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Encyclopaedia Islamica | Brill

The 16 volume Encyclopaedia Islamica is due to become one of the major comprehensive reference works on Islam and the Muslim world. A unique feature is the attention given to aspects of Islamic heritage-particularly Shiʿism-which makes it complementary to other encyclopaedias.

Introduction to Jurisprudential Maxims

Jurisprudential maxims (You can order your copy online al-qawa’id al-fiqhiyyah) play an important role in determining one’s legal duty in particular situations. When applied, these maxims – such as the ‘Maxim of Purity’, the ‘Maxim of No Harm’, and the ‘The Maxim of Averting Hardship’ – help define the course of action one should take in a given scenario.

La Banque sans intérêt en Islam – Karthala

L’institution phare de la finance islamique – la banque sans intérêt – interroge, intrigue et fascine tant le grand public que le milieu de la recherche. Mais s’il est partout bien question de finance islamique, rares sont les sources francophones de première main disponibles sur le sujet.

Live Public Webinar: The Portrayal of Women in Shi’ism in Western Academic Literature

A discussion of women in Islam is one of the most contentious and politicised subjects in contemporary studies of Islam and has been intimately tied with questions of “West versus East” and the colonialist project. It remains a flash point for perceived civilisational conflict in the media today.

CISS Research Series Paper 1: Muḥammad Kāẓim al-Ṭabāṭabāʾī al-Yazdī – Life and Activities of a Faqīh through a Turbulent Age by Leila Chamankhah

Here you can read all the latest news on Shi’a Muslim studies and Muslim research from the Centre for Islamic Shi’a Studies (CISS).

Call for Papers – The Shīʿah Institute’s Annual Symposium 2017 – The Shi’ah Institute

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BLM: Bilal and the formation of the early …

Recent events highlight the religious obligation of engaging with, contributing to and supporting social justice movements. Black Lives Matter has spread across the world. In different places and spaces the violence of racism is being challenged. Black lives also matter throughout time.

Recent events highlight the religious obligation of engaging with, contributing to and supporting social justice movements. Black Lives Matter has spread across the world. In different places and spaces the violence of racism is being challenged. Black lives also matter throughout time. The life of Bilal needs to be re-examined from early Islamicate sources that need to be recovered to illustrate how the indomitable spirit of faith deals with subjection, racism, religious persecution and political marginalisation. Bilal is not a token, but a symbol. Bilal helps make the Muslim Ummah truly universal.

Join Sheikh Dr. Tajul Islam (Iqbal Centre for the Study of Contemporary Islam), Professor S. Sayyid (Centre for Ethnicity and Racism Studies) and Sheikh Ahmed Haneef (Islamic Centre of England) for a conversation on the role of Bilal in disrupting racial and social hierarchies and underwriting the egalitarianism of the Islamicate.

WHERE?
SR (1.08), Parkinson Building, University of Leeds, Woodhouse Lane, Leeds, LS2 9JT

WHEN?
Monday the 20th March 2017
18:30 – 20:30

Brought to you by:
Iqbal Centre for the Study of Contemporary Islam
Centre for Ethnicity and Racism Studies
ReOrient; The Journal of Critical Muslim Studies
LUU Ahlul Bayt Islamic Society
LUU Islamic Society

The Zaydi Manuscript Tradition

Alberto Tiburcio
‘Muslim-Christian Polemics and Scriptural Translation in Safavid Iran: ʿAli-Qoli Jadid al-Eslām and his Interlocutors’Iranian Studies, 50/2 (2017) 247-69

Apologies for the error in the date for the Second International Ismaili Studies Conference, which in fact commences tomorrow!