Hujjat al-Islam Sayyid Mohsen Mortazavi’s Advanced Seminary Course in Qom, taught in Persian since September 2025, examines how Islamic jurisprudence treats IVF, sperm and egg donation, surrogacy and other methods of assisted reproduction.
Since 2018, Ayatollah Alireza Arafi has taught an Advanced Seminary Course in Qom, in Persian, asking whether attitudes and conduct toward others, such as suspicion, contempt, harm and injustice, carry rulings in Islamic jurisprudence.
Ayatollah Mohsen Araki’s Advanced Seminary Course in Qom (2025–2026), taught in Persian, examined whether answers produced by artificial intelligence can serve as valid evidence for a jurist, in establishing the subject of a ruling and in discovering the ruling itself.
Ayatollah Mohsen Araki’s Advanced Seminary Course in Qom, taught in Persian since September 2025, examines what duties Islamic jurisprudence assigns to the people and the state in shaping the culture of society.
Ayatollah Sayyid Mujtaba Nourmofidi’s advanced course on Cryptocurrency Jurisprudence provides a rigorous analysis of digital assets. Grounded in Imami ijtihad, the series systematically examines the legal status of blockchain technology and its implications for modern Sharia rulings.
An advanced course on the jurisprudence of algorithms, AI, and modern communications within contemporary Imami fiqh and ijtihad.
Led by Dr. Mohammad Ali Shomali, this program bridges traditional Islamic sciences with Western academic methodologies. It covers Shi’ite doctrines, the history of Orientalism, and methodologies for interfaith and intra-faith dialogue.
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 course by Shaykh Hadi Najafi provides an inferential-analytical study of capital markets. It categorizes joint-stock companies based on Islamic Sharia, defining the boundaries between permissible and prohibited investments in the modern economic landscape.
