Ijtihad Network Being Wise and Faithful Muslim in the Contemporary World
This article argues that although Sistani’s authority has not been constitutionalized, it was indirectly and roughly ‘formalized’ through practices and...
Read More »The ‘Formal’ Marjaʿ: Shiʿi Clerical Authority and the State in Post-2003 Iraq
Call for Papers: Sovereignty, Legitimacy and Authority in Twelver Shia Islam
This conference invites papers on the topic of clergy-state relations in Twelver Shia Islam, from the post-ghayba period (ca. 941 CE) to...
Read More »Three Sources of Shiʿi Knowledge and Authority+PDF
Throughout Shiʿi history, scholars (ʿulamāʾ) have been trying to answer the following question: in the absence of the Prophet and the Imams, how is sure knowledge (ʿilm) derived?...
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