Ijtihad Network Being Wise and Faithful Muslim in the Contemporary World
The main objective of the study on temporary marriage in Shiite and Sunni Islam by Khalid Sindawi is to analyze and survey the views of Islamic jurists both ancient and modern on the...
April, 2019
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5 April
Muslim Family Law in Sub-Saharan Africa: Colonial Legacies and Post-Colonial Challenges
The Study is divided into two main sections, one on “colonizing Muslim law,” with contributions on South Africa, Kenya, Sudan, Niger, French Soudan [Mali], and Senegal; and a second on the post-colonial state and constitutionalism, covering Nigeria, Kenya, Tanzania and...
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3 April
The Vanished Imam: Musa Al-Sadr and the Shia of Lebanon
This text is more than a story of one man or country, as it attempts to treat with understanding the central themes of Muslim society and the political structures of the region...
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2 April
Book Fatwa in Indonesia by Pradana Boy
This book takes a close look at three Fatwaa-making agencies—Majelis Ulama Indonesia, Lajnah Bahth al-Masail Nahdlatul Ulama, and Majelis Tarjih Muhammadiyah—all of which are highly influential in shaping religious thought and the lives of Muslims in Indonesia...
March, 2019
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26 March
Book: Guardians of Faith in Modern Times: Ulama in the Middle East
This volume is sure to become a valuable tool to both historians and social scientists working on Islamic law and on the social, political and...
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24 March
Book: Towards A Fiqh For Minorities: Some Basic Reflections
“Fiqh for Minorities” is an important subject and a much needed contribution to an area of fiqh that has become essential for the well being and development of Muslim communities living in...
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22 March
Book: Shariah Law: Questions and Answers
The book is Comprehensive in its scope and detailed in discussing how shariah addresses issues such as worship, criminal law, gender and family, banking and finance, and modern bioethical and...
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22 March
Book: The Islamic Scholarly Tradition
The book “The Islamic Scholarly Tradition, Studies in History, Law and Thought in Honor of Professor Micnael Cock” contains highly original articles on Islamic history, law, and thought, each either proposing new hypotheses or readjusting...
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17 March
New Book Release: Islamic Laws of Food & Drink according to the Ayatollah Sistani’s Rulings
This booklet provides valuable Islamic guidance that covers every aspect of eating and drinking– important ethical considerations and a description of various types of foods, their qualities, and the....
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14 March
Al-ʿAllāma al-Ḥillī (d. 1325) and the Early Reception of Kātibī’s Shamsīya
In the following article, the writer examines how the commentary Ḥillī wrote on the Shamsīya, al-Qawāʿid al-jalīya fī sharḥ al-Risāla al-Shamsīya, fits in with his other works on logic, and how it responds to Kātibī’s logical program in general and to the syllogistic in...