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The Temptation of Graves in Salafi Islam

Contextualises current Salafi iconoclasm and graves destruction, tracing its ideological sources In various parts of the Islamic world over the past decades virulent attacks have targeted Islamic funeral and sacral architecture. Rather than being random

Summer Courses on Shi’a Studies – alhikmah institute

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Between the Politics of Difference and the Poetics of Similarity|

This paper studies the ritual of Ashura as performed by a group of Shia Pakistani migrants in Piraeus, Greece, inscribed in the context of the financial crisis that is currently shaking the country and its socio-political implications, notably the rise of the far-right.

Le shaykhisme à la période qajare

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Africa Federation Archives – History of Dar es Salaam Mosque

In later years, the gents Imambara was extended vertically and the upper floor was dedicated to Ladies. Further vertical expansion of the mosque and the Imambara were done starting 1990s. Between 2004 to 2010, there was further expansion of the gents and ladies Imambara, including the demolition and total rebuilding of Mehfil-e-Abbas (A.S.)

Mausoleums in Safavid Family History

An Unpublished Royal Edict from the Ardabil Shrine (912/1507) [DYNTRAN WORKING PAPER 28, September 2017] by Naofumi ABE The presence of family mausoleums is a common phenomenon in Muslim-majority regions of Western and Central Asia, Northern Africa, and the Indian Subcontinent. Modern research on Muslim mausoleums has been mainly linked to scholarly interest in Sufism …

Shiʿi studies

The Leiden University Shiʿi Studies Initiative (LUSSI) is part of LUCIS.

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Formation of a Religious Landscape: Shi’i Higher Learning in Safavid Iran

In Formation of a Religious Landscape: Shi’i Higher Learning in Safavid Iran, Maryam Moazzen offers the first systematic examination of Shi’i educational institution and practices by exploring the ways in which religious knowledge was produced, authenticated, and transmitted in the second half of Safavid rule (1588-1722).

Families of civil administrators in Safavid Iran

Long-term career strategies of the Khwājas of Barnābād (Khorasan, ca. 15th-18th c.)* [DYNTRAN Working Paper, no. 30, November 2017] by Maria SZUPPE Under the Safavid dynasty in Iran (1501-1722 or 1736 CE) provincial administration was frequently entrusted into the hands of local, influential families that were firmly and securely established in their regions of origin.