Ijtihad Network Being Wise and Faithful Muslim in the Contemporary World
A teacher of ethics [Ayatollah Qadi (May Allah Bless him)] in Najaf said, “I am liable if a person performs these five-time prayers in their prime times and does not reach...
January, 2020
December, 2019
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31 December
Video: Zainab Is an Example of Standing against Tyranny
Zainab was stand up and said this is oppression, this is a tyrant, you have to stand up against it...
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29 December
Article: Joining the Islamic State from France between 2014 and 2016
Among terrorists, two profiles were highlighted: first, individualswho commit violent actions within a radical group and second, individuals–so-called‘lone wolves’–who act in a...
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29 December
Mechanism and Initiatives to Eliminate Extremism, Terrorism, Criminal Violence and War
While various peace studies programs have been produced with religious, legal, international relations, historical, and other approaches, this paper suggests the development of...
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28 December
Between Hadīth and Fiqh: the “Canonical” Imāmī Collections of Akhbār
As an example of the processes at work in the collection and presentation of akhbār, the writer examines the issue of tayammum, ritual purification by...
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28 December
Article: The Living Fiqh, or Practical Theology, of Muslim Humanitarianism
In this paper the writer analyzes the discursive practices emerging in the transnational Muslim humanitarian sector, documenting the emergence of a pervasive ethic of...
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26 December
Book: Jesus (a) through the Qur’an and Shiʻite Narrations
What is offered here is a fairly comprehensive selection of the ayat (signs) of the Noble Quran and narrations pertaining to Jesus said to have been reported by the...
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25 December
Book: Imperial Mecca: Ottoman Arabia and the Indian Ocean Hajj
The Writer analyzes the late Ottoman hajj and Hijaz region as transimperial spaces, reshaped by the competing forces of Istanbul’s project of frontier modernization and the extraterritorial reach of...
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24 December
In Pictures: Ayatollah Khalkhali Laid to Rest
On Monday a large number of Iranian people attended a funeral procession for Ayatollah Sayyid Muhammad Mahdi Khalkhali, who died at the....
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22 December
In Pictures: Late Ayatollah Muhammad Mahdi Mousavi Khalkhali
Ayatollah Sayyid Muhammad Mahdi Mousavi Khalkhali the prominent Shia scholars and the teacher of Hawza Ilmiyya of Mashhad, Iran passed away at the age of 95 in...