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Les Droits de l’homme dans l’Islam shi’ite de Constance Arminjon-Hachem – Les Editions du cerf

Qu’en est-il du droit islamique et des droits de l’Homme ? La loi révélée et le droit naturel sont-ils conciliables ? Entre antinomie et…

Tobacco, Eurasian Trade, and the Early Modern Iranian Economy

This article focuses on the development of the tobacco industry in Iran during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. It uses this discussion as an entry point to inquire about the early modern Iranian economy. Using a wide range of primary and secondary sources, it makes several historiographical interventions.

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State Repression and Religious Conflict: The Perils of the State Clampdown on the Shi’a Minority in Nigeria

In Nigeria, there is an increasing population of the followers of Shi’a Islam, which is largely promoted by the Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN) led by Sheikh Ibrahim El-Zakzaky. Given its anti-state ideology and anarchical conducts, there have been a series of clashes between the Shi’a group and the Nigerian state.

Shia Course

Shi’ism is considered as the second largest denomination of Islam, and more than 40% of the world’s Shi’ites live in Iran. The main topic of this program is to focus upon Twelver Shi’ism; however, participants in this course will also learn about other main branches of Shi’ism.

Registration now open for Shi’i Conference

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THE CENTRE FOR ISLAMIC & WEST ASIAN STUDIES (CIWAS)

Application Deadline: June 15, 2017

Applications are invited for eight studentships to be awarded for a Masters by Research Programme in Islamic and West Asian Studies. These studentships are attached to the Centre for Islamic and West Asian Studies (CIWAS) at Royal Holloway, University of London.

We welcome, in particular, proposals that focus on under-researched Islamic approaches, such as that of the Twelver Shiites.

Please email Sandra.Halperin@rhul.ac.uk with any questions.

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Al-Mahdi Institute, Birmingham, UK

27th April 2017:
Dr Mansur Ali (Cardiff University)
“Shifting discourse in the Muslim organ donation debate: reports of finding”

Register to attend at:
http://almahdi.edu/register

Nobuaki Kondo Book Launch Islamic Law and Society in Iran

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