This advanced course by Shaykh Mortaza Torabi challenges the secular “Westphalian paradigm” of International Relations. Grounded in Quranic anthropology and Islamic jurisprudence, the seminar provides an indigenous framework for global peace, soft power, and diplomacy.
This 2025-2026 course at the Shahid Sadoughi Seminary investigates the Quranic and legal foundations of environmental protection, applying the “La Dharar” rule to complex issues like global warming and water reserve preservation.
This advanced course at the Ayatollah Boroujerdi Seminary examines the legal and ethical boundaries of artificial insemination and IVF within Sharia. Instructor Seyyed Rahim Tavakkol provides an inferential-analytical study on lineage preservation and marital reproductive methods.
Artificial intelligence (AI) raises questions about its relationship with religion. Shiite scholars have studied its impact on religious sciences, including jurisprudence. Advanced courses have addressed AI’s role in education, stock market transactions, judging, and its jurisprudential implications. A course on AI responsibility explores scenarios where AI is accountable for its actions, considering self-learning capabilities.
Jurisprudence is traditionally divided into acts of worship and transactions. Acts of worship focus on religious practices, while transactions deal with everyday worldly matters. In recent times, the emergence of new contracts, such as insurance, has garnered attention from Shiite and Sunni jurists. Questions regarding the legitimacy and conditions of insurance as a religious contract are explored, covering topics like its definition, principles, pillars, and potential obstacles.
An advanced course on the jurisprudence of social relations from the Islamic point of view.
Among the critical issues for the survival of human beings and the life of human societies are the problems of ownership, responsibility, and rights, to which all schools of thought attach great importance.
