covers all areas of Shi‘a studies, from the historical to the contemporary and from the theological to the philosophical. JSIS has a prestigious advisory board and is covered by the leading relevant indexing services.
Following the ever unfolding political events in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) we would like to welcome submissions which relate these events to Shi‘ism. Contributions may, for example, be on the following areas:
- The MENA uprisings and the expected return of the Mahdi
- Quietism and political activism in contemporary Shi‘is
- The role of Shi‘a ulema in the uprisings
- The socio-political importance of Shi‘a-Sunni divisions in Bahrain
- Shi‘a involvement in contemporary political movements
- The MENA uprisings and analogies to the Iranian revolution
- The influence of the MENA uprisings in post-Saddam Iraq
- The influence of the MENA uprisings in Lebanon
Interested scholars are invited to submit their research articles for the consideration of the Editor. Essays undergo a process of blind peer review and should therefore not indicate the identity of the author(s).
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E-mail: editor@islamic-college.ac.uk
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