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Before the Printed Word: Texts, Scribes and Transmission | The Institute of Ismaili Studies

Ismaili historiography has often lamented the destruction of renowned libraries developed under the Fatimids in Egypt (10th-12th centuries) and the Nizaris of Alamut times (11th-13th centuries). In many ways, this loss represented the eclipse of an important chapter in Muslim history that had witnessed the flourishing of learning and intellectual exchange across different societies.

Merits of the Bāṭiniyya : Al-Ghazālī’s Appropriation of Ismaʿili Cosmology | Journal of Islamic Studies | Oxford Academic

This paper discusses the question of an Ismaʿili influence within the cosmology of al-Ghazālī and argues that al-Ghazālī appropriated certain features of the Ismaʿili cosmology from the Persian Ismaʿili thought of Nāṣir-i Khusraw (d. ca. 481/1088).

Senses of Scripture, Treasures of Tradition

Biographical note Readership Table of contents About the Authors Introduction Miriam L. Hjälm Part 1: The Bible in Context Alexander Treiger From Theodore Abū Qurra to Abed Azrié: The Arabic Bible in Context Cornelia Horn Apocrypha on Jesus’ Life in the Early Islamic Milieu: From Syriac into Arabic Peter Tarras The Spirit Before the Letter: Theodore Abū Qurra’s Use of Biblical Quotations in the Context of Early Christian Arabic Apologetics David Sklare Ninth-Century Judeo-Arabic Texts of Biblical Questions and Answers Geoffrey K.

Shia as Internal Others: A Salafi Rejection of the ‘Rejecters’

Conflict and polemic between Sunni Muslims and Shiites have a long history. In the contemporary era, this polemic has been accentuated by the conflictual situation in the Middle East, and it is also colouring the minority Muslim situation.

The Unthought in Islam: The Shi`a and Shi`ism in the Western Diaspora

The Edinburgh workshop addressed Shii perceptions about being Shii in Scotland, the UK and elsewhere in the Western diaspora. The workshop was held in Edinburgh over 5-7 May, 2017 and included academic presentations and discussions by representatives of the faith community itself.

Medium of the Oppressed: Folk Music, Forced Migration, and Tactical Media – Karimi – 2017 – Communication, Culture & Critique – Wiley Online Library

Karimi, A. (2017), Medium of the Oppressed: Folk Music, Forced Migration, and Tactical Media. Communication, Culture & Critique. doi: 10.1111/cccr.12178

European Commission : CORDIS : Projects and Results : Creating an Alternative umma: Clerical Authority and Religio-political Mobilisation in Transnational Shii Islam

European Commission

The Department of Theology and Religion at the University of Birmingham seeks to appoint 1 Post-doctoral Research Fellow and to award 2 PhD studentships to work on the ERC-funded project ‘Creating an Alternative umma: Clerical Authority and Religio-political Mobilisation in Transnational Shii Islam (ALTERUMMA)’ project, led by Professor Oliver Scharbrodt. This interdisciplinary project investigates the transformation of Shii Islam in the Middle East and Europe since the 1950s. The project begins in January 2018 and will in the course of its five-year duration include four post-doctoral researchers and three PhD students.

The Research Fellow and PhD students will work on the first thematic area of the project which begins in January 2018. As part of this thematic area, the various ways in which Shii clerical authorities in Iran and Iraq have positioned themselves towards the modern nation-state are explored.

– The research fellow will investigate the role of senior clerical figures in Iran in the lead-up to the Islamic Revolution in 1979. For more information, see: http://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/BDS780/research-fellow/

– One PhD student will work on how the clerical establishment in Najaf has intervened in and positioned itself towards post-2003 Iraqi sectarian politics and responded to the sectarianisation of Middle Eastern geopolitics. For more information, see: http://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/BDE834/phd-studentship-iraqi-clerics-and-the-state-after-2003/

– The other PhD student will work on the position of current clerical authorities in Iran towards the Islamic Republic and its underpinning ideology and their religio-political interventions in a political system that fuses clerical and political authority. For more information, see: http://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/BDE835/phd-studentship-iranian-clerics-and-the-state-in-post-revolutionary-iran/

Satpanthī Khoja-s to Shīʿa Imāmī Ismāʿīlī ṬarīqaThe Construction of Religious Identity of the Khoja-s Imāmī Ismāʿīlī of South Asia ” Brill Online

Books and Journals. Students and scholars affiliated with an institution that has purchased a Brill E-Book on the BrillOnline platform automatically have access to the MyBook option for the title(s) acquired by the Library. Brill MyBook is a print-on-demand paperback copy which is sold at a favorably uniform low price.

conference – alhikmah institute

Potentials of Religious and Cultural Centers in Europe to Promote Positive Interaction Impacts of Islam and Muslims on Europe Contributions of Muslim Emigrants in European Countries Potentials of Islamic Teachings for the Establishment of Peace and Security in Europe Morality and Spirituality in Islam and its Role in Positive Interaction

Hartford Seminary

This course provides a historical study of the development of Shiʿi Islam against the backdrop of key events such the succession crisis and Occultation ( Ghayba), and the formation of Shiʿi states such as the Buwayhids, Safavids, Qajars and Modern Iran.