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Half of my Heart

As Abû ʿAbd Allâh al-Ḥusayn, son of ʿAlî and Fâṭima and grandson of Muḥammad, moved inexorably towards death on the field of Karbalâʾ, his sister Zaynab was drawn ever closer to the centre of the family of Muḥammad, the ‘people of the house’ (ahl al-bayt).

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“Nahj al-Balaghah” is a collection of Amir al-Mu’minin Ali’s sermons, letters, and aphorisms. It is not only a precious work of hadiths and a set of constructive Islamic teachings but also one of the most important works concerning Arabic literature and a symbol of Arabic rhetoric. The book has since a long time ago been a focus of the attention of Muslim scholars. This is because of the special status of Nahj al-Balaghah as a symbol of the Tradition along with the Holy Quran and its comprehensiveness with regard to practical and applied doctrines in the lives of Muslims.

The significance of Nahj al-Balaghah motivated us in Nahj al-Balagha Research Center (Tehran, Iran) to assign the First International Book Prize for Nahj al-Balaghah in order to propagate the Alawi culture and lofty doctrines of the book more than ever. The Nahj al-Balaghah Foundation, the Book House, and the Deputy of the Quran and ‘Itrat of the Ministry of Islamic Culture and Guidance will play their role in this Prize as our partners.

Given that the prize is international, works concerning Nahj al-Balaghah or Imam Ali in any languages can be accepted. Scholars are invited to contribute with any works engaging Nahj al-Balaghah, including both traditional studies of topics and interdisciplinary studies, sciences of Nahj al-Balaghah such asdocuments, literature, rhetoric, commentaries and bibliography, textual studies of Nahj al-Balaghah including edits of manuscripts and translations.

Those interested can submit their works via the prize website by 31 December 2018: http://www.ibbnb.ir/en/home or contact atmoghri.a@gmail.com for any inquiries or questions.

Along with the Prize event, there will be a 2-day workshop on “Human and Social Relations in Shi’a Tradition” by Prof. Pakatchi. Those interested are welcome to apply.

International workshop: “Sunni-Shi‘i Relations in Europe: How to Study Them?”, Migration Institute of Finland, Turku, 13–14 December 2018.

This workshop is the second of a series of exploratory workshops on Sunni–Shi‘i Relations in Europe funded by the Joint Committee for Nordic research councils in the Humanities and Social Sciences (NOS-HS).

For the programme of the workshop or information on the project, please contact Dr. Elvire Corboz (elvire.corboz@ed.ac.uk).

14e Journée Henry Corbin : Images, rêves, apparitions | École Pratique des Hautes Études

14e Journée Henry Corbin. Paris, 24 novembre 2018.

تاریخ ، قرآن و حدیث – Book Launch

Book Launch –

Shia Course – SHIʿA STUDIES INTENSIVE COURSE

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The 8th Intensive Course on Shi’a Islamic Studies (Iran – 2019)

· Organized by the University of Religions and Denominations (Qom, Iran)
· Workshop: February 22-28, 2019
· Venue: Mashhad, Astan Quds Razavi
· Cultural Tour (Optional): Tehran, Isfahan, Qom
· Language: English
· Partial Scholarships are available
· Registration Deadline: 31 December 2018
· More Information: http://shiacourse.urd.ac.ir
· Contact: shiacourse@urd.ac.ir & iranstudytours@gmail.com

Program

Program of sessions at MESA 2018 annual meeting in San Antonio.

Readers of this list might pay particular attention to:
(5136) Ecological Spillover: Climate and Environmental Risks from the Indian Ocean World to the Middle East
(5160) Adaptations of Political Philosophy in and from Islam
(5325) Political Legitimacy in Masnawis & Advice Literature
(5336) Iranian Diasporas
(5355) Political & Religious Development During the Safavid Period
(5301) Sectarianism, Identity and the State in Lebanon
(5307) Unorthodoxies Shi’ism, Sufism, Feminism
(5312) Minorities in the Middle East
(5256) Gender, Law and Violence in Lebanon – Feminist Contestations Post-Arab Uprisings
(5351) Politics & Identity in the Arab States of the Gulf
(5349) Identity and Political Mobilization in Contemporary Lebanon

Séminaire «Sociétés, politiques et cultures du monde iranien»

Séance du 15 novembre 2018, 17h-19h

Mohammad Ali AMIR-MOEZZI, Directeur d’études, École Pratique des Hautes Études/PSL

« Nouvelles recherches sur les origines de l’islam et de l’imamologie shi’ite »

A l’occasion de la parution de son livre La Preuve de Dieu. La mystique shi’ite à travers l’œuvre de Kulaynî (Cerf, 2018), M. A. Amir-Moezzi expose, à travers quelques thèmes, ses dernières recherches sur la question encore bien énigmatique des origines de l’islam et du shi’isme : le caractère problématique du Coran, la dimension apocalyptique du message de Muhammad et le milieu biblique qui l’a vu naître, le problème de l’avènement du Messie, les relations christologiques entre Jésus et ‘Alî.

Mohammad Ali AMIR-MOEZZI est Directeur d’études à l’École Pratique des Hautes Études/PSL où il occupe la chaire de l’islamologie classique. Membre de l’Académie ambrosienne (Milan) et de plusieurs sociétés savantes, il est l’auteur de nombreux livres et articles dont, parmi les plus récents : Le Coran silencieux et le Coran parlant (CNRS Éditions, 2012) et l’ouvrage collectif, L’ésotérisme shi’ite, ses racines et ses prolongements (Brepols, 2016).

Lieu: INaLCO, amphi 6, 65 rue des Grands Moulins, 75013 Paris.
Organisateur : Amr Ahmed (INaLCO), Samra Azarnouche (EPHE), Oliver Bast (Sorbonne nouvelle – Paris 3), Agnès Devictor (Université Paris 1 – Panthéon-Sorbonne), Julien Thorez (CNRS)

O Scharbrodt, ‘A minority within a minority?: the complexity and multilocality of transnational Twelver Shia networks in Britain’, Contemporary Islam (2018).
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11562-018-0431-0