selected scholarly activity
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academic article
- Islamic Law and the Neoijtihadist Phenomenon. Religions. 12:6-6. 2021
- Custom as a Legal Principle of Legislation for Shi’i Law. Studies in Religion-Sciences Religieuses. 47:481-499. 2018
- Black or White: The Turbanization of Shi‘i Islam. The Muslim World. 108:548-563. 2018
- Shi‘ism in the American Diaspora: Challenges and Opportunities. Journal of Muslim Minority Affairs. 38:73-86. 2018
- The Study of Shi͑i Islam in Western Academia. Journal of Shi'a Islamic Studies. 9:17-37. 2016
- Conversion to Twelver Shi‘ism among American and Canadian women. Studies in Religion-Sciences Religieuses. 43:3-24. 2014
- THE QUR’ĀNIC VISION: UNITY OR UNIFORMITY?. AlBayan. 10:17-24. 2012
- War and Peace in the Islamic Sacred Sources. Journal of Shi'a Islamic Studies. 4:5-22. 2011
- Peace and war in the qur'an and juridical literature: A comparative perspective. Journal of Sociology and Social Welfare. 38:137-157. 2011
- The Ground Zero Mosque Controversy: Implications for American Islam. Religions. 2:132-144. 2011
- The Ten Commandments and the Tablets in Shī'ī and SunnīTafsīr Literature: A Comparative Perspective. The Muslim World. 101:94-109. 2011
- The indigenization and politicization of american islam. Politics and Religion Journal. 5:115-128. 2011
- Scripturalist Islam The History and Doctrines of the Akhbari Shi i School. Journal of Shi'a Islamic Studies. 3:494-497. 2010
- Preserving or Extending Boundaries: The Black Shi‘is of America. Journal of Muslim Minority Affairs. 30:237-249. 2010
- Reinterpretation or Reformation? Shi'a Law in the West. Journal of Shi'a Islamic Studies. 3:141-165. 2010
- British Muslim Converts: Choosing Alternative Lives. Journal of Shi'a Islamic Studies. 2:342-346. 2009
- The Sh???s of Iraq - by Yitzhak Nakash. The Muslim World. 97:524-527. 2007
- Toby Howarth: The Twelver Shi‘a as a Muslim Minority in India: Pulpit of Tears. (Routledge Persian and Shī‘ī Studies.) xxii, 213 pp. London and New York: Routledge, 2005. £65. ISBN 0 415 36234 2.. Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies. 70:429-430. 2007
- Offering Complete or Shortened Prayers? The Traveler's Salat at the "Holy Places". The Muslim World. 96:401-422. 2006
- Islam: Its History, Teaching, and Practices. By S. A. Nigosian. Indiana University Press, 2004. 178 pages. $19.95.. Journal of the American Academy of Religion. 74:536-539. 2006
- From Conversion to Conversation: Interfaith Dialogue in Post 9-11 America. The Muslim World. 94:343-355. 2004
- Foreign Influences on American Shi'ism. The Muslim World. 90:459-478. 2000
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book
- Shi'ism in America 2009
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chapter
- Maqāṣid al-sharī‘a in contemporary Shī'ī jurisprudence. 101-125. 2014
- Ijtihad and the derivation of new jurisprudence in contemporary Shi'ism: The rulings of Ayatollah Bujnurdi. 17-34. 2013
- Peace and conflict resolution in the Islamic tradition. 109-120. 2006
- Multiple Identities in a Pluralistic World: Shi'ism in America. 218-230. 2002