The School of Islamic and Occidental Studies (SIOS) is the first Hawzah in Qum founded by, and for, scholars and students from the West. Centred on the Qurʾān, and specializing in the …

Masuma Jaffer, Dr Masuma Jaffer is a qualified dentist, with a Masters in Islamic Studies and has also attended Hawza in Qum. She obtained a PGCE - teaching qualification – and has taught …

The Qom Seminary (Persian: حوزه علمیه قم) is the largest Islamic seminary (hawza) in Iran, established in 1922 by Grand Ayatollah Abdul-Karim Haeri Yazdi in Qom. [1] . It trains Usuli …

In 23 rd March, 1922, the Hawza Seminary of Qom was established by Shaykh Abd al-Karim Ha’iriYazdi, the well-known Shia scholar. For this occasion, Ijtihadnet has interviewed Shaykh …

He then went to Qum where he studied in the Hawza for ten years, specialising in Qur’an and Hadith Studies. Having graduated from the Hawza in 2007, he went on to complete a Post …

With the decline of Najaf, the city of Qum (Iran) rose to prominence and remains to date as the primary centre of traditional Islamic learning for Shi’ahs today. With the shift of the primary …

A tailor-made short but intensive course aiming to review the pure Islamic worldview, explore the teachings & beliefs of Islam in more depth and answer questions & doubts in a friendly and …

The Society of Seminary Teachers of Qom (Persian: جامعهٔ مدرسین حوزهٔ علمیهٔ قم, romanized: jâme'e madrasin howze 'ilmiah Qom) is an Iranian group founded in 1961/3 [1] by the leading Muslim …

With the decline of Najaf, the city of Qum (Iran) rose to prominence and remains to date as the primary centre of traditional Islamic learning for Shi'ahs today. With the shift of the primary …

Diploma in Islamic Theology should be considered a prerequisite for those who are interested to officially study in the Islamic Seminaries in Qom or Najaf. What you would learn in the …