Online Shia Studies

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Arabica Volume 72 Issue 4-5: Special Issue: The Muḫtaṣar and Its Role in the Islamic Legal Schools. A Thematic Issue Coordinated by Eirik Hovden & Mahmood Kooria (2025) "Volume 72 (2025): Issue 4-5 (Nov 2025): Special Issue: The Muḫtaṣar and Its Role in the Islamic Legal Schools. A Thematic Issue Coordinated by Eirik Hovden & Mahmood Kooria" published on 11 Nov 2025 by Brill.

Review of Professor Hossein Modarressi's Test and Interpretation by Rebecca Masterton.

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Esoteric Knowledge in Tashayyu' now available on Udemy as Esoteric Knowledge in Shi'i Islam:

Esoteric Knowledge in Shi'i Islam The hidden Shi'i origins of Sufism.

Personal tuition available:

Personal Tuition The Centre for Shia and Cultural Studies runs on-line group workshops. Class sessions have been held with hawza students in Syria; the Shīʿī community of Glasgow, and Shīʿī communities in Australia. Split the cost of a class among as many people who wish to attend. For one-to-one tuition on-li...

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Walayah (spiritual authority) in the Twelver Shi'i and Sunni Sufi traditions (Part Three) An extract from my paper 'A comparative exploration of the spiritual authority of the awliyā’ ('friends of God') in the Shī‘ī and Sūfī traditions with refere...

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The concept of tawhid in Twelver Shi'i hadith collections A look at some hadiths in Hasan al-Tabarsi's (d. 12th C AD) Miskhat al-Anwar. I talk about one narration on tawhid (the belief in the one absolute transcende...

Every Thursday at 11:00 a.m. UK time from 26th June to 14th August 2025.

Full course option £140/US$190/AUS$290: The full course consists of eight 90-minute live on-line classes. Once you have booked, you will be sent Reading Packs in pdf format, mp3 Recordings that guide you through each Reading Pack and a Syllabus. Live sessions are recorded with your permission. A certificate of attendance is awarded for attending all eight classes.

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Early Shīʿī History This course takes as its remit an overview of the earliest texts produced by Muslim historians, albeit with their own proto-Shīʿī or proto-Sunnī inclinations. While acknowledging that both Shīʿī and Sunnī scholars often treat these historical texts with caution, the course nevertheless exami...

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Female Religious Authority in Shi'i Islam Reflects on women participating in Islamic scholarly traditions from the classical period to the present

Every Tuesday at 13:30 UK time from 22nd April to 19th June 2025.

Running soon. Alternative times and days are available.

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