Ijtihad Network Being Wise and Faithful Muslim in the Contemporary World
A footage of a car carrying alcoholic drinks to different quarters of the city was spread recently that was recorded by a Saudi man. A point which is important in this video is that a...
July, 2019
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1 July
Video: Five Facts You May Not Know about Imam Sadiq (pbuh)
Whereabouts of Imam Ali’s (pbuh) tomb was hidden, it was unknown till Imam Sadid (pbuh) revealed it. Imam Sadiq had about 4000 students amongst which were some famous Shi’a scholars and also Sunni scholars like Abu Hanifa and...
June, 2019
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30 June
Video: Philosophy Is not Important than Fiqh
A footage outlining the discussion of managing the society using Islamic fiqh versus Islamic philosophy. How important is fiqh and how important is philosophy to administer a...
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29 June
The Right to Marry: Daughters and Elders in the Islamic Courts of Zanzibar
In rural Zanzibar, both lay people and legal professionals argue that women’s options in marriage could be improved by closer adherence to Islamic law....
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26 June
He never Talked to me without Respect: Beheshti’s Wife
What I saw through our 29 years of marriage life was his gentleness and patience. I do not remember that even a moment he became nervous without reason or even once he had talked to me...
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25 June
Muslim Women in Indonesian Religious Courts
This essay investigates the reasons underlying women’s increasing use of the Islamic courts by examining the attitude of Indonesian Muslim women towards divorce and divorce law as reflected in the narratives they present when petitioning for divorce in court....
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25 June
Discourse on Hudud in Malaysia: Addressing the Missing Dimension
This study argues that the discourse on hudud would not be complete unless hard questions surrounding its substance and practical procedures are....
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24 June
Despite the Absence of Kitaballah and Sunnati in Sunni Books, Sunnis Insist on It!
Does this tradition really exist in Ṣaḥīḥayn (Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim and Ṣaḥīḥ Bukhārī)? Not at all! This is a weak tradition. It exists in no one’s book. Not in Bukhārī’s, Muslim’s, or Abū Dāwūd’s. No one has mentioned it in his book; not Nessāī, Tirmidhi, or Ibn Mājah. Not even one of the authors of Kutub al-Sittah or the six...
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23 June
Between Realism and Resistance: Shiʿi Islam and the Contemporary Liberal State
This Article divides modern Shi'i thought into four categories and concludes as a general matter that at least three of those categories appear possibly compatible with liberalism, and a fourth almost appears to...
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23 June
What Is Salat (Prayer) +PDF
Salat (Prayer), this standing and bending down; This way of sitting and laying the forehead on the ground; Uttering words in...