The organizing committee of the McGill Institute of Islamic Studies Graduate Student Symposium invites abstract submissions to their ninth annual symposium, to be held on April 4-5, 2019 at...
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We are far away from a conclusion about the philosophy of Imam Musa Sadr and the role he played as an intellectual within the global politics as to understand the character of his worldview and the nature of his political philosophy as well as...
Read More »The Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s Vision of Islamic Philosophical Theology and Paraxis of Global Peace
This manuscripts provides important data for US educated public. In this context, we may inquire, what are the actual sources of political enlightenment of the general public...
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Inviting the young people to rational sciences and the seminary schools paying attention to these sciences—particularly philosophy—is of great importance, said Ayatollah Sayyid Ali Khamenei in a meeting with the Organizers of the National Conference of the Philosopher of...
Read More »Theology and Society in the Second and Third Centuries of the Hijra. Volume 1
Theology and Society is the most comprehensive study of Islamic intellectual and religious history, focusing on Muslim theology. With its emphasis on the eighth and ninth centuries CE, it remains the most detailed prosopographical study of the early phase of the formation of...
Read More »Book: Ideas in Motion in Baghdad and Beyond
This collection of papers, edited by Damien Janos, represents a significant milestone: Janos’ own paper is probably the most interesting article ever published on Abū Bisr Mattā, founder of the Baghdad school, and there are several important studies of Ibn ʿAdī as...
Read More »Call for Papers: 20th International Conference on Islamic Philosophy & Logic
20th International Conference on Islamic Philosophy and Logic is the premier interdisciplinary platform for the presentation of new advances and research results in the fields of Islamic Philosophy and...
Read More »Article: Introduction to Islamic Sciences, Part I
Acquiring and possessing knowledge is highly recommended in Islam as God encourages people to seek knowledge as seen in the Qur’an and hadith. Educators and scholars hold a...
Read More »Book: Essays in Islamic Philology, History, and Philosophy
This work treats in one volume the most important fields in Islamic studies: Persian literature and philology; Islamic history and historiography; Arabic literature and philology; and Islamic philosophy and...
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