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Shii News – Ethnoreligious identities and the Alevis of Turkey and Alawites of Syria – N. Sandal

‘Solidarity theologies and the (re)definition of ethnoreligious identities: the case of the Alevis of Turkey and Alawites of Syria’
N. Sandal
BJMES, 48/3 (2021)

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Shii News – ‘The Historical Roles of Jihād in Sunnī-Shīʿī Relations’ – D. Stewart

‘The Historical Roles of Jihād in Sunnī-Shīʿī Relations’
D. Stewart,
The Journal of the Middle East and Africa Volume 12, 2021 – Issue 2

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Shii News – ‘Iǧtihād and taqlīd in Sunni and Shiite Islam’ (MIDEO Special Issue)

The special issue of MIDEO (Mélanges de l’Institut dominicain d’études orientales) on the topic of ‘Iǧtihād and taqlīd in Sunni and Shiite Islam’ is now out.

The papers in English and French are freely available online through OpenEdition Journals.

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Shii News – Passing of Janis Esots

It is with deep sadness that the Institute for Ismaili Studies (IIS) announces the untimely loss of Dr Janis Esots, colleague and esteemed scholar.

An obituary can be found here:

https://www.iis.ac.uk/news/in-memoriam-janis-esots

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Shii News – New issue of Turkish Journal of Shiite Studies

New issue of Turkish Journal of Shiite Studies (Volume: 3 Issue:1 June 2021) has been published. Our journal is open access and a non-profit academic organization. You can access the articles from the link.
The article submitting of new issue (Volume:3 Issue: 2 December 2021) has been started.

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Shii News – ‘Ṣadrā’s Use of Fakhr al-Dīn al-Rāzī’ – C. Bonmariage

‘Ṣadrā’s Use of Fakhr al-Dīn al-Rāzī’s al-Mabāḥith al-mashriqiyya in the Asfār‘
C. Bonmariage
Oriens, 2020

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Shii News – Online Book Launch: ‘Essays on Shi‘ism and Iran’ – H. Algar (30.6.21)

Online Book Launch: Essays on Shi‘ism and Iran by Hamid Algar
Date: Wednesday, 30 June 2021
Time: 8:00-9:00 PM GMT (London time)
Join at:
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/81492642552?pwd=VmRQRnc5U0RoU1g1NS9kd1dxZ3JLdz09
Meeting ID: 814 9264 2552
Passcode: 337916

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Shii News – ‘The Bohra and Khoja Pilgrimage Infrastructure in Iraq’s Shrine Cities, 1897–1932’ – M. O’Sullivan

‘”Indian Money”, Intra-Shīʿī Polemics, and the Bohra and Khoja Pilgrimage Infrastructure in Iraq’s Shrine Cities, 1897–1932’
M. O’Sullivan
Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, 2021

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Shii News – ‘Global Dynamics of Shi’a Marriages’ – Y. Shanneik, A. Moors, eds.

Global Dynamics of Shi’a Marriages,
Religion, Gender, and Belonging
Edited by Yafa Shanneik, Annelies Moors
Rutgers University Press, 2021
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Shii News – ‘British Shi’i ritual of giving blood’ – M. Hashemi

‘Could we use blood donation campaigns as social policy tools?: British Shi’i ritual of giving blood’
M. Hashemi,
Identities, Global Studies in Culture and Power, 2020

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