The job description of the new imam as a mosque official has de facto changed. A contemporary imam is now responsible for a number of new tasks while some of the conventional ones have been abandoned. The position and ...

Müslümanların batı ülkelerinde yoğun olarak yaşamaya başlamaları, müstakil bir “diaspora” teşkil ederek cami ve İslam okulu gibi kendi müesseselerini kurmaları, tarihte bu ölçekte benzeri olmayan yeni bir durumdur. Zaman ...

Hayreddin Karaman, “the muftī of muftīs (teacher of teachers),” is one of the most revered scholars in contemporary Turkish theology. This article argues that Karaman’s authority rests on three pillars: the applicability, ...