Continuing the academic cooperation from previous years, The Institute of the Middle and Far East of the Jagiellonian University, The Department of Middle East and North Africa of the University of Lodz and The Department for European Islam Studies of the University of Warsaw organise the fifth international symposium that will be devoted to the social and political transformation in the...
May, 2019
October, 2018
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16 October
Call for Papers: The Politics of Religion and Spirituality
The 35th Conference International Society for the Sociology of Religion (ISSR) conference will be held in Barcelona, Spain, 9-12 July, 2019 under the title “The Politics of Religion and...
June, 2018
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30 June
Imam Ali and Political Leadership +PDF
This text presents Imam Ali's policy in governmental, political, military, social, cultural, economical and judicial affairs in Islam. The book also...
January, 2018
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8 January
Bankers and Politics: The Network of Shi‘i Moneychangers in 8-9 Century
The article argues that apart from exchanging currencies, some of these moneychangers acted as financial agents for the imams, collecting funds from their following, receiving donations on their behalf, and with the collected money regulating the internal affairs of the Kufan Shi‘i...
