Madrasas and Social Mobility in the Religious Economy: The Case of Nadwat al-’Ulama in Lucknow by Christopher B. Taylor

“…The city produced the ‘ulama of Firangi Mahal, the Sunni seminary of Nadwat al-’Ulama, and the revival and consolidation of a distinctly Indian Shi’ism. In contemporary India, however, critics lament madrasa education’s obscurantism, decrying its declining ‘usefulness’ in the 21st century. …”
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STIGMATISASI DAN PROPAGANDA ANTI-SYIAH: SOROTAN DESKRIPTIF GERAKAN ANNAS by Ali Makhsum

“…How does anti-Shi'a propaganda manifest in describing Shi'ism? This paper describes the plot and context of anti-Shi'a in Indonesia. …”
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Shi'a movement in Malaysia: a general study by Abdul Majid, Mahmood Zuhdi

“…Following some raids on several adherents of Shi’ism by the Religious Department of Selangor (JAIS) in 2011, the issue of Malaysian Shi’ites has risen again; they are demanding for religious freedom to exercise their beliefs without exercising any fear in the country. …”
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Construction of religious worldview among former female students of religious schools in Iran by Jafari, Fakhereh Khatibi

“…The constructions were named respectively: The Moral Theism, The Religious Skepticism, The Experiential Islamism, and The Traditional Shiism. Briefly speaking, in this research, the religious worldviews of the young Iranian Muslim informants were demonstrated by considering several areas: firstly, the ideas and perceptions of the young Iranians regarding religion and religiosity, secondly, the general attitudes and feelings of the interviewees towards Islam and Shiism, and thirdly, their ideas and beliefs towards the pillars of Islam, the main principles and branches of Shi’a, and some basic Shi’a’s beliefs. …”
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La mosquée en Algérie.Figures nouvelles et pratiques reconstituées by Abderrahmane Moussaoui

“…The “globalization” of religious discourse blurs the boundaries between the historically different schools, and tends to reduce the foundational gap between Sunnism and Shi’ism. Today we are experiencing a renewal of Salafism which recognizes only the fundamentals. …”
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A Note on Sasanian Glassware and Zoroastrian Sacred Numbers (Sasanian to Post-Sasanian Periods) by Daryoosh Akbarzadeh

“…This religion-inspired decorative technique continued into the Early Islamicperiod, during which Shiism strongly preserved the Zoroastrian legacy in glassware.…”
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The Ḥammūdid Caliphate: A New Look through the Lens of Numismatics by Almudena Ariza Armada

“…It also debunks commonly accepted historiographical claims concerning the Ḥammūdid coinage and its political and religious implications, and sheds new light on the alleged ‘Shīʽism’ of the Ḥammūdids. Without the study of this particular caliphal experience, the conception of the caliphate in the Islamic West cannot be fully understood.…”
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Imams’ Esoteric Knowledge in Baṣāʾir al-Darajāt by Maryam Ahadian, Fathiyeh Fattahizadeh

“…One of the best-known researchers of Shiism in Europe, Mohammad Ali Amir-Moezzi, has claimed that Imamate was an esoteric transcendental religion in the early centuries, and the belief in the supernatural powers of imams is attributed to the early Twelver Shiite tradition. …”
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İbn Hazm'ın Gâliyye'ye (İtidal Çizgisini Aşanlara) Eleştirisi Üzerine by Ömer Faruk Teber

“…According to Ibn Hazm, the groups deserving to be called ghulat had come out within Persian people, since the Shiism which gained prevalence primarily in Iran and Iraq as well as Southeast Asia developed within the Greek, Persian and Indian climate of culture. …”
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Controversies in Formative Shiʿi Islam by Sajjad Rizvi

“…This welcome development has been inspired, in particular, by the work of Mohammad Ali Amir-Moezzi, whose main insight has been to posit that “ancient” Shiʿism is marked precisely by those doctrines and positions that the later rationalizing tradition rejected as “extreme” (ghulūw). …”
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An Introduction to Islam by Yasien Mohamed

“…Part 1 deals with the Qur'an and the Sunnah in the formative period, and part 2 is devoted to Islamic teachings and practices, including separate chapters on Islamic law, theology, Sufism, and Shi'ism. The connecting thread in these first two parts is the ways in which Muslim scholars have explored "revelation and the experience of their Prophet, Muhammad" (p. 3). …”
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Measuring the ratio of Charisma, Philosopher King and Imam in the Area of Theorization with an Emphasis upon Opinions of Abu Nasr Farabi by حبیب عشایری, محسن رضوانی

“…Therefore, the common features of three components of philosopher king, charisma and Imam demand contemplation in the eyes of Shiism.…”
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Sunni literary responses to the spread of Shia ideology in Northern Nigeria by Kabiru Haruna Isa

“… The infiltration of Shiism and subsequent increasing growth of the Shia community in Sunni dominated northern Nigeria, especially from the 1980s to date (2015), have generated ideological tension and anxiety. …”
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INFILTRATION of SHIA: SEGMENTATION of AL-DAKHIIL in INTREPRETATION of AL-MISHBAH by Afrizal Nur

“…Among criticisms, there were always directed to the professor in Qur’an Tafseer at UIN Syarif Hidayatullah Jakarta is a rational interpretation in some cases above, because it is so memorable to his figures of contemporary Shi’ism. Hopefully, this article is as an effort to repair and may contribute to restore al-tafseer book of Mishbah commentary be dignified and highvalue tafseer equivalent to the works of previous commentary of Indonesian Mufassir…”
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The Status of Expediency in Politico-Jurisprudent Thinking of Imam Khomeini (ra) by خدیجه هاشمی, غلامرضا بهروزی لک

“…Hazrat Imam Khomeini (ra) is the first jurisprudent in political history of Shiism who succeeded in establishing a government and restoring theory of guardianship (Velayat-e-Faqih). …”
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Epiphany of the Ashura Epic in a Coffeehouse Paintings of Qajar Period by حبیب الله کاظم نژادی, دادخدا خدایار, علیرضا طاهری, زهرا حسین آبادی

“…This events is one of the pivotal events in the history of Shi'ism and had profound effect on the culture of Iran, including literature and art, specially in Coffeehouse Painting. …”
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TURKISH ALEVISM: RELIGIOUS IDENTIFICATION by D. V. Zhigulskaya

“…The question of possibility of ascribing Alevism to Shi’ism is also investigated in the article, as well as comparison of Alevism with Syrian Nusayri doctrine. …”
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Al Kzqth in Bukhara ( commercial and political role In the first three centuries of migration) by Mohamed Kamel

“…The spin axes of this research on the following capture : 1-    First: the definition of al Kzqth 2-    Second: Al Kzqth and political " Bukhara - Qutaiba and his efforts in spreading the Islamic religion inter-communal Bukhari - Join Al Kzqth movements against the Umayyad - Al Kzqth and movements of Shiism family of the house and the tendency to heresy     - The relations btwen Al Kzqth and independent Statelet in " Bukhara " 3-    Third: the role of Al Kzqth in commercial activity in Bukhar…”
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Carnet de voyage, Bagdad 2019 by Caecilia Pieri

“…The first one recreates “a city within the city” (ville en abyme) through composite unrealistic images of real places known to all; the second relates to the martyrology of Shiism, with portraits of historical imams, but also of “martyrs” killed during the repression in Autumn 2019. …”
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The Impact of Musa al-Sadr and Khomeini’s Fight for Religious Influence over Lebanon by Ronen A. Cohen

“…It will also describe how both the informal relations and the three different ideologies held by Khomeini, the Shah and al-Sadr finally helped al-Sadr crystallize his own revolutionary formula for political Shi’ism. That is, how al-Sadr’s activism and propagating within the Shi’i community in Lebanon two decades before the Islamic Revolution in Iran prepared the community to accept Khomeini’s message of a revival of Shi’ism.…”
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