This article evaluates the extent to which Islamic law and fatwas in Malaysia can control the practice and promulgation of...
March, 2020
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15 March
Shi’i Clerical Networks and the Transnational Contest over Sacred Authority: Dynamics in London’s Shi’i Triangle
This article explores the transnational contest over sacred authority in contemporary Shi’i Islam as it plays out between contemporary maraji’ (sources of emulation) and the...
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7 March
Book: Sociology of Shiʿite Islam
Sociology of Shiʿite Islam is a comprehensive study of the development of Shiʿism. Its bearers first emerged as a sectarian elite, then a...
February, 2020
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17 February
Shia Students Conference to Be Held in Massachusetts
The national Shia students conference titled “Ma’rifa 2020: Self-Discovery and Imagination” will be held on February 28-29 in...
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9 February
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...
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9 February
A History of Shi’ism in Bahrain: 630-1524
The history of Shīʻism in Bahrain has long been a neglected area of academic attention; partly due to a lack of easily accessible sources...
January, 2020
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28 January
Shi’ism and the Democratisation Process in Iran: With a Focus on Wilayat al-Faqih
In this book the writer draws on the history and theological underpinnings of Shi'i Islam to argue that in today's Iran, politi and religion are neither rigid nor in...
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26 January
Political Thought in Contemporary Shi‘a Islam
This book offers an intellectual history of one of the leading Shi’i thinkers and religious leaders of the 20th-century in...
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18 January
Article: Being a Young British Iraqi Shi’i in London
Relying on an ethnographic research conducted both in the UK and Iraq, this article explores issues of cultural and religious identities among London-based young British Iraqi Shiis. Using Stuart Hall’s notions of...
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18 January
Call for Papers: Historicizing the Shiʿi Hadith Corpus
From 24-26 June 2020, the Leiden University Centre for Islam and Society (LUCIS) and Shiʿi Studies Unit of the Institute of Ismaili Studies, London (IIS), will host a conference on the...
