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SMERI > Research Bureau and Its Departments

Consisting of five departments, the Research Bureau is the largest among the three bureaus of the Institute. Its departments are the following:

 

(1) Islamic Studies Department

(2) Comparative Religion Department

(3) International Studies Department

(4) National Muslim Studies

(5) Writing and Translation Department

 

(1) Islamic Studies Department

This is the largest department of the Research Bureau of the Institute, comprising of four (4) sections:

(a) Islamic Schools of Thought 

(b) Islamic Movement

(c) Islamic Political Thought

(d) Islamic Philosophy and ‘Irfan

 

(2) Comparative Religion Department 

Dealing with all religions

 

(a) Theistic religions

(i) Abrahamic faiths

- Islam

- Christianity

- Judaism

(ii) Non-Abrahamic faiths

- Zoroastrianism

- Hinduism

 (b) Non-theistic religions

- Buddhism

- Shintoism

- Taoism 

(c) Atheism  

 

(3) International Studies Department 

Topic Areas:

- Terrorism

- Globalization

- Human Rights

- Peace and Conflict Resolution

- Feminism

- Environmental Protection

- Dialogue among Civilizations 

Regional Areas:

- Southeast Asia

- Middle East

- Central Asia

  

(4) National Muslim Studies Department

This Department focuses on mainly on the cultural, linguistic and statistical aspects of studies on the Muslims in the Philippines.  

 

(5) Writing and Translation Department 

1. Writing conference papers and column articles  

2. Translation of books and other literature from and into Arabic, Persian, English, Filipino, Cebuano, and Maguindanaon languages

 


News Bulletin

2005 2006 2007 2008

 

International Conference/Seminar Papers

Waqf in the Words and Works of Imam Khomeini: An Analytical Survey of the Sahifeh-ye Imam Abstract | Full paper
Islamic Iran's Declaration of International Quds Day and the Advent of the Mahdi ('atfs) Abstract | Full paper
The West in the View of Ayatullah Khomeini: A Postmodernist Reading of Sahifeh-ye Imam Abstract | Full paper
 
Mideast Trotting (Newspaper Column)
Remembering Hafiz (October 12, 2006)
He whose crime was justice (October 17, 2006)
Who is Papanok? (July 22, 2007)
What autumn means to me (November 26, 2007)
 

Translations

Books (From Persian into English)

Freedom: The Unstated Facts and Points

A New Analysis of Wahhabi Doctrines

A Commentary on Prayer

The Shi'ah Rebuts

 

Fact Sheets (From English into Filipino) translated for Al-Islam.org

A. Beliefs

1. Sino-Sino Itong Labindalawang Kahalili ng Propeta (s)? [Who are these Twelve Successors of the Prophet (s)?]

2. Ang Mga Shi‘ah Ba’y Naniniwala sa Kakaibang Qur’an? [Do the Shi'ah Believe in a Different Qur'an?]

3. Ang Mga Mananalaysay na Rafidi Shi‘ah sa Sahih al-Bukhari [Rafidi Shi'ah Narrators in Sahih al-Bukhari]

4. Bakit Shi'ah? [Why Shi'ah?]

5. Ang Propeta (s) Ba’y Humirang ng Kahalili? [Did the Prophet (s) Appoint a Successor?]

6. Ano ang Sinasabi ng mga Hindi Muslim hinggil sa Islam [What Non-Muslims Say about Islam]

7. Bakit Dapat na Sumunod sa Pamilya ng Propeta (s)? [Why Follow the Family of the Prophet (s)?]

 

B. Laws and Practices

1. Bakit ang mga Shi‘ah ay Nagpapatirapa sa Ibabaw ng Turbah? [Why to the Shi'ah Prostrate on Turbah?]

2. Ano ang Pag-aayuno sa Buwan ng Ramadan? [What is the Fast of the Month of Ramadan?]

3. Paano Isinasagawa ang mga Araw-Araw na Pagdarasal [How to Perform the Daily Prayers]

4. Bakit Pinagsasama-sama ng mga Shi‘ah ang mga Pagdarasal? [Why Do the Shi'ah Combine Prayers?]

5. Bakit ang mga Muslim ay may mga Alituntunin ng Pananamit (Hijab)? [Why Do Muslims have a Dress Code (Hijab)?]

6. Bakit Iniiwasan ng mga Shi'ah ang mga Kongregasyong Tarawih? [Why Do Shi'ah Avoid Tarawih Congregations?]

7. Paano Isinasagawa ang Wudhu at Tayammum [How to Perform Wudhu and Tayammum]

 

C. Personalities

1. Ang Lahat ng mga Kasamahan (Sahaba) Ba’y Tumpak at Matapat? [Were All Companions Just and Truthful?]

2. Ano ang Sinasabi ng mga Hindi Muslim hinggil kay Husayn, ANG IKA-3 KAHALILI NG PROPETA MUHAMMAD (Sumakanila Nawa ang Kapayapaan) [What Non-Muslims say about Imam Husayn ('a)]

3. Isang Sermon na Walang mga Tuldok [A Sermon Without Dots]

4. Ano ang Sinasabi ng mga Hindi Muslim hinggil kay 'Ali,ang Unang Kahalili ng Propeta Muhammad (s)? [What Non-Muslims say about Imam 'Ali, the First Successor of Prophet Muhammad (s)?]

5. Ano ang Sinasabi ng mga Hindi Muslim hinggil kay Muhammad, ANG PROPETA NG ISLAM (Sumakanya at Kanyang Pamilya nawa ang Kapayapaan) [What Non-Muslims Say about Prophet Muhammad (s)]

 

D. Merits of the Soul

1. Pagtitiis [Patience (Sabr)]

2. Katapatan [Purity (Ikhlas)]

3. Pagsisisi [Repentance (Tawbah)]

4. Pakikibaka laban sa Sarili [Struggle Against the Self (Jihad al-Nafs)]

5. Pagsaliksik ng Dunong [Pursuit of Knowledge ('Ilm)]

 

E. Diseases of the Soul

1. Paninirang-Puri [Backbiting (Gheebah)]

2. Inggit [Envy (Hasad)]

3. Masamang Palagay [Prejudice ('Asabiyyah)]

4. Pakitang-tao [Pretending Virtuousness (Riya)]

5. Galit [Anger (Ghadhab)]

6. Kapalaluan [Self-Admiration ('Ujb)]

 

Fact Sheets (From English into Cebuano) translated for Al-Islam.org

A. Beliefs

1. [Who are these Twelve Successors of the Prophet (s)?]

2. [Do the Shi'ah Believe in a Different Qur'an?]

3. [Rafidi Shi'ah Narrators in Sahih al-Bukhari]

4. [Why Shi'ah?]

5. [Did the Prophet (s) Appoint a Successor?]

6. Unsa ang mga Pahayag sa mga dili Muslim mahitungod sa Islam [What Non-Muslims Say about Islam]

7. [Why Follow the Family of the Prophet (s)?]

 

B. Laws and Practices

1. [Why to the Shi'ah Prostrate on Turbah?]

2. [What is the Fast of the Month of Ramadan?]

3. [How to Perform the Daily Prayers]

4. [Why Do the Shi'ah Combine Prayers?]

5. [Why Do Muslims have a Dress Code (Hijab)?]

6. [Why Do Shi'ah Avoid Tarawih Congregations?]

7. [How to Perform Wudhu and Tayammum]

 

C. Personalities

1. [Were All Companions Just and Truthful?]

2. [What Non-Muslims say about Imam Husayn ('a)]

3. [A Sermon Without Dots]

4. Unsa ang pahayag sa mga dili Muslim mahitungod kang Muhammad, Ang Propeta sa Islam (s) [What Non-Muslims say about Imam 'Ali, the First Successor of Prophet Muhammad (s)?]

5. [What Non-Muslims Say about Prophet Muhammad (s)]

 

D. Merits of the Soul

1. [Patience (Sabr)]

2. [Purity (Ikhlas)]

3. [Repentance (Tawbah)]

4. [Struggle Against the Self (Jihad al-Nafs)]

5. [Pursuit of Knowledge ('Ilm)]

 

E. Diseases of the Soul

1. [Backbiting (Gheebah)]

2. [Envy (Hasad)]

3. [Prejudice ('Asabiyyah)]

4. [Pretending Virtuousness (Riya)]

5. [Anger (Ghadhab)]

6. [Self-Admiration ('Ujb)]

 

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