Al-Qalam Journal of Advanced Islamic Research
Our peer-reviewed journal, publishing research articles, research notes and reviews in Shīʿī studies.
5 issues
Al-Sidrah Magazine
Writing for a wider readership, bringing scholarship into conversation with communal life.
13 issues
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Monographs and translations published by the Centre.
5 titles
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Current issue
Al-Qalam Vol. 2, No. 2
December 2025
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Aḥmad b. Muḥammad b. Khālid al-Barqī in the Mirror of al-Maḥāsin
Majid Maarif and Reza Qorbani Zarrin
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Kitāb Akhbār al-Qāʾim by ʿAllān al-Kulaynī al-Rāzī: A Source for Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb al-Kulaynī in Compiling al-Kāfī
Hamid Bagheri
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Al-Kulaynī: Insights into His Life and Methodology
Ammaar Muslim al-Dodomi
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Tawassul, Istighātha and Shafāʿa in Twelver Shīʿī Islam: A Qurʾānic, Ḥadīth and Historical Analysis of Their Compatibility with Tawḥīd
Aly al-Mahdi Karim
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On the Authenticity of Ziyārat ʿĀshūrāʾ: A Text-Critical Approach
Hassan Ansari
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