Contemporary Jurisprudence

Hujjat al-Islam wal-Muslimeen Dr. Mahdi Shajarian, in an Exclusive Interview with Contemporary Jurisprudence:

The Right to Human Dignity and Equality from the Perspective of Jurisprudence/6

The issue of justice has not only been raised for years and decades but for centuries in Shiite jurisprudence: at times through objections to why men and women do not have equal rights, at other times due to the unequal rights of Muslims and non-Muslims, and at yet other times because of the unequal distribution of government aid, such as subsidies, to all people. The fundamental question, however, is: What is justice?
🔹 Does justice mean equality, such that these questions become meaningful, or does it refer to something else? Hujjat al-Islam wal-Muslimeen Dr. Mahdi Shajarian has, for years, made justice his primary educational and research concern.
🔸 A faculty member of the Social Justice Department at the Research Institute of Islamic Sciences and Culture, he believes that no justice scholar has interpreted justice as equality. He identifies the main problem and challenge of the justice issue as its interpretation.
The full text of the insightful and exclusive interview by Contemporary Jurisprudence with this justice scholar is as follows: 🔻

Mohammad Razazadeh

The Right to Human Dignity and Equality from the Perspective of Jurisprudence/5

The right to human equality is one of the most fundamental ethical, legal, and social principles in human societies. Hujjat al-Islam wal-Muslimeen Mohammad Razazadeh, a professor of advanced levels at the seminary, in an exclusive note for Contemporary Jurisprudence, seeks to examine the concept, dimensions, foundations, and legal and jurisprudential status of this right.
🔍 This note addresses questions such as the nature of the right to equality, whether it pertains to human rights or citizenship rights, its natural or contractual nature, evidence for its establishment, and its status in custom or Sharia.
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In a Discussion with Several Researchers of Cyberspace Jurisprudence at Qom Seminary:

Jurisprudence of Governance in Cyberspace/30

For several decades, humanity has partially bid farewell to the world of face-to-face conversations, increasingly preferring to conduct their affairs through various virtual networks rather than dedicating time to family and friends to spend a few hours with them. Indeed, communication and technology have facilitated many matters, but they have also become a barrier to human interactions.
🔹 Perhaps until recently, no one imagined that the presence of certain individuals in cyberspace could lead to separations, disputes, misunderstandings, and, in some cases, fraud. One reason might be that, based on an unwritten tradition in our country, the proper culture of using a technology is not established before it enters the market. Nonetheless, such incidents have occurred and continue to occur, and we witness various forms of unethical behavior.
To examine these issues, particularly the necessity of deriving and presenting the jurisprudence of cyberspace, we have engaged in discussions with several experts, the results of which are presented below: 🔻

Hujjat al-Islam wal-Muslimeen Ebrahim Baqeri

Judicial Practical Principles/6

Hujjat al-Islam wal-Muslimeen Ebrahim Baqeri is a distinguished professor of jurisprudence and law at the Qom Seminary. For several decades, he has been engaged in teaching and researching judicial and criminal jurisprudence and is one of the three main authors of a comprehensive and practical commentary on the Islamic Penal Code. As the top researcher of the Judiciary for seven consecutive years, in this exclusive note for Contemporary Jurisprudence, he explores the application of practical principles in judicial jurisprudence.
🔹 He believes that practical principles are not applicable for proving a crime, but this does not mean they are ineffective in judicial jurisprudence, even in criminal matters.
The full text of the exclusive oral note by a member of the Judiciary’s Jurisprudential Council follows: 🔻

Mohammad Pourmand

Principles of Jurisprudential Topic Identification in Emerging Issues/32

The identification of topics for jurisprudential rulings, though as old as the discipline of jurisprudence itself—since understanding a ruling is fundamentally impossible without understanding its topic—has arguably only emerged as a distinct “discourse of topic identification” for just over a decade.
🔹 One of the primary reasons for the emergence of the “discourse of topic identification for jurisprudential rulings” is the increasing proliferation of emerging topics and the difficulty for jurists to comprehensively understand all of them. Below is an index of articles that address the relationship between jurisprudence and topic identification, either generally or in relation to specific jurisprudential topics.
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Hossein Adabi Charami

Principles of Jurisprudential Topic Identification in Emerging Issues/31

Subject identification, particularly in emerging issues, presents new challenges for jurists. On one hand, it is impossible for a single individual to fully comprehend all new subjects, given their diversity and complexity. On the other hand, relying on experts has left a bitter experience of large companies exploiting some jurists. Hujjat al-Islam wal-Muslimeen Hossein Adabi Charami, a professor of advanced levels at the Mashhad Seminary and head of the Al-e Muhammad (peace be upon him) Virtual School, discusses lesser-known aspects of the challenges of subject identification in this exclusive article: 🔻

Ayatollah Ahmad Moballeghi, in a Gathering of Media Scholars at Mashhad Islamic Seminary, Stated:

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Ayatollah Ahmad Moballeghi, a professor of advanced jurisprudence at Qom Islamic Seminary, presented his views on “Cyberspace, Its Necessity, and Requirements” during a gathering with media and cyberspace scholars at Khorasan Islamic Seminary.
🏷 A member of the Assembly of Experts believes religious policy-making fundamentally needs to change in virtual jurisprudence; religious policy-making is not about unleashing jurisprudence on cyberspace. If we want to engage, we must define media jurisprudence, which is a specific type of jurisprudence. However, if we attempt to impose strict, classical jurisprudence on cyberspace, it is too overpowering to be controlled by such approaches, and, conversely, it will work against us, no longer adhering to its existential philosophy.
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Director of the Office of Islamic Studies and Seminary Communications at the Cyberspace Research Institute:

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Hujjat al-Islam Reza Haj Hosseini, on March 6, 2022, during the second day of the Governance Week sessions focused on Islamic cyberspace governance, added: In Islamic cyberspace governance, a new space based on Islamic intellectual foundations, values, and lifestyle should be offered to the world so that this governance model distinguishes Iran from other countries.
🔹 Emphasizing that future wars will transform dominance-seeking and weapon-based conquests into civilizational and service-based conquests, he stated: Although this soft and service-based governance model has a hard aspect to the extent that in the Nitro Zeus project, it is envisioned to constrict the space for opposing countries so much that people have no access to infrastructure such as water, electricity, and gas, and subsist on flesh and blood.
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Hujjat al-Islam Dr. Mohammad Bidar Porchin Olya

Jurisprudential Aspects of Public Participation in the Economy/5

Hujjat al-Islam Dr. Mohammad Bidar Porchin Olya, a professor and researcher in Islamic economics and a faculty member of the Economics Department at the Imam Khomeini Educational and Research Institute, discusses in this oral note the nature of people’s economy, its differences from similar concepts, and its foundations and presuppositions.
The full text of this exclusive note is as follows: 🔻

Hujjat al-Islam wa al-Muslimin Ibrahim Nikdel

Principles of Jurisprudential Topic Identification in Emerging Issues/30

Hujjat al-Islam wa al-Muslimin Ibrahim Nikdel, born in 1973 in Mashhad, joined the Mashhad Islamic Seminary and studied under prominent scholars such as Ayatollahs Mahdi Morvarid, Ashrafi Shahroudi, Tabadkani, and Derayati, engaging in teaching and research on jurisprudential topics.
🔹 He has long been one of the prominent instructors of advanced levels at this seminary. His book, Apparent Rulings: Nature, Processes, and General Principles, is among his notable works.
🏷 In this exclusive oral note, he explores the types of sharia topics and the methods of their identification. His note is one of the most innovative discussions written on the classification of sharia topics.
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