Ijtihad Network Being Wise and Faithful Muslim in the Contemporary World
On 11 May 1917, the participants of the All-Russia Muslim Congress elected a woman, Mukhlisa Bubi, as a qāḍī (a Muslim judge) to the Central Spiritual Administration of Muslims of Inner Russia and Siberia. Granting legal authority to a woman at a central religious institution was unprecedented in the Muslim world. This article explores how this...
July, 2025
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3 July
‘Who Is Hussain’ by Dr. Mehdi Saeed Hazari
This slim volume should be a welcome addition to the libraries of both Muslims and non-Muslims. It sheds light on the horrific events we see playing out in the world today as a consequence of events that took place in the vaults of Islamic history from the time of its formative early years in the Arabian peninsula....
June, 2025
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27 June
New Releases: Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei: The Life and Legacy of a Wise Leader
“Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei: Life and Legacy of a Wise Leader” by Professor Saied Reza Ameli offers a rare and incisive portrait of one of the most influential figures in contemporary global politics and Islamic thought....
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10 June
Economic System in Islam Compared with Capitalism and Socialism
The urgent need of Islamic literature is felt throughout the world. Many young Muslims by birth, when asked which religion they adhere to their answer comes hesitatingly Muslims. Many others deny or hide their identity and claim to be progressive `atheists,' since it is the fashion now! It is needless to say that this...
May, 2025
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26 May
Global Islamophobia and the Rise of Populism
In recent years, Islamophobia has seen a disturbing global rise. Blaming Muslim minorities for economic, political, and social problems is an increasingly common rhetorical strategy for politicians in countries worldwide...
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18 May
From Guests of the Imam to Unwanted Foreigners: the Politics of South Asian Pilgrimage to Iran in the Twentieth Century
In January 2020, Iran’s religious representative in India, Hojjat ol-Eslam Mahdi Mahdavipour, called for efforts to attract more Indian pilgrims to the shrine of Imam Reza in Mashhad, Iran, noting that out of 250 million Indian Muslims, only around 150,000 came as pilgrims yearly.....
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8 May
In Pictures: 100th Anniversary of Reestablishment of Hawza Ilmiyyah of Qom
On the morning of Wednesday, May 7, 2025, the International Conference Commemorating the 100th Anniversary of the Reestablishment of the Hawza Ilmiyya of Qom commenced with the recitation of Grand Ayatollah Khamenei's message to this conference.....
April, 2025
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26 April
The Islamic Funerary Inscriptions of Bahrain, Pre-1317 AH/1900 AD
In The Islamic Funerary Inscriptions of Bahrain, Pre-1317 AH/1900 AD, the authors present a study of the funerary inscriptions based upon fieldwork completed in Bahrain between 2013-2015....
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12 April
The Role of Muhammad Baqir al-Sadr in Shii Political Activism in Iraq from 1958 to 1980
On 8 April 1980, Muhammad Baqir al-Sadr was executed. His execution arousedno criticism from the West against the Iraqi regime, however, because Sadr had openly supported the Ayatollah Khomeini's regime in Iran and because the West was distracted by the turbulence in Iran that followed the revolution....
March, 2025
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18 March
Tawātur in Islamic Thought: Transmission, Certitude and Orthodoxy
Tawātur is the concept that information yields certainty if acquired through a sufficient number of independent channels. Tawātur in Islamic Thought is an attempt to unravel the twisted historical threads of the conception and usage of tawātur across diverse Islamic disciplines, in light of both Western academia and...