Seminary.....
Read More »The Life of Two Mujtahidahs: Female Religious Authority in 20th Century Iran
The present chapter introduces two Iranian female mujtahidahs, Nuṣrat Amīn (1886 - 1983) and Zuhrah Ṣifātī (1948 - ), who represent like few other contemporaries the status of female religious authority in 20th century Iran, divided by the...
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