In this authoritative biography, Muhammad Qasim Zaman offers a comprehensive and highly accessible account of Thanawi's multifaceted career and thought, whilst also providing a...
August, 2019
July, 2019
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5 July
Marjaʿiyyah from Below: Anthropological Approaches to the Study of Religious Authority +PDF
This article presents reflections from an ethnographic study of the meaning and perception of the marjaʿiyyah among Shiʿa lay Muslims in Kuwait...
June, 2019
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27 June
Sheikh Zakzaky in Urgent Need of Medical Treatment
The Islamic Movement in Nigeria has announced that details of medical investigations conducted on Sheikh Zakzaky have indicated that both the Muslim cleric and his wife have a...
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25 June
Rejecting ‘the Deal of the Century’ Means Rejecting Slavery: Sheikh Qassim
Bahrain’s most senior Shia cleric outlines how a so-called peace plan devised by the United States under President Donald Trump seeks to irreversibly compromise Palestinians’ entire....
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24 June
Palestinian, Lebanese Clerics Boycott ‘Deal of Century’
A group of over 100 Palestinian and Lebanese clerics held a meeting in the Lebanese city of Saida, condemning the American-Israeli plot of Deal of the...
April, 2019
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2 April
Article: Human Cloning through the Eyes of Muslim Scholars
This article gives a comprehensive analysis of these conferences, the relation between science and religion as reflected in the discussions there, and the further influence of these discussions on Muslims living in...
March, 2019
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26 March
Book: Guardians of Faith in Modern Times: Ulama in the Middle East
This volume is sure to become a valuable tool to both historians and social scientists working on Islamic law and on the social, political and...
December, 2018
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7 December
A Review on the Islamic Seminary of Karbala
One significant role of Islamic seminaries was the rise of knowledgeable and pious Shi‘a scholars.
November, 2018
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25 November
Muslims Should Strengthen the Movement of Islamic Awakening
On the auspicious birth anniversary of Prophet Muhammad and Imam Sadiq (peace be upon them), the heads of power branches, government officials, ambassadors of Islamic countries as well as...
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24 November
World’s Biggest Gathering of Islamic Scholars Opens in Iran
The 32nd edition of the conference, organized by the World Forum for Proximity of Islamic Schools of Thought (WFPIST), opened with representatives from 100 countries in attendance in...
