Contemporary Jurisprudence

Mohammad Javad Ostadi, in an exclusive interview with Contemporary Jurisprudence:

Jurisprudence of Governance in Cyberspace/6

Mohammad Javad Ostadi has spent nearly his entire career in the realm of media and cyberspace, from his time as a theater director, to conducting international interviews for various publications, to his current role as the director of the Center for Art, Media, and Cyberspace at the Mashhad Office of Cultural Propagation, as well as his participation in various intellectual programs on national media. We sat down with him to discuss the nature of cyberspace governance, its dimensions, and its challenges. He meticulously defined the concept and elaborated on its dimensions, methods, and challenges. Ostadi considers jurisprudence as one of the influential disciplines in cyberspace governance. The full text of Contemporary Jurisprudence’s exclusive interview with this researcher and cultural activist is as follows: 🔻

Hujjat al-Islam wal-Muslemin Dr. Seyed Hossein Hashemi and Dr. Hojjatollah Fathi elaborated on the legal and jurisprudential aspects of criminal maturity.

It can be said that the issue of criminal maturity is one of the challenging topics in Iran’s judicial system, with numerous ambiguities surrounding the age of criminal responsibility, the concept of maturity, and its criteria.
In this session, Hujjat al-Islam wal-Muslemin Dr. Seyed Hossein Hashemi and Hujjat al-Islam wal-Muslemin Dr. Hojjatollah Fathi provided a detailed analysis of this topic, exploring its jurisprudential, legal, and narrational dimensions.
📌 Key topics discussed in this specialized scientific session included:
▪️ The difference between civil maturity and criminal maturity;
▪️ The role of “perfection of intellect” in determining criminal responsibility;
▪️ Analysis of Article 91 of the Islamic Penal Code;
▪️ Various jurisprudential perspectives on differentiating age for religious obligations and punishments;
▪️ The impact of physical and intellectual maturity on the criminal responsibility of adolescents.
View the full text of the news: 🔻

A Review of the Book The Legitimacy of Treatment with Stem Cells from the Perspective of Islamic Jurisprudence

Jurisprudential Research on Stem Cells/3

The discussion of stem cells and their increasingly remarkable applications in treating, preventing, and rejuvenating human health underscores the need for jurisprudential and legal examination. Dr. Najla Labib Hussein Abdulrahman, an Arabic-speaking jurist, in her book The Legitimacy of Treatment with Stem Cells from the Perspective of Islamic Jurisprudence, endeavors to explore the jurisprudential dimensions of stem cell therapy.
Below is a concise summary of the book’s content. 🔻

Former Director of the Center for Islamic Media Research, in an Exclusive Interview with Contemporary Jurisprudence:

Jurisprudence of Governance in Cyberspace/

Dr. Mohammad Hossein Zarifian, with his background in seminary education, a PhD in Media Management from the University of Tehran, and his experience as the director of the Center for Islamic Media Research, is one of the most qualified individuals to discuss policymaking in cyberspace and the role of jurisprudence in it. While he considers policymaking a multidisciplinary and multifaceted endeavor that cannot rely solely on one field of knowledge, he views jurisprudence as playing a significant and fundamental role in policymaking. His simultaneous expertise in media, policymaking, and Islamic sciences has resulted in a compelling and insightful conversation.
View the full text of the interview: 🔻

A Review of the Book The Principle of Human Dignity as a Jurisprudential Rule

The Right to Human Dignity and Equality from the Perspective of Jurisprudence/3

The book The Principle of Human Dignity as a Jurisprudential Rule, authored by Hujjat al-Islam wal-Muslimeen Seyyed Mohammad Ali Ayazi, was published in 2021 by Sarabi Publications in 174 pages. This work can be regarded as the first serious scholarly contribution addressing the principle of dignity as a jurisprudential rule. Its innovative subject matter, adherence to a jurisprudential approach, concise expression, avoidance of verbosity, and presentation of a novel structure for the discussion are among the book’s merits. Below is a summary of the book’s content, drawn from the Encyclopedia of Contemporary Jurisprudence:

Scientific Session of the Institute for Contemporary Jurisprudential Studies on Justice and Public Culture

The 55th session of “Methodology Sundays,” presented by Hujjat al-Islam Dr. Mahdi Shajarian and critiqued by Hujjat al-Islam wal-Muslimeen Hassanali Aliakbarian, addressed the challenges of rationality and religious norms in contemporary society

The “Method on Sundays” session, organized by the Institute for Contemporary Jurisprudential Studies and the Office of Islamic Propagation, took place on Sunday, August 31, 2025. In this specialized session, Dr. Mahdi Shajarian, Assistant Professor in the Social Justice Studies Department at the Institute of Islamic Sciences and Culture, delivered a lecture on “The Impact of the Theory of Justice on the Methodology of Transforming Islamic Knowledge into Public Culture.”
Dr. Shajarian highlighted the significant challenge of the gap between jurisprudential norms, particularly social rulings, and public culture, identifying the differing perspectives on rationality in Islamic jurisprudence as a key factor contributing to this divide. He emphasized the need to move from a “narrow” rationality (aql-e maziq) to an “expansive” rationality (aql-e mowsa‘) capable of issuing rulings on specific cases, which could facilitate the transformation of religious norms into public culture.
Hujjat al-Islam wal-Muslimeen Hassanali Aliakbarian, the session’s critic, offered a differing perspective, stressing that the public should be acquainted with religious norms through explanation and dialogue rather than reconstructing those norms to align with social perceptions.
This session was the fifth in the summer series of “Methodology Sundays” and was held in collaboration with the Office of Islamic Propagation’s Desk for the Development and Empowerment of Islamic Sciences.

Dr. Mohadeseh Moeinifar, in an exclusive interview with Contemporary Jurisprudence, stated:

Jurisprudence of Governance in Cyberspace/5

Dr. Mohadeseh Moeinifar, a faculty member at Imam Khomeini International University in Qazvin, has been engaged in research and authorship in the fields of jurisprudence and law related to cyberspace and media for many years. Articles such as “Children’s Rights, Islamic Rules for Digital Parenting, and Their Enforcement in Iranian Laws,” “Requirements for Upholding Privacy Rights in the Context of the Internet of Things from the Perspective of Iranian Law,” and “Requirements for Identifying and Upholding Rights in the Digital Space” are among her contributions in this field. We discussed cyberspace policymaking with her. While precisely outlining the requirements of policymaking, she also highlighted the conceivable areas for jurisprudential engagement in this domain. The full text of this exclusive interview is presented below:

Hujjat al-Islam Mohammad Ali Heidari

Principle of media jurisprudence/30

We often see documentaries on television, such as social documentaries, where an individual has committed an unethical act, for example, harassing others’ family members. The crew, with cameras rolling, approaches the person and asks, “Sir, why did you do this?” Initially, the individual defends themselves but later expresses deep remorse and regret because the behavior was indefensible. While their face may be blurred, their family, friends, neighbors, or acquaintances can still recognize them by their voice, demeanor, or characteristics, making it abundantly clear that this constitutes backbiting (gheibat).

Interview with the Author of Media Futurology

Principle of media jurisprudence/29

Media, as a societal communication tool, holds an unparalleled position in the daily life of contemporary societies. Given its constructive role in shaping and directing public opinion, it can be utilized as a tool to optimize a society’s overall affairs across various domains, including cultural, political, social, and even economic spheres. In this regard, the science of communication, by entering this field, strives to transition media from its traditional past to the modern world and the emergence of new media, thereby effectively fulfilling its role. One of the tools that the science of communication can employ to complete this transformation and convergence is the authorship, compilation, and writing of new books, as well as presenting new findings in this area. With the presence of graduates in this field in our country, the promise of unveiling new books in this domain has come to fruition. One such book, written by capable authors, is titled Media Futurology, authored by media graduates Hadi Alborzi, a researcher at IRIB, and Ahmad Kouhi, a researcher in the field of media and communication. In this context, an interview was conducted with Hadi Alborzi, one of the book’s authors, which is presented below.

Mostafa Dorri

Principle of media jurisprudence/28

If you ask me, I would tell you that some issues within these domains cannot be separated by any scholarly means. For instance, does the depiction of a romantic relationship between a man and a woman who are not religiously permissible to each other (namahram) in a performance fall under the jurisprudence of art or media jurisprudence? Is this issue viewed from an aesthetic perspective or from the perspective of message transmission? The answer is: both perspectives!