What is Muslim Piety?
The Prayer Selling Merchant (by Maarten Holtzapffel) The Persian literary tradition is replete with stories and anecdotes through which poets attempt to ...
Encountering ʿAyn al-Qużāt’s Tamhīdāt in Iran’s Antagonism of Mullocracy
(by Fatemeh Naghshvarian) Systematic resistance through the aesthetic and intellectual efforts of fearless voices that defend human rights, moral courage ...
A Worn-out Veil is Not the Foundation of Being a Muslim
(by Zhinia Noorian) چادر پوسیده بنیاد مسلمانی نبود Women’s bodies have been used to project the ideology of ruling systems in Iran. After the Iranian ...
We Veil our Eyes Instead of our Women’s Faces
(by Asghar Seyed-Gohrab) Iranian women have been fighting for equal rights for more than a hundred years. Dress code is one of the essential components of ...
In memory of Professor Franklin Lewis
The Beyond Sharia team conveys heartfelt condolences for the loss of our colleague Professor Frank Lewis, a brilliant scholar with a noble and generous ...
Remembering the Critical Khayyam: A Reflection on Abdelkader Benali’s comments on Khayyam
(by Arash Ghajarjazi) Recently, I came across an interview with the Dutch-Moroccan writer Abdelkader Benali on NPO1 (link). The title reads, “Abdelkader ...
13 and 14 October 2022 – International Conference ‘Faces of Islam: Of Tolerance and Coercion’
On October 13 and 14 we will have a two-day international conference with many inspiring speakers. Islam is shaped by a solid intellectual tradition in ...
9 Sept 2022 – Introducing the Beyond Sharia Team
On September 9th 2022 the individual members of the ERC Beyond Sharia team presented their research projects, followed by a discussion. It was an inspiring ...
1 July 2022 – Conference ‘Rumi on Faith, Piety and Religious Philosophy’
We had an inspiring Rumi day filled with wonderful lectures in which several aspect of Rumi’s religious philosophy were discussed, ranging from piety, ...
25 June 2022 – Lecture ‘Kritische bespiegeling over Hafez in schilderkunst, muziek en Sji’itische rituelen’
(lecture in Dutch by Asghar Seyed-Gohrab at the launch of the Dutch scholarly journal ZemZem: Tijdschrift over het Midden-Oosten, Noord-Afrika en islam). ...