The summer school is open to doctoral students enrolled in any country, in any discipline, as long as their dissertation subject and the proposed talk are related to the theme of the...
Read More »The Distinctive Features that Characterize Piety
Taqwā points toward the degree to which people protect themselves from erring from Allāh Almighty’s command while striving to remain obedient to Him. When Imām Ṣādiq u was asked to define piety he...
Read More »Book: Ideal Islamic Economy: An Introduction
This book provides an introduction to the vision of an economic system based completely on the Holy Qur’an—a system defined as a collection of institutions, representing rules of behavior, prescribed by Allah for...
Read More »Islamic International Law: Formation and Development
Today, the father of international law is considered to be Grotius from the Netherlands, while Islam, with its Quranic rules in the international arena, is undoubtedly the creator of law in all its...
Read More »Call for Papers: “Esotericism and the Qur’an”
The objective of this conference is to take stock of these esoteric uses of the Qur’an and to examine how they relate to each other and to non-esoteric traditions and methods, to set them in the...
Read More »Imam Mahdi (a) in Chapter al-Qadr
Chapter al-Qadr (97) of the Holy Qu’ran is a short chapter containing five verses in which Allah (swt) promises a night during which the angels descend with...
Read More »The Annual Quran Competition 2021 (For U.S. and Canadian Residents Youth)
The Annual Quran Competition is an educational competition for youth (ages 12 to 17) which aims to enhance today’s generation by strengthening their connection to the...
Read More »Human Rights from Islamic Perspective
Islam, as the most complete religion, has studied all the general and partial aspects of society, so it is natural that not only is it not indifferent to human rights issues, but it has presented it in...
Read More »What the Qur’an and the Sunna Say about Imam Ali’s Leadership
If the ḥadīth of Manzila, ḥadīth of Ghadīr and ḥadīth of Badʾ al-Daʿwa point to the political centrality of the Prophet’s Family, there are other traditions which demonstrate their centrality to Islamic thought after the...
Read More »Intellection in the Islamic Tradition: A Lecture by Shahid Mutahhari
In the sunnah, especially in Shiʿi narrations, the intellect or intellection has been given much importance. One of the merits of Shiʿi narrations compared to non-Shiʿi narrations is the...
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