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Encyclopedia of the Qur’an (Leiden): Selective Collection and Unbalanced Presentation of Data
Abstract The Encyclopedia of the Qurʾān (Leiden) represents one of the most recent contributions to the Western tradition of Islamic Studies. As such, it exhibits many of the typical…
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Communicative Rationality
This article examines communicative rationality as an intersubjective basis of culture, focusing on the relationship…
The Relationship Between Religion and Philosophy
Clarifying the distinct roles of theology and philosophy, this piece illustrates how rational demonstration and…
Misandrist Feminism as a Product of Conflict Theory
From an Islamic worldview, the family is founded on the theory of pairing (zawjiyyat), not…
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Contemporary Fiqh or Civilizational-System Fiqh: Structural Transformation of Fiqh in Foundational Principles and New Jurisprudential Opinions
Sayyid Farid Ghohestani Abstract Imāmī (jurisprudence) in the contemporary era—particularly after the Islamic Revolution of…
Ayatollah Mesbah Yazdi’s Framework for Countering Intellectual Colonialism
by Mohammad Fanaei Eshkevari In the contemporary era, the most significant conflicts facing the Islamic…
Label-Making and the Reimagining of Islamic Law in Western Scholarship
In summary, this is the project: supported by a grant from the University of British…
The Sacred Duty of Ecology in Islam
by Jalaleddin Fanaei E. The Global Crisis The modern environmental crisis, escalating since the…
New Intellectual Reflections and Scientific Developments in the Qom Seminary: A Review of the Centennial Re-establishment Conference
Introduction: A Step Toward a New Paradigm The Qom Seminary is one of the two major centers of Shīʿī scholarship. Although its roots go back to the early centuries of Islam, the seminary was re-established and revitalized in 1922 by…
