Ijtihad Network Being Wise and Faithful Muslim in the Contemporary World
This book is a study of the concept of wilāya and its developments among Shīʿī scholars from the eighteenth to twentieth century. Leila Chamankhah addresses a number of issues by delving into the....
June, 2022
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19 June
New Released: Yemeni Manuscript Cultures in Peril
Yemeni Manuscript Cultures in Peril contributes to the history of books and libraries and their role in the scholastic culture in Yemen, past and present. The contributions brought together in this volume address a wide spectrum of aspects....
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18 June
Essays in Islamic Philology, History, and Philosophy
The articles in this volume are dedicated to Professor Ahmad Mahdavi Damghani for the breadth and depth of his interests and his influence on those interests....
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15 June
Hajj Rituals by Ayatollah Sayyid Ali al-Husayni al-Sistani
It is clear from the Holy Qur'an and the traditions that performance of Hajj (Pilgrimage) is obligatory on every person who has attained puberty and has the means mentioned below....
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13 June
Understanding Islamic Finance
In Understanding Islamic Finance Muhammad Ayub introduces all the essential elements of this growing market by providing an in-depth background to the subject and clear descriptions of all the...
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12 June
Islamic Law and Empire in Ottoman Cairo
James E. Baldwin examines how the interplay of these two conceptions of Islamic law – religious scholarship and royal justice – undergirded legal practice in Cairo, the largest and richest city in the....
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3 June
Imam Khomeini’s Innovations in Changing Sex in Spousal Sentences
The purpose of this research is to express the innovations of Imam Khomeini in the context of sex change in spouses. Consequently, according to Imam Khomeini, sex change is not...
May, 2022
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28 May
Islamic Human Rights Discourse and Hermeneutics of Continuity
hen analyzing these discussions on Islam and human rights discourse into a typology they can provide insights where compatibility and non-compatibility lies, and where possible reinterpretation is...
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27 May
The Lantern of the Path, Imam Ja’far al-Sadiq
The Imam Ja'far al-Sadiq explanations in 'The Lantern of the Path' contain many levels of understanding. Much depends upon the state of the seeker and the extent of...
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25 May
Islamic Law in the Indian Ocean World: Texts, Ideas and Practices
This book explores the ways in which Muslim communities across the Indian Ocean world produced and shaped Islamic law and its texts, ideas and practices in their local, regional, imperial, national and transregional contexts. With a focus on the production and transmission of Islamic law in the Indian Ocean, the …