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Abū Yaʻqūb al-Sijistānī’s works might be considered as some of the most clear examples of an Ismaī‘lī reading of the Neoplatonic doctrines. In his Kitāb al-Yanābīʻ there is a dichotomy: even if “mediation” is the main characteristic of... more
This paper analyses the reconceptualization of Islamic law and authority as defined by Murtada al-Ansari (d. 1864), the influential scholar and first sole supreme exemplar (marja‘ al-taqlid al‑mutlaq) of the international Shi‘i community.... more
The formative period of Imāmī law is generally placed in Buwayhid Baghdad. However, by the end of the Buwayhid era, Imāmī law had not yet developed all of the features that would enable future scholars to elaborate the law along... more
A review article of Shahab Ahmed’s posthumously published monograph, Before Orthodoxy: The Satanic Verses in Early Islam (HUP, 2017)
Prof. Hamid Dabashi’s book, focusing on the dynamics of change and transition within the Shi’ite historical context, presents a panoramic perspective discussing conflict, uprising and conciliation periods of this significant sect within... more
از حوادث مهم صدر اسلام - که گاه در غبار تحریف فرو رفته - صلح امام حسن (علیه السلام) است. یکی از چالشهای مربوط به این صلح روایات نسبتاً فراوانی است که از اعتراض امام حسین (علیه السلام) به این صلح سخن میگویند. این روایات از دو جهت... more
Much attention in the West has focused on Iran as a problem country. This book challenges the representations of Iran as a hostile regional power led by ideologues, and goes further by discussing how international relations are viewed... more
لقد كرّست اهتمامي في السنين الأخيرة لمطالعة وتصحيح تفسير الوزير المغربي المسمّى بـ: المصابيح في تفسير القرآن، وكتبت بعض المقالات في هذا الخصوص، وقد تطرّقت في مقالتي هذه إلى وصف النسخ الثلاث الموجودة منه، ومناقشة الأخطاء والنواقص التي وردت... more
"شهر سامراء پس از اقامت آية الله ميرزا محمدحسن حسيني شيرازي و برپايي حوزه¬ي فقهي او، به¬تدريج از شهري سني¬نشين به پايتخت معنوي جهان تشيع تبديل شد. حوزه¬ي علميه¬ي سامراء که در وجود علمي و معنوي ميرزاي شيرازي نمود مي¬يافت، از جهاتي چند در... more
The works of the third/ninth-century historian and geographer Ibn al-Wāḍiḥ al-Yaʿqūbī have long served as an indispensable source in the modern study of Islamic historiography, but nagging questions about alYaʿqūbī’s purportedly Shiʿite... more
I presented this paper at the Second International Congress on Religious-Spiritual Counselling, held in November 2018 in Istanbul. It is about using the Maṭnavi in poetry therapy and storytelling for various counselling purposes.
The concept of al-mahdi is an important theological idea in Shi'ism, its literary meaning being 'the rightly guided'. In Twelver Shi'ism it has come to denote the hidden Imam who will one day return to redeem his followers and restore... more
To be a “Shi‘at Ali” means to follow closely in the footsteps of ‘Ali, the cousin and son-in-law of Prophet Muhammad. For Shi‘is, ‘Ali was the rightful successor of Prophet Muhammad and the first Imam. Shi‘ism is the second largest... more
A History of the Western Scolarship on the Imamite Tafsir up to the End of the 20th Century / There are many works on the Qurʾānic studies in the West and its history. One cannot find, however, a comprehensive survey on the history of... more
Qu’est-ce que le nationalisme iranien ? La République islamique porte-elle une idéologie nationaliste-religieuse ou plutôt une idéologie religieuse transnationale ? Ce débat existe tout aussi bien au sein même de la communauté des... more
One of the main ways to understanding historical reports is to Investigate and identify historical discourses in which that reports produced. In other words, we must understand reports in their historical perspective. Tafsīr bir-ray... more
The present study has a twofold purpose: Firstly, it is an analysis of the Karbalā´ Drama—i.e. the death of Ḥusayn b. `Alī in the hands of an army which had been sent out by the Umayyad authorities, at Karbalā´ in 60/680—as it is retold... more
from the 2010 conference, to be published in in ‘And God Breathed into Man the Breath of Life’ – Dust of the Ground and Breath of Life (Gen 2.7): The Development of a Dualistic Anthropology in Early Judaism and Christianity, and Their... more
This article examines how a text attributed to the renowned Central Asian Sufi figure Aḥmad Yasavī came to be found within a manuscript produced within the Ismāʿīlī Shīʿī community of the Shughnān district of the Badakhshān region of... more
Dr. Reza Parchizadeh, a political theorist and analyst, recently noted on Twitter that “the Iranian regime has turned the late #George_Floyd into Saint George, Shiite-style!” And sure enough, Parchizadeh posted a painting of Floyd... more
L’objet de ce livre consiste en une éludication croisée de la philosophie organique whiteheadienne et de la gnose thomasienne. Il cherche à répondre à deux questions. La philosophie de l’événement, du processus ou du procès, d’Alfred... more
During the first two weeks of October, Iraqi authorities were confronted with a wave of mass protests over years of administrative inefficiency, financial mismanagement and endemic corruption. Evidence of a disproportionately violent... more
A critical review of The Divine Guide in early Shi'ism by Mohammad Ali Amir-Moezzi (SUNY Press, 1994). This review was presented in a graduate seminar of Professor Roy Mottahedeh.
The present work is a translation of al-Shahid al-Thani’s Munyat al-Murid fi Adab al-Mufid wa al-Mustafid. The original Arabic work, written in 954 AH/1547 CE, quickly established itself as a core text in the Islamic seminaries, and it... more
Course Material Prepared for Harvard Divinity School (HDS) Course 3221.4x (“Islam through Its Scriptures”) This article was prepared as introductory educational material for the non-academic reader. The article summarizes some of the... more
Ahmad al-Ahsaʾi (1753–1826), the spiritual father of the mystical strand of Twelver Shiism, known as the Shaykhiyya, became an important religious figure in Iraq and Iran. But the Shaykhiyya also spread in his birthplace in Eastern Arabia... more