Free Download Sayed Hassan Akhlaq, "The Making of Shia Ayatollahs" English | ISBN: 1793655154 | 2023 | 298 pages | EPUB, PDF | 699 KB + 2 MB The Making of Shia Ayatollahs offers both insider and outsider views of how a scholar becomes an Ayatollah in Shia Islam, how ayatollahs suggest diverse perspectives on faith, and how the grand ayatollahs are recognized by a balance of many factors including piety, scholarship, popularity and networking. This book consists of two parts. The first begins with the core value of knowledge in Islam and the Ulama's interpretation of jurisprudence and the subjects, values, and methodology they have developed and are applying to challenges found in the faithful practices in modern life. The author reveals the mechanisms of madrasa, hawza, their curricula, and the recognition of a scholar as an ayatollah. The second part elaborates the rich and sometimes bitter pluralism and debate within the community of ayatollahs regarding topics including denominational identity and intra-faith work, Sufism and mysticism, Philosophy (falsafa and wisdom), modernization and the West, political power and government, and women in public life. After providing a historical background on each subject, the author takes the reader into the heart of current debates among ayatollahs in Qum, Mashhad, Najaf, and Beirut without sacrificing accuracy and originality to educate a wide range of readers. Free Download The House Divided: Sunni, Shia and the Making of the Middle East by Barnaby Rogerson English | 2024 | ISBN: 1639366962 | 432 Pages | True ePUB | 3.4 MB Free Download The House Divided: Islam's Sunni-Shia Conflict by Barnaby Rogerson English | January 4th, 2024 | ISBN: 1781257256 | 480 pages | True EPUB | 3.40 MB Rogerson's timely book begins with the contemporary Middle East and the proxy wars between Saudi Arabia and its Sunni allies and Shiite Iran. To understand these, he suggests, we must understand the origins of the Sunni-Shia divide, which go back to the death of the Prophet Muhammad in 632, the accidental coup that set aside the claims of Ali, and the slaughter of Ali's son Husayn at Kerbala. These events, known to every Muslim, have created a slender fault line in the Middle East. Free Download Non-Shia Practices of Muḥarram in South Asia and the Diaspora: Beyond Mourning By Pushkar Sohoni (editor), Torsten Tschacher (editor) 2021 | 126 Pages | ISBN: 036781904X | PDF | 17 MB This book analyses engagements with non-Shia practices of Muḥarram celebrations in the past and present, in South Asia and within a larger diaspora. Breaking new ground by bringing together a variety of regional perspectives (the Deccan, the Punjab, Singapore, South Africa, and Trinidad and Tobago) and linguistic backgrounds (Bhojpuri, Gujarati, Marathi, Punjabi, Tamil, Urdu), the chapters discuss the importance of Muḥarram celebrations in terms of their respective actors. While in some cases these include an interrelationship with Shia Muslims and their traditions of mourning during Muḥarram, other contributions address contexts in which Shias, and even Muslims, form only a minor component of the celebrations, or even none at all. Focusing on Muḥarram celebrations that are beyond the script provided by Shia Muḥarram practices, this book opens up new perspectives on Muḥarram as a social practice widely shared by South Asians across regions. The book will be a key resource to scholars and students of South Asian studies, Asian religion, in particular rituals and religious practices, and Islamic studies but also engaging to non-academic readers interested in the practices of several regions. Mahan Abedin, "Iran Resurgent: The Rise and Rise of the Shia State" English | 2019 | ISBN: 1849049556 | PDF | pages: 298 | 3.0 mb Iran has emerged from decades of isolation and struggle to become a leading, if not the pre-eminent, regional power. Iran projects its influence throughout the Middle East and parts of Central Asia. Moreover, Iranian diplomacy is active on the world stage, with long-term projects in Africa and South America. Beyond Sunni and Shia: The Roots of Sectarianism in a Changing Middle East by Frederic Wehrey 2018 | ISBN: 0190876050 | English | 352 pages | EPUB | 3 MB |