In his latest book, ‘Rediscovering the Islamic Classics: How Editors and Print Culture Transformed an Intellectual Tradition’, Ahmed El Shamsy unveils the transformation of Islamic scholarship through printing and publishing industries and the effects such mechanisms had on Islamic intellectual heritage.
The World Innovation Summit for Health (WISH), in collaboration with the Research Center for Islamic Legislation and Ethics (CILE) at Hamad Bin Khalifa University (HBKU), is hosting an interactive, live webinar titled: “Coronavirus: the interplay of medical and Islamic ethics.” Members of the expert panel will discuss the circulating myths around the COVID-19 coronavirus and outline the most scientifically reliable preventative measures. The webinar will also explore ethical issues from an Islamic perspective, in an attempt to provide some guidance in response to the current epidemic.
Some people can enter only Palestinian territories, while others can only enter occupied territories; and many cannot enter either, as long as Palestine is under occupation.
Learn more about how Palestinians got to where they are today. Take a tour around the country and get to know the people through the eyes of a Palestinian visiting her homeland for the first time.
Bayan Khaled,
Research Fellow, College of Islamic Studies
Educating children to actualize the “good child” model has been considered a moral obligation by various societies and communities throughout history. However, the exact parameters and criteria of this aspired model sometimes vary due to socio-religious and cultural factors.
Feminist studies have recently shifted the focus from women rights and their position in society to the role of women in producing religious knowledge. Thus, women active participation in research conferences and symposia has become a must and missing women in such events is now increasingly frowned upon. Since about three decades, women started to produce a distinctively feminist religious knowledge.
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This lecture explores imperial authority in Hanafi legal works from the Ottoman world of the 16th to 19th centuries CE, casting new light on the understudied late Hanafi jurists. Discussions will center on the probative value and authority that these jurists assigned to the orders and edicts of the Ottoman sultan.