Ijtihad Network Being Wise and Faithful Muslim in the Contemporary World
Millions of Iranians have packed the streets of Tehran to pay homage to the Middle East's most prominent anti-terror commander General Qassem Soleimani who was...
January, 2020
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2 January
In Pictures: Commemoration Ceremony of Late Ayatollah Mohaqiq Damad
A group of Shia Scholars have held a conference in Allama Tabatabaei University, Qom, to commemorate the late Ayatollah Sayyid Muhammad Mohaqiq Damad....
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1 January
If One Performs Prayers in Prime Times and Does not Reach Great Positions May Curse Me
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...
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...