Mara A. Leichtman, the writer of the book, offers an in-depth study of Shi‘i Islam in two very different communities in Senegal: the well-established Lebanese diaspora and Senegalese "converts" from Sunni to Shi‘i Islam of recent decades...
August, 2019
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8 August
Early Shi’i Thought: The Teachings of Imam Muhammad al-Baqi +PDF
Using hitherto largely ignored Shi'i sources, Arzina R. Lalani explores Imam Muhammad al-Baqir's pivotal contributions to Islamic thought in its early formative period, contributions that were powerfully to affect developments in...
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7 August
International Intensive Course on Shia Studies to be Held in Iran
Organized by the University of Religions and Denominations, the Shi’a Intensive Course endeavors to enhance scholarly attention to Shi’a Islam and offer an original and insightful understanding of its history, doctrines, and....
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4 August
Shaykh Mufid by Tamima Bayhom-Daou
The purpose of this book is to introduce the thought of an Imami Shiʻi scholar who lived and worked in Baghdad at the turn of the eleventh century and was the first of a line of scholars who helped establish a role for....
July, 2019
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19 July
Article: Multivocality in Shia Seminary
The sociological study of the Shia theological seminary is a neglected task and I should immediately add that this is not a simple task. The present research is a pioneer in this field that try to explain some hidden aspects in the Shia theological schools...
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8 July
Shi’a Sects: Kitab Firaq Al Shi’a +PDF
The earliest surviving work on Shia sects, Kitab Firaq al-Shia by al-Nawbakhti offers a uniquely Twelver Shia perspective on early Shia movements, including the Zaydis, the Ismailis, and extremist sects (ghulat)...
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2 July
Article: Towards a United Shia Youth Community+PDF
Twelver Shia Muslims in the Netherlands, a minority within the Muslim minority, are living as an ethnically fragmented community that is organised along ethnic lines. In recent years, Shia young adults started to...
June, 2019
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23 June
Between Realism and Resistance: Shiʿi Islam and the Contemporary Liberal State
This Article divides modern Shi'i thought into four categories and concludes as a general matter that at least three of those categories appear possibly compatible with liberalism, and a fourth almost appears to...
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18 June
Meeting: Bodies Matter, Death and Shiite Muslim Migrants
This is a call for a one-day brainstorming meeting regarding Death and Shiite Muslim Migrants which will be held in the Department of Politics and International Relations at Swansea University, in the...
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2 June
Documentary: Imam Hussain in the Eyes of Academics
Dr. Rebecca Masterton embarks on a journey to discover the legend of Imam Hussain (pbuh) through the eyes of academia...
