This series aims to publish important monographs on all aspects of Shi'i and Iranian history. The Shi'a comprise some 10% of the world's 1 billion Muslims. In Iran Shi'ism has been the established faith since the 16th century, but the Shi'a form a sizeable minority in such other countries as Iraq, various of the Gulf countries, India and Pakistan, Lebanon, Kuwait, Bahrain, as well as Syria, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, and areas in eastern Africa.
The series will aim to highlight especially the work of junior scholars. Special efforts will be made to seek out the work of scholars based elsewhere in Europe, the US and in both the Middle East and the Far East.
By Rawand Osman
September 25, 2014
This book investigates the manner in which the Qur’an and sunna depict female personalities in their narrative literature. Providing a comprehensive study of all the female personalities mentioned in the Qur’an, the book is selective in the personalities of the sunna, examining the three prominent ...
By Toby Howarth
April 14, 2011
One of the most important current debates within and about Islam concerns its relation with power. Can Muslims be fundamentally content without power or as a minority? This book considers the voice of an important Muslim minority through its sermons. Indian Shi'i Muslims are a minority within a ...