Categories : Field-specific (academic)

CISS Research Series Paper 2: A History of Shiʿism in Bahrain: 630 – 1524

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).

Islamist radicalism in the provinces of Iran 1906-9: a stage in the development of Islamism

Islamist radicalism emerged in the Iranian Constitutional Revolution of 1906-9. This article examines the early stages of its emergence with particular reference to the provinces of Iran. It looks at the subject thematically and traces the development of an Islamist notion of the state, characterized by Islamic law, and the shaping of new views on nationalism, absolutism and the economy.

State-backed discrimination against Shia Muslims in Malaysia

(2017). State-backed discrimination against Shia Muslims in Malaysia. Critical Asian Studies. Ahead of Print. doi: 10.1080/14672715.2017.1335848

Symposium – alhikmah institute

The Al-Hikmah Institute of Al-Mustafa International University organizes a symposium on “Religion and Spirituality in the Contemporary World”. This symposium will be a three-day event exploring the relation between spirituality and religion in the world. This program will contain three parts including: 1. Presenting papers and lectures. 2. Workshops 3.

“Violence in Sharīʿa and its Contemporary Implications”

The 5th Annual Contemporary Fiqhi Issues Workshop is taking place at Al-Mahdi Institute, on the 6th and 7th July 2017. We are looking forward to welcoming scholars from across the UK, and the globe, representing a broad range of backgrounds and sub-disciplines within Islamic Studies.

SEMINAR TO COMMEMORATE THE MARTYRDOM OF IMAM ALI (as) – Muhammadi Trust

Date/Time Date(s) – 18/06/2017 / 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm Category(ies)No Categories Event Details You can download a pdf version of the above programme by clicking on the link below: Imam Ali Seminar 2017

SAFAVIDS BEFORE EMPIRE: TWO 15TH-CENTURY ARMENIAN PERSPECTIVES | International Journal of Middle East Studies | Cambridge Core

SAFAVIDS BEFORE EMPIRE: TWO 15TH-CENTURY ARMENIAN PERSPECTIVES – Volume 49 Issue 2 – Thomas A. Carlson

SÉMINAIRE ‘Culture matérielle et pratiques dévotionnelles dans les sociétés chiites’
Séance Bohra du 1er juin 2017, 9h-12
Olly Akkerman, Freie Universität Berlin
‘Bohra Manuscript Culture, Archive and Secrecy: a Social Codicological Ethnography’
The Alawi Bohras, a small but vibrant Muslim Shia community in India that is almost entirely closed to outsiders, hold a secret Arabic manuscript culture, which is enshrined and preserved in royal archives. Having had unique access to one of these archives, my presentation unravels the as yet unstudied physical and social aspects of the Alawi Bohra philological tradition. Through the lens of what I call social codicology, i.e. the conducting of philological fieldwork and participant observation in the community in Baroda, Gujarat, I intend to discuss the social role of this archive as a repository of secret texts, and further examine the social lives of its manuscripts.

Denis Gay, Université de Lausanne
« Le renforcement de la frontière ethnique de la diaspora bohra à Madagascar »
Les Bohra dawoodi constitue l’une des cinq communautés originaires du Nord-Ouest de l’Inde installées à Madagascar. Fondée sur des théories l’ethnicité, cette communication montre que d’une part les catégories de l’identité et de l’altérité utilisées par les Bohra de Madagascar sont d’une grande diversité et que la limite entre Bohra et les autres dans la société malgache est renforcée par des changements religieux et des activités commerciales. Alors que des auteurs soulignent la cohésion des Bohra (Blank 2001, Salvadori 1989), cette communication met en évidence de manière complémentaire d’une part une tension entre l’unité et la diversité culturelle et, d’autre part la consolidation de la frontière ethnique.

Lieu :
Centre d’Études de l’Inde et de l’Asie du Sud
UMR8564 – CNRS / EHESS
salle A06_51 (6e étage) 54 bd Raspail 75006 Paris.

Organisateurs :
Zahir Bhalloo (CEIAS), Michel Boivin (CNRS), Anabelle Collinet (Musée du Louvre), Sepideh Parsapajouh (CNRS)

Sectarian Materialities

Research Seminar organised by the research group SWAR (Sectarianism in the Wake of the Arab Revolts)

The Shiʿa Afghan Community: Between Transnational Links and Internal Hurdles

This article aims to present a political analysis of the relationship between the Shiʿa community in Afghanistan and the new political system that emerged after the US military intervention of 2001.