Sayyida Āmina Haidar al-Sadr, who later adopted the pen name Bint al-Huda, was born in Muharram 1357 AH (1938) in Kadhimiya, Baghdad. She emerged as one of the most prominent figures in the Islamic world, especially in Iraq, during the mid-20th century.....
Read More »
Throughout Muslim history, biographical literature has been a medium through which scholars negotiated and articulated criteria for membership and authority in their respective religious communities...
Read More »
Through their performances of mourning rites, Shi’a Mohajerin (emigrants from India) Muslim women in Peshawar, Pakistan practiced an oblique,undeclared contestation against their subordinate position in a...
Read More »
One-Day workshop on “The Legacy of Fatima: The Role of Women in Shia Islam” will be held in Woolf Institute Cambridge on March 4. This event will bring together scholars and practitioners to discuss the role and legacy of Fatima in Shia Islam. Discussants and moderators include: Father Christopher Clohessy, …
Read More »
Ijtihad Network Being Wise and Faithful Muslim in the Contemporary World