Ijtihad Network Being Wise and Faithful Muslim in the Contemporary World
The treatment of prisoners of war (POWs) has been an issue of concern to all those engaged in armed conflict for centuries. The problem of how to deal with POWs is not a new one and their treatment is a question with which the laws of war have been particularly …
March, 2019
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22 March
Video: New Zealand Broadcasts Adhan to Honor Victims of Terrorist Attacks
The Islamic call to prayer, the adhan, rang out across New Zealand on Friday afternoon as thousands gathered to honor the 50 people gunned down at two...
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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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19 March
Video: A Shiʻa Jurist Who Got Beat by His Wife!!
When he became a Shia authority and marja’, his followers realized that his wife had a bad behavior at home. They came to investigate the issue only to find out that sometimes his wife would beat him...
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18 March
Women before the Qādī under the Abbasids
In this article, the writer examines the appearance of Muslim women before the judge during the Abbasid period (132-334/750-945), both in theory and practice...
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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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17 March
Prayer, Mosque, and Pilgrimage: Mapping Shī’ī Sectarian Identity in 2nd/8th Century Kūfa
Most studies on the emergence of Shīʿism privilege the role of theology and emphasize the importance of rival historical claims regarding Muḥam mad’s succession....
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17 March
The Link between Islamic Law and Hydrocarbon Agreements
This article sets out to make clear the connection between Islamic law and hydrocarbon concessions, and provides a brief summary of the religion and its bearing on hydrocarbon...
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15 March
Was al-Shafiʻi the Master Architect of Islamic Jurisprudence?
During the last three or four decades, modern scholarship has increasingly come to recognize Muhammad Ibn Idris al-Shafiʻi (d. 820) as having played a most central role in the early development of...