Ijtihad Network Islamic Jurisprudence
The book explains how Iran was to acquire one of its defining characteristics: its Shi'ism. Under the Safavids (1501-1736 CE), Persia adopted Shi'ism as...
October, 2018
September, 2018
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26 September
Book: Philosophy and the Intellectual Life in Shi’ah Islam
The Book “Philosophy and The Intellectual Life In Shi'ah Islam” offers insight into the rich intellectual history in Shi'ah Islam of examining enduring and integral theological, mystical, metaphysical, and...
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24 September
Shi’i Studies Group Symposium: Sectarian Identity and Community Formation in Islam
The annual symposium aims to strengthen the field of Shiʿi Studies by bringing together a group of both senior and early-career scholars to present research and to cultivate an...
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16 September
Article: African American Twelver Shia Community of New York
Based on fieldwork observations from March to December 2015 and several informal interviews, the writer try to understand how the African American Shia community of New York was formed and...
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9 September
Job Opening: Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Law and Learning in Shiite Islam
The full-time posts are available on a fixed term basis from 1st April 2019 (or as soon as possible thereafter) for a period of 2 years in the Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies, College of...
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4 September
Tadwīn al-Ḥadīth: Introduction and Preliminary Discussions
The following is a lightly-edited selection from baḥth al-khārij (advanced jurisprudence) lectures of Sayyid Aḥmad Madadī, a respected jurist and student of Sayyid Abū l-Qāsim al-Khūʾī and SayyidʿAlī al-Sīstānī. He resides and teaches in the holy city of...
August, 2018
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17 August
Book: Liberalism and Islam: Practical Reconciliation between the Liberal State and Shiite Muslims
This book examines the possibility of reconciliation between liberalism and Shiite Islam. By examining two key liberal theories, this book shows that secular liberalism is not justifiable in the view of Shiite Islamic thought...
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4 August
Book: Materials for the Intellectual History of Imāmī Shīʿism in the Safavid Period
In 1934 the New York Public Library purchased a sizable collection of 250 volumes of Arabic manuscripts through the fund for Semitic literature that had been provided by...
July, 2018
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27 July
Book: Descendants of the Family of the Prophet in Contemporary History
This book analyses the history of four major branches of the Alid family: Bahr al-Ulums, al-Hakims, al-Khoeis, and...
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7 July
Job Opening: Creating an Alternative Umma – Clerical Authority & Religio-Political Mobilisation in Transnational Shii Islam
The Department of Theology and Religion of Birmingham University seeks to appoint a Post-doctoral Research Fellow to work on the ERC-funded project ‘Creating an Alternative umma: Clerical Authority and Religio-political Mobilisation in...
