The 16th Issue of Islamic Political Studies Published

The 16th Issue of Islamic Political Studies Published

The 16th issue of the scholarly biannual journal Islamic Political Studies, covering Fall and Winter 2026, has been published. The articles featured in this issue are now available on the journal’s website at jips.isca.ac.ir.

This issue includes:

Islamic Politics and Today’s Questions

Mansour Mir Ahmadi

Analysis of the Obstacles to Political Freedom Based on Quranic Teachings with an Emphasis on Verses 63-73 of Surah Taha

Seyed Ali Akbar Hosseini Ramandi

Syllogism as a Method in Political Science

Bahram Dalir; Ali Dalir

Activism in a Structural Crisis: An Analysis of the Relationship between the Authority of Sayyid Muhammad Sadr and the Ba’athist Regime in Iraq (1991–1999)

Mohamad Javad Khalili

Factors Affecting Voter Behavior with a View to Declining Participation in the Fourteenth Election Cycle in the Islamic Republic of Iran

Alireza Razi; Abbasali Rahbar; Mohammadbagher Khorramshad; Ebrahim Barzegar

The Council (Shūrā) in Sunni Thought, with an Emphasis on Iranian Sunnis

Abdolrahman Mirani; Majid Tavasoli Roknabadi; Naser Marivani

Reconstruction of Communicative Rationality in Contemporary Islamic Dawah Discourse Based on the Quran and Sunnah

Rasol Rasolikia; Ahmad Amiri; Nazi Abdulapour

The Role of Spirituality in Sustainable Progress in the Statement on the Second Phase of the Revolution

Seyyed Mohammadreza Mostafavi-Nia; Najaf Lakzaee; Masoud Motallebi

Comparative Analysis of Political Legitimacy in the Thought of Mirzā-ye Nāʾīnī and David Beetham: With an Emphasis on the Complementary Role of the People and Legality

Reza Isania; Hamid Nikrou

A Reflection on Abū Ḥanīfa’s Political Thought through the Lens of Spriggens’ Problematic Logic

Fasihi Dolatshahi Fasihi Dolatshahi

Assessing the Relationship between Resistance and Defensive Jihad in Shiite Political Jurisprudence

Seyyed Ali Asghar Alavi; Mahmoud Fallah

From Individual Service to a Service-Oriented Network: The Role of E-Governance in Enhancing the Effectiveness of Islamic Governance

Seyyed Gholamreza Mousavi

The journal is also available through the journal platform at jips.isca.ac.ir, the Pajoohaan Mobile Reader at Pajoohaan, and the Publications Portal of the Office for Islamic Propagation of the Qom Seminary at journals.dte.ir.