Ijtihad Network Being Wise and Faithful Muslim in the Contemporary World
The shiite Muslim community in Kenya is an active religious minority which need to be studied due to their significant role in different aspects of social life in Kenya since the...
December, 2019
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8 December
History of Shi’a Muslims in Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania
Historically the vast majority of Muslims in Dar es Salaam have tended to belong to either the Shi'a community or to one of the Sunni sufi brotherhoods (s. tariqa, pl. turuq), each assuming a dynamic role in...
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3 December
The Shias of Pakistan: An Assertive and Beleaguered Minority
This nine-chapter long book comprehensively covers different facets of Shi‘a politics in the subcontinent...
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3 December
A Study of Iraqi Immigrants: Has The Shi‘a-Sunni Conflict Been Transferred to Ottawa, Canada?
This research project examined the dynamics between the Shi‘a and Sunni branches of Islam amongst Iraqi immigrants in Canada...
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3 December
The End of Traditional Islamic Jurisprudence in Hermeneutics of Moḥammad Mojtahed Shabestarī
This article is devoted to the contemporary Shi'a Iranian religious scholar and thinker Moḥammad Mojtahed Shabestarī (b. 1936)...
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3 December
In Pictures: International Fiqh Conference on Water
The 3-day conference is held with the core theme of “Water Fiqh in the Islamic Law, its Legal Provisions, Civilized Prospects and Contemporary Issues"....
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3 December
Book: Migration and Islamic Ethics: Issues of Residence, Naturalization and Citizenship
Migration and Islamic Ethics, Issues of Residence, Naturalization and Citizenship addresses how Islamic ethical and legal traditions can contribute to current global debates on migration and...
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1 December
Book: Deconstructing Islamic Studies
This volume, comprising chapters by leading experts, deconstructs the ways in which classical Muslim scholarship has structured (and, indeed, continues to structure) the modern study of Islam...
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1 December
Al-Sayyid ʿAlī al-Ḥusaynī al-Sīstānī on Uṣūl al-fiqh in Twelver Shīʿī Thought
What follows is a translation of the first, and part of the second, introductory discussions in the transcribed notes of al-Sayyid ʿAlī al-Ḥusaynī al-Sīstānī’s (b. 1930) advanced lectures on...
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1 December
Article: Offering Complete or Shortened Prayers? The Traveler’s Salat at the “Holy Places
In this article, the writer discusses the prayer of a traveler at places designated as holy in Shi‘i hadith and juridical literature. After examining the traditions on praying at the holy places, he will investigate the factors that were significant in...