although believing in the reappearance of imam mahdi is an islamic belief, it has an outstanding position in the shiite school. it can be said the main proof behind this position is that shiites have accepted his birth and life. regardless of the foundations and arguments of shiites, some sunni writers have sharply opposed this belief. ahmad b. taymiyya is one of these writers who has made cert...

identification and recognition of incomplete embryo is a new matter which has been raised recently. but rapid development of technology and recognition of prenatal disorders made abortion a means to relive and to prevent a child with untreatable and dangerous diseases from having a hard life. but some people are involved in it and it has created many social disorders. although many religious ju...

the subject of conflict between shia and sunni is one of the most pivotal subjects in islamic history and islamic thought. this subject includes various aspects of religious, social and political and thereby many researchers using different tools and methods have addressed them based on their perspectives. one of these researchers is dr. ali alwardi (1913-1995) , an iraqi sociologist and histor...

You Say Want a Revolution? Radical Idealism and Its Tragic ConsequencesDaniel Chirot. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2020. £25.00/$29.95. 192 pp.Bullets Not Ballots: Success in Counterinsurgency WarfareJacqueline L. Hazelton. Ithaca, NY: Cornell 2021. $39.95. 220 pp.Coping with Defeat: Sunni Islam, Roman Catholicism, the Modern StateJonathan Laurence. £28.00/$35.00. 606 pp.The Last ...

İslam düşünce tarihinin kırılma noktalarından birini teşkil eden problemlerden birisi de devlet başkanlığıdır. Müslümanlar, bu konuda yalnızca teorik ihtilafa düşmemiş, fiilî mücadelelere girmişlerdir. Bu anlaşmazlık, etkisini günümüze kadar devam ettirmiş ve Müslümanların hem dini dünyevi görüşlerini şekillendirmiştir. Hz. Muhammed’in rolünü üstlenecek işlerini tanzim edecek adayın kimliği tar...