“So far, Islamic Propagation Office of Qom Seminary has offered worthy services to Islam and the Islamic Republic and seminaries, which should be thanked.”
Imam Khomeini (pbuh)
“The Islamic Propagation is a living unit and has numerous writings.”
Imam Khamenei
An Introduction to Islamic Sciences and Culture Academy
The Islamic Sciences and Culture Academy affiliated to Islamic Propagation Office of Qom Seminary which started its activities under the title of Islamic Studies and Research Center in 1984, was established with the definitive license of Ministry of Science, Research and Technology.
The Academy is a seminary-affiliated, research and scientific institution which deals with explicating and expanding the belief, perception and Islamic values and also cogitation and development of Islamic sciences and knowledge, through playing an active mediating role among seminaries according to the religious needs of people and Islamic Republic of Iran.
Goals
Explicating pure knowledge of Islam and refining religious culture from dogmatism and eclecticism.
The systematic explication of Islam and presenting efficient individual and social models appropriate for the needs of contemporary world through development, cogitation and empowerment of Islamic sciences.
Provision of scientific support for systematization and efficiency of religious government and Islamic Revolution.
Academy’s Approach
Islamic Sciences and Culture Academy has reiterated and emphasized the problem-oriented approach to meet the needs and problems of the target community. The research activities of the academy to implement the above-mentioned approach are organized in 4 main centers and 13 specialized departments as follows:
A. Center for Theoretical and the Solid System of Islamic and Human Sciences
1. Department for Islamicization of humanities
2. Department for development and empowerment of Islamic sciences
3. Department for education
B. Center for Deepening Religious Faith and Fighting against Deviant Movements and Sects
4. Department for development and deepening of religious belief
5. Department for Wahhabism and Takfiri movements
6. Department for fighting against deviant sects
7. Department for development and deepening of Quranic culture
C. Center for Ethics, Family and Lifestyle
8. Department for strengthening family system
9. Department for Islamic lifestyle
10. Department for ethics
D. Center for Political and Social System of Islam and Iran
11. Department for political system of Islamic republic of Iran
12. Department for social issues of Islam and Iran
13. Department for Islamic civilization
Research Centers, Centers and Research Groups in ISCA
1. Research Center for Quranic Sciences and Culture
• The department for encyclopedias
• The department for dictionaries
• The department for Exegesis of The Holy Quran
• The department for Quranic sciences
• The department for comparative studies
2. Research Center for Ahlulbayt History and Conducts
• The department for Shia history
• The department for Ahlulbayt Conducts (pbut)
• The department for Islamic culture and civilization
• The Encyclopedia of Ahlulbayt (pbut)
3. Research Center for Mahdiism and Future Studies (Futurology)
• The department for Mahdism studies
• The department for Mahdism movements
• The department for religion futurology and religiosity
4. Research Center for Islamic Philosophy and Theology
• The department for philosophy
• The department for theology
• The department for philosophy of ethics
5. Research Center for Ethics and Spirituality
• The department for ethics
• The department for education
• The department for Islam and spirituality studies
6. Research Center for Jurisprudence and Law
• The department for philosophy of jurisprudence and law
• The department for jurisprudence-related knowledge
• The department for jurisprudential and legal issues
7. Research Center for Political Thought and Sciences
• The department for political philosophy
• The department for political jurisprudence
• The department for political sciences
8. Research Center for Theology and Family
• The department for comparative theology
• The department for social ethics
• The department for family studies
9. Research Center for Civilizational Islam
• The department for applied jurisprudence
• The department for wisdom and new theology
• The department for Quran and social studies
• The department for Islamic are and civilization
10. Research Center for Islamic Documents and Information Management
• The department for compilation of knowledge structure
• The department for organizing information and documents
• The department for information and knowledge dissemination
11. Center for Reviving of Islamic Works
• The department for codicology and bibliography
• The department for Islamic works revival and correction
12. Research Center for Islamic Studies of Society and Civilization
• The department for civilizational studies
• The department for socio-cultural studies
13. Center for Scientific and International Coordination
• The center for scientific cooperation
• The International Office
• Translation
• Ceremonies
Faculty Members and Researchers
• More than 100 full-time faculty members and 8 researchers (part-time faculty member)
• 38 full-time researchers
• More than 300 project-based researchers
Research Projects
• Published: 600 titles in 758 volumes
• In progress: 629 titles
Some of the Most Important Research Projects
Encyclopedias
Published
1. The Encyclopedia of the Holy Quran(16 volumes)
2. The Encyclopedia of the Holy Quran for Teenagers (3 volumes)
3. The Encyclopedia of A’alam(people, names, places, days etc.) in the Holy Quran (5 volumes)
4. The Qur’anic Encyclopedia of Ethics(1 volume)
5. The Encyclopedia of Shiite Usulis (Scholars who use principles of Ijtihad in Islamic jurisprudence) (2 volumes)
6. The Encyclopedia of Qur’anic Sciences (1 volume)
7. The Qur’anic Encyclopedia of Rational Sciences (1 volume)
8. The Qur’anic Encyclopedia of Fiqh and Usul
9. The Encyclopedia of Hajj (Pilgrimage) and Haramayn (The Two Sanctuaries, in Mecca and Medina) (1 volume)
10. The Encyclopedia of Bihar al-Anwar(14 volumes)
In progress
1. The Encyclopedia of the Holy Quran
2. The Encyclopedia of the Holy Quran for Teenagers
3. The Encyclopedia of A’alam in the Holy Quran
4. The Qur’anic Encyclopedia of Rational Sciences
5. The Encyclopedia of Shiite Usulis
6. The Qur’anic Encyclopedia of Fiqh and Usul (Vol.2)
7. The Encyclopedia of Ahlulbayt (peace be upon them)
8. The Encyclopedia of Environment
9. The Encyclopedia of Security
10. The Encyclopedia of Woman and Family
11. The Encyclopedia of Islamic Civilization
12. The Encyclopedia of Qur’anic Sciences
Thesauruses
Published:
1. The Thesaurus of Qur’anic Sceinces
2. The Thesaurus of Knowledge of Qur’an
3. The Thesaurus of Hadith Sciences
4. The Thesaurus of Mahdavi Knowledge (Electronic)
5. The Thesaurus of Islamic Philosophy(2 volumes)
6. The Thesaurus of Islamic Theology(2 volumes)
7. The Thesaurus of Logic
8. The Thesaurus of Islamic Ethics
9. The Thesaurus of Jurisprudence (8 volumes)
10. The Thesaurus of Usul Fiqh (principles of Islamic Jurisprudence)
11. The Thesaurus of Consumption Pattern Reform
12. The Thesaurus of Islamic Arts, Architecture Section
13. The Thesaurus of Hadith Narrators
14. The Thesaurus of Specific Criminal Law
15. The Thesaurus of General Criminal Law
16. The Thesaurus of New Theological Issues
17. The Thesaurus of Religions
In progress
1. The Edition of The Thesaurus of Qur’anic Sceinces
2. The Thesaurus of Hadith Narrators (written print)
3. The Thesaurus of Specific Criminal Law (written print)
4. The Thesaurus of General Criminal Law (written print)
5. The Thesaurus of New Theology (written print)
6. The Thesaurus of Religions (written print)
7. The Thesaurus of Islamic Arts (written print)
8. Translation of The Thesaurus of Islamic Sciences
9. The Thesaurus of Education
10. The Thesaurus of Islamic Mysticism
Lexicons
Published:
1. The Lexicon of the Holy Quran(33 volumes)
2. The Thematic Lexicon of Quran Commentaries(3 volumes)
3. The Lexicon of Similar Words Analysis in the Holy Quran(2 volumes)
4. An Analytical Lexicon of Vojuh(different meanings of a word) and Naza’er (similar words with different meanings) in the Holy Quran(2 volumes)
5. The Applied Lexicon of Vocabulary in the Holy Quran (1 volume)
6. The Lexicon of Lifestyle Based on the Teachings of the Qur’an and Ahlulbayt (17 volumes)
7. Al-Miftah al-Jame’ le Mostalahat al-Qur’an va Mafahimah (6 volumes)
8. The Lexicon of Usul Fiqh (principles of Islamic Jurisprudence)
9. Al-Mo’jam al-Tatbiqi le al-Qava’ed al-Usuliyah fi Fiqh al-Imamiyah (6 volumes)
10. The Comprehensive Bibliography of Islamic Fiqh (5 volumes)
11. The Bibliography of Fiqh Principles
12. Events in the history of Islam
13. The Lexicon of Islamic Compilers(4 volumes)
14. The Bibliography of New Medical Issues
15. The Lexicon of Topics of Abstract of Shahid Motahari’s Works
In progress
1. The Lexicon of Similar Words Analysis in the Holy Quran
2. An Analytical Lexicon of Vojuh(different meanings of a word) and Naza’er (similar words with different meanings) in the Holy Quran
3. The Applied Lexicon of Vocabulary in the Holy Quran (2 volumes)
4. The Lexicon of Logic
5. The Lexicon of Islamic Philosophy
6. The Lexicon of Islamic Theology
Mawsu’ats (A series of works)
Published:
1. Mawsu’at Allama Sharaf al-Din(11 volumes)
2. Mawsu’at Shahid Awal(21 volumes)
3. Mawsu’at Shahid Thani(30 volumes)
4. Mawsu’at Allama Balaqi(9 volumes)
5. Mawsu’at al-Ijma’ fi Fiqh al- Imamyiah
6. Mawsu’at Ahkam al-Mortad (laws about Apostate)(2 volumes)
7. Mawsu’at Allama Kashif al-Ghita’ (al-Athar al-Kalamiyah) (14 volumes)
8. Mawsu’at al-Imam Mohammad al-Hossain Ale Kashif al-Ghita’/ al-Athar al-Fiqhiyah (27 volumes)
9. Mawsu’at Samahat Ayatollah al-Ozma’ al-Mazaheri (27 volumes)
In progress
1. The Thematic Heritage of Fiqh and Usul
2. Mawsu’at Kashif al-Ghita’/ al-Athar al-Tarikhiyah, al-Siasiyah va … (18 volumes)
3. Mawsu’at Allama Sayyid Mohsen Amin (Except A’yan al-Shia)(20 volumes)
4. Mawsu’at Hakim Abu Nasr Farabi(12 volumes)
5. Mawsu’at al-Shaikh Bahaei (24 volumes)
6. Mawsu’at Ayatollah al-Shaikh Mohammad Taqi Bahjat (25 volumes)
7. The Thematic Heritage of Ethics
8. The Thematic Heritage of Philosophy and Theology
9. The Thematic Heritage for Philosophical and Theological Treatises of Khaje Nasir al-Din Tusi
Macro-Projects
Published
1. The Encyclopedia of the Holy Qur’an (16 volumes)
2. The Dictionary of the Qur’an (33volumes)
3. Tafsir Rahnama (20 volumes)
4. Politics in the Holy Quran (4 works)
5. The Transcendental Policy from the Viewpoint of ” Hikmat Mutaaliyah”(20 works)
6. Political Thought of Muslim Thinkers(50 works)
7. Political Knowledge in Contemporary Iran(4 works)
8. The Philosophy of Political Jurisprudence(5 works)
9. The Jurisprudence of Political System(5 works)
10. Mawsu’at (encyclopedia) of Political Hadiths (5 works)
11. The Political Peripatetic Philosophy(2 works)
12. The Philosophy of Politics (2 works)
13. Ethics and Politics (5 works)
14. The Jurisprudence of International Relationship and Foreign Policy(5 works)
15. Security in Islam(3 works)
16. The Clergy and Politics (10 works)
17. Usul and Linguistic Knowledge (2 works)
18. The Relationship between Body and Soul (25 works)
19. The Capabilities of Islamic Philosophy and Its Relationship with Socio-political Life(3 works)
20. Wisdom and Religion (5 works)
21. Theology and Orientalists (11 works)
22. Anwar al-Fiqahah (10 volumes)
23. The Theology of Ethics (12 works)
24. The Psychological Foundations of Ethical-Religious Education (2 works)
25. Mokhtalaf al-Shia (10 volumes)
26. The Sighting of the New Crescent Moon (5 works)
27. Al-Barahin al-Qate’a fi Sharhe Tajrid al-Aqaed (4 volumes)
28. Montaqed al-Manfe’ fi Sharhe Mokhtaser al-Nafe’ (10 volumes)
29. Al-Sahabah al-Karam (3 volumes)
30. Poverty and Development (5 works)
31. The New Medical Issues (2 volumes)
32. The Paradigm for Mystical Shia Schools (10 work)
33. The Forgotten Necessities of Stable Development
34. The Jurisprudence of Reciting (1 work)
35. Applied Ethics (5 works)
36. An Analysis and Critique of Non-Islamic Spiritualties (2 volumes)
37. The Methodology of Spirituality Studies and Examination of Islamic Spirituality (3 works)
38. Jame’ al-Sa’adat (3 volumes)
39. Asda’ al-Raqa’eb fi Mas’alat al-Hijab
40. A Series of Dialogues on Fiqh, Law and Society (9 works)
41. Wilayat Faqih and the Islamic Seminary (10 works)
42. The Improvement of the efficiency of the Islamic Republic of Iran (1 work)
43. The Lifestyle of the Fourteen Infallibles (12 works)
44. A Critique and Examination of Resources of Ahlulbayt History (7 works)
45. Shiism in the Regions (4 works)
46. The Events in History of Islam (4 works)
47. Cultural Relief
48. The Civilizational Criteria of Islamic Republic of Iran
49. A Critique of Modern Science-oriented Atheism
50. Family Law (5 works)
51. Civil Liability (7 works)
52. Mahdiism Studies (4 works)
53. The Deviant Movements of Mahdiism (3 works)
In Progress
1. The Encyclopedia of the Holy Qur’an
2. The Dictionary of the Qur’an
3. The Encyclopedia of the Holy Qur’an For Teenagers
4. The Transcendental Policy from the Viewpoint of ” Hikmat Mutaaliyah”
5. Political Thought of Muslim Thinkers
6. Political Knowledge in Contemporary Iran
7. The Philosophy of Political Jurisprudence
8. The Jurisprudence of Political System
9. Politics in the Holy Quran
10. Mawsu’at (encyclopedia) of Political Hadiths
11. The Political Peripatetic Philosophy
12. The Philosophy of Politics
13. Ethics and Politics
14. The Jurisprudence of International Relationship and Foreign Policy
15. Security in Islam
16. The Clergy and Politics
17. The Philosophy of Usul and Linguistic Knowledge
18. The Relationship between Body and Soul
19. The Capabilities of Islamic Philosophy and Its Relationship with Socio-political Life
20. Wisdom and Religion
21. Theology and Orientalists
22. The Theology of Ethics
23. The Psychological Foundations of Ethical-Religious Education
24. Montaqed al-Manfe’ fi Sharhe Mokhtaser al-Nafe’
25. Innovative, Intellectual and Religious Revival Models
26. The Paradigm for Mystical Shia Schools
27. Applied Ethics
28. An Analysis and Critique of Non-Islamic Spiritualties
29. The Methodology of Spirituality Studies and Examination of Islamic Spirituality
30. The Studies of Qur’anic Systematization
31. The Scientific Authority of the Holy Quran
32. The Holy Quran and Orientalism
33. A Critique of inconsistent Ideas in Quran and Empirical Sciences
34. The Development of Honesty
35. Sexual Affairs in Contemporary Iran
36. Religious Knowledge in Education
37. The System of Subjects, Priorities and Objectives of Research in the Jurisprudence of Computer Games
38. Information Bank and Documents of Jurisprudence of Art
39. Affairs related to Designing and Compiling the System of Jurisprudence of Art Issues
40. A Series of Dialogues on Jurisprudence, Law and Society
41. Wilayat Faqih and Islamic Seminary
42. The Improvement of the efficiency of the Islamic Republic of Iran
43. The Thematic Heritage of Treatise of Determinism and Free Will
44. The Thematic Heritage of Treatise of Bada’
45. The Thematic Heritage of Treatise of Al-Zawjah
46. The Thematic Heritage of Treatise of Hijab
47. The Thematic Heritage of Treatise of Divine Science
48. Shiism in the Regions (2 volumes)
49. Shiism in the Era of the 12 Imams’ Presence
50. The Dictionary of Lifestyle Based on the Teachings of the Qur’an and Ahlulbayt
51. Jurisprudence of Reciting
52. The Jurisprudence of City and Urbanization
53. Translation of Fiqh, Law and Society
54. Application of the Model of Ideal Governance in the Islamic Republic of Iran
55. The Nature of Shia Mysticism
56. The Jurisprudence of Art (4 works)
57. Civil Liability (1 work)
58. Family Law (3 works)
59. Sustainability and Efficiency of the Family with an Islamic Approach
60. Knowledge of God in Imamiyah Theology from Baghdad School to Isfahan School
61. A Series of Dialogues on Jurisprudence, Law and Family (3 works)
62. Mahdiism Studies
63. Deviant Currents of Mahdiism (8 works)
Translations
120 volumes in partnership with Center of Civilization for Islamic Thought Development, Islamic Culture and Relations Organization, Dar Al-Maaref Al-hikmiah and Al-Hadaf Center have been translated so far.
Libraries
Number of Libraries: 7 libraries
Number of Books: 264500 titles (423569 volumes)
- The Central Library of Islamic Sciences and Culture Academy
- Persian and Arabic reference books: 10771 volumes
- Persian and Arabic non-reference books: 122777 volumes
- English books: 6965 volumes
- The Specialized Library of Qur’anic Sciences and Culture: 50965 volumes
- The Public and Lending Library: 86595 volumes
- The Specialized Library of The Center for Islamic Works Revival: 6691 volumes
- The Library of The Research Center for Theology and Family: 55886 volumes
- The Specialized Library of The Research Center for Civilizational Islam: 89065 volumes
- Journals Database: 865 titles
- Audio and visual resources database: 400
- The Digital Library of the Research Center for Islamic Documents and Information Management: 24021 records of digital resources and over 127505 catalogued records so far.
- Manuscripts Archive: 1250 volumes
- Archive of Ancient Sources: 3000 Volumes
- Press Archive: 2200
Published Works
Total published works: 1684 Volumes. (1007 volumes have been published by the academy’s publications, 499 volumes by Bustan Kitab Institute, Islamic Propagation Office of Qom Seminary, 173 volumes by Islamic Propagation Office, Isfahan Branch, and 5 works have been published in partnership with Samt Publications.
Journals (24 journals)
A. Scientific-research Journals
1. Quarterly Journal of Qur’anic Researches (jqr.isca.ac.ir)
2. Quarterly Journal of Fiqh (jf.isca.ac.ir)
3. Quarterly Journal of Naqd va Nazar (jpt.isca.ac.ir)
4. Quarterly Journal of Islamic and Social Studies (jiss.isca.ac.ir)
5. Biannual Journal of new intellectual research (novin.isca.ac.ir)
B. Scientific-promotional Journals
1. Journal of Akhlaq (akhlagh.morsalat.ir)
2. Journal of Sira Studies of Ahl-e-Bait (sirepajouhi.isca.ac.ir)
C. Scientific-Specialized Journals
1. Bimonthly Journal of Ayeneh-E-Pazhoohesh (jap.isca.ac.ir)
2. Electronic Quarterly Journal of Qur’anic Sciences Studies (jqss.isca.ac.ir0
3. Quarterly Journal of Literary Studies of Islamic Texts (jrla.isca.ac.ir)
4. Journal of Howzah (jh.isca.ac.ir)
5. Electronic Journal of Islamic Knowledge Management (jikm.isca.ac.ir)
6. Electronic Biannual Journal of Islamic Political Studies (jips.isca.ac.ir)
7. Electronic Biannual Journal of Fiqh and Politics (jp.isca.ac.ir)
8. Electronic Biannual Journal of Mahdavi Society (jm.isca.ac.ir)
D. Forthcoming Journals
1. Electronic Biannual Journal of Mind Studies (jms.isca.ac.ir)
2. Electronic Biannual Journal of Al-Fiqh va al-Tajdid, Royat Moqarinah (jfm.isca.ac.ir)
3. Electronic Biannual Journal of al-Fikr al-Siasi al-Eslami (jpt.isca.ac.ir)
Electronic Publishing
All ISCA’s books and journals in electronic form are published in Pajoohaan Electronic Publishing Management System along with numerous research features including over 6000 books and journals from prominent national and international publishers (over 100 publishers) and they are available for researchers and lovers.
Pajoohaan Mobile Book Reader is a research system for the production and distribution of e-books, which, while observing copyright law, seeks to produce fruitful content for researchers and lovers, provides quick and easy access to books and journals, and expands the audience.
Pajoohaan Website:
www.pajoohaan.ir
Websites and Software Products
A. Information Websites
1. Islamic Sciences and Culture Academy’s website (in four languages and more languages are being added)
www.isca.ac.ir
2. Information Technology Services Portal
www.apps.isca.ac.ir
B. Research Websites
1. The Comprehensive Portal for Qur’anic Sciences and Knowledge
http://quran.isca.ac.ir
2. Islamic Sciences Information Management System
http://thesaurus.isca.ac.ir
3. The Encyclopedia of Ahlul al-Bayt (pbut)
http://www.ahlebeitpedia.ir
4. The Digital Library
http://dl.isca.ac.ir
5. Electronic Publishing System (Pajoohaan)
https://pajoohaan.ir
6. Portal of Journals
http://journals.isca.ac.ir
7. System for Representing Qur’anic Achievements (Qur’anic Basket)
http://sabad.isca.ac.ir
8. System for Index of Verses and Narrations
http://vf.isca.ac.ir
9. ISCA’s Library
http://libportal.dte.ir
10. Simorgh Search for Bibliographic Resources (ISCA’s Libraries)
http://lib.dte.ir
11. Islamic Sciences Wiki
http://wiki.isca.ac.ir
12. Knowledge Management System of Islamic Propagation Office of Qom Seminary
http://kms.isca.ac.ir
13. System for index of Step by step with Imam Musa Sadr
http://islamicdoc.org/ImamSadr
14. Islam Portal Website
http://islamportal.isca.ac.ir15. Semantic Search System
http://semseach.isca.ac.ir
16. Islamic Jurisprudence Bibliography System
http://msf.isca.ac.ir
C. Mobile Applications
1. Quran Siraj
2. The Encyclopedia of the Holy Quran
3. The Dictionary of the Holy Quran
4. Qur’anic Questions
5. Thematic Dictionaries and Encyclopedias of the Qur’an in 20 topics (Resistance, progress model, ethics, family, politics, security and information, history and A’alam, jurisprudence and law, spirituality, art, Islamic theology, jihad and martyrdom, social and civilizational studies, management, environment, The second Phase of the Revolution of Iran, economy, hajj, ifaf and hijab, health).
6. Pajoohaan Mobile Bookreader
D. Software Pruducts
1. The Comprehensive Encyclopedia of the Holy Quran: The most comprehensive thematic encyclopedia, which includes Ranhama Interpretation, dictionary of the Holy Quran and thematic dictionary for interpretations.
2. The Thematic Encyclopedia of Qur’anic Articles: Containing the full text of 10,000 articles in the field of Qur’anic sciences and knowledge
3. The Software of Specialized Website for Qur’anic Sciences
4. Shajareh Tuba (digital library of works in Research Center for Qur’anic Sciences and Culture)
5. The Software for Thematic Dictionary of Interpretations
6. The Software of Qur’anic Questions
7. The Software of Ganjineh Mahdaviat dar Quran va Hadith (Mahdism Treasure in the Qur’an and Hadith)
8. Motahar Desktop Software
9. Khatib Desktop Software
10. Najm Desktop Software
11. The Software of Specialized Website for Usul Fiqh
12. Al-Tamhid Desktop Software
13. Software of Step by step with Imam Musa Sadr
Scientific Sessions and Meetings
Critical and promotional sessions: 502 sessions
Scientific meetings: 1534 meetings
Specialized sessions: 3 sessions
1. Network Justice
2. Transcendental Security
3. The Rule of Oppression Ignorance in Jurisprudence
Conferences, Sessions, Meetings, Workshops, and MoUs
A. ISCA’s Conferences
International Conferences: 20 conferences
1. Allamah Sayyid Abd al-Husayn Sharaf al-Din, 2005.
2. Allamah Mohammad Javad Balaqi, 2007.
3. Commemoration of Shahidayn, 2009.
4. Religious Teachings and the Mind and Body Problem, 2010.
5. Akhund Molla Mohammad Kazem Khorasani, 2012.
6. Islam and Humanitarian Law, 2012.
7. Imam Musa Kazem’s (pbuh) Time and Life Conduct, 2013.
8. Imam Mahdi and Future of the World in Iraq, 2013.
9. Sebt al-Nabi, Imam Hassan Mojtaba (pbuh), 2014.
10. Ibn al-Reza, Imam Javad’s (pbuh) Time and Life Conduct, 2016.
11. Ibn al-Reza, Imam Hadi’s (pbuh) Time and Life Conduct, 2017.
12. The Cultural Dialogues between Iran and Arab World, 2017.
13. An Investigation of Theological Thought of Allama Kashif al-Ghita’, 2017.
14. Imam Ali (pbuh), a Model of Justice, and Spirituality for Today’s World, 2018.
15. Imam Reza’s life Conduct, Teachings and Functions, 2018.
16. Ibn al-Reza, Imam Hassan Askari’s Time and Life Conduct, 2018.
17. Cultural Dialogues in the Civilizational Vision of Iran and Arab World, 2019.
18. The Theory of the Waiting for Imam Mahdi (pubh) in the Thought of Ayatollah Khamenei, 2019.
19. Human-Islamic Sciences, 2019.
20. Islamic Maghreb, Hajj, and Haramain, 2020.
Some of National Conferences: 46 conferences
1. Mahdism Debate (ten Debates including topics related to Mahdism), 2008-2009
2. The Holy Quran and Issues of Contemporary Society, 2005.
3. The Political Sira of the Holy Prophet (s), 2006.
4. Encyclopedia and Its Uses in Electronic Environment, 2007.
5. Hijab, Islamic State`s Responsibilities and Powers, 2007.
6. The Transcendental Policy from the Viewpoint of “Hikmat Mutaaliyah”, 2008.
7. Clergy and Young Generation, 2009.
8. The Vision of Political Knowledge in Iran, 2010.
9. Religious Intellectualism, 2010.
10. Clergy and Islamic Revolution, 2015.
11. Islamic Mysticism from the Viewpoint of Imam Khomeini; Foundations and Achievements, 2015.
12. An Investigation into Political and Legal Aspects of Mina Stampede, 2016.
13. Revolutionary Howzah, National and International Liabilities, 2017.
14. Sufism, Features and Criticisms, 2017.
15. An Investigation into Interpretation Viewpoints of Allamah Ma’refat, 2018.
16. Election and Clergy, 2018.
17. The Theory of Islamic Science and Its Applications in Education System, 2019.
18. The Statement of the Second Phase of the Revolution and Islamic New Civilization, 2019.
19. Novel Spiritualties, Features and Criticisms, 2020.
20. Islamic Resistance from the Viewpoint of the Holy Qur’an.
B. Scientific Sessions and Meetings
Promotional sessions: 368 sessions
Specialized sessions: 14 sessions
Scientific meetings: 1126 meetings
Titles of Held Specialized Sessions
1. Network Justice
2. Transcendental Security
3. The Rule of Oppression Ignorance in Jurisprudence
4. The Critique of Royat al-Shahid al-Sadr fi al-Tawsa’ al-Uqala’ei fi al-Hayazah.
5. The Status Studies of Evidence in Verbal Arguments
6. Conflict of Conditional Obligations in Legislation
7. The Method of Inferring a Moral Ruling from Narrated Sources; Verbal Principles of Moral Jurisprudence
8. Islamic Diversity in the Process of Civilization
9. Ahlulbayt and Their Conquests (critique of views)
10. Existential Appropriateness as a Fundamental Criterion for Moral Value
11. The Ritual of Divine Revelation (Theory of Revelation and Prophecy; Government and Law in Islamic Political Philosophy)
12. Comprehensive methodology in analyzing aspects and the like in the Qur’an.
13. The Development of the Realm of Legislation in the Holy Qu’ran
14. Conflict of Conditional Obligations in Legislation
C. Scientific Workshops
Number of Workshops: 149
Titles of Workshops
• Workshop on Research Methodology
• Workshop on Dictionary of the Qur’an in Humanities
• Workshop on Application of Interdisciplinary Studies in Writing Encyclopedia
• Workshop on Transcendental Wisdom (for Tunisian professors)
• Workshop on Islamic Spirituality Learning and the Challenges of the Contemporary World
• Workshop on Indicators and Scientometric Tools
• Workshop on Cultural Relief
• Workshop on Social Studies of Religion
D. Scientific Cooperation & National and International Memorandums of Understanding
The Islamic Sciences and Culture Academy has signed memorandums of understanding with various domestic and foreign scientific centers.
• Number of International MoUs: 9
• Number of National MoUs: 103
Some of the MoUs:
• Ez-Zitouna University
• Institute for Humanities and Cultural Studies
• Qom University
• Imam Sadiq Research Institute for Islamic Sciences
• Research Institute of Hawzah and University
• Secretariat of the Board for Supporting Theory, Criticism and Debate (Supreme Council of the Cultural Revolution)
Board of Honors
• Having Obtained a Letter of Commendation from the National Commission for UNESCO for compiling thesauruses of Islamic sciences, 2000.
• Selected Institute at the 9th Islamic Seminary (Hawzah) Year Book, 2007.
• Having Won the World Award at the 4th Round of Iranian Year Book Festival, 2007.
• Selected Institute at the 4th Farabi Festival, 2010.
• Selected Institute at the 12th Islamic Seminary (Hawzah) Year Book Festival, 2010.
• The best research institute at the 4th Farabi International Festival, 2010.
• The best Islamic center in the field of information management by the Research Cneter for Islamic Documents and Information Management, 2010.
• The Best Publisher in the 14th Islamic Seminary (Hawzah) Year Book Festival, 2012.
• Selected Institute at the 15th Islamic Seminary (Hawzah) Year Book Festival, 2013.
• Selected Institute at the 16th Islamic Seminary (Hawzah) Year Book Festival, 2014.
• Selected Institute at the 17th Islamic Seminary (Hawzah) Year Book Festival, 2015.
• Commendable for Appreciation at the 18th Islamic Seminary (Hawzah) Year Book Festival, 2016.
• Selected Institute at the 19th Islamic Seminary (Hawzah) Year Book Festival, 2015.
• Six works of ISCA chosen as selected works at Farabi International Festival, 2009:
1. Supervision of Power in Political Jurisprudence, Seyed Sajjad Izdehi, commendable for appreciation at Farabi International Festival, 2009.
2. Abortion from an ethical point of view, Alireza Alebooyeh, winning third place at the 3rd Farabi International Festival, 2009.
3. The role of taqiyya in inference of rulings, Nematullah Safari Foroushani, commendable for appreciation at Farabi International Festival, 2010.
4. The Place of theological principles in Ijtihad, Saeed Zia’eifar, the 3rd place at the 4th Farbabi International Festival, 20210.
5. Tolerance between Religions. Sayyid Sadeq Hosseini Tashi, commendable for appreciation at Farabi International Festival, 2010.
6. The effectiveness of Imam Khomeini’s ijtihad method in producing jurisprudential-political thought, Gholam Hassan Moghimi, 3rd place at Farabi International Festival, 2017.
• The 1st place for holding promotional and critical sessions among educational and research centers and institute of Iran, 2017.
• Having obtained the “2nd degree certificate of a successful session” from the Board for Supporting Criticism and Debate Theory session, Khaled Ghafouri, 2018.
• Having obtained the highest score of TRL9 technology readiness level for information management system, 2018.
• The book “Electronic contracts from the viewpoint of jurisprudence and law” selected as the work of commendable for appreciation at the 21st Islamic Seminary Year Book Festival, 2019.
• Selected Institute at the 21st Islamic Seminary Year Book Festival, 2019.
• Having obtained the title of successful session from the Secretariat of the Session Support Committee in the Supreme Council of the Cultural Revolution for the project “Islamic diversity in the process of civilization”, Habibollah Babaei, 2019.
• Having obtained the title of first-class theorizing session from the Secretariat of the Session Support Committee in the Supreme Council of the Cultural Revolution for the project “Transcendental Security”, Najaf Lakzaei, 2019.
• Nominated for WSIS 2019 award for Islamic Sciences Information Management System, 2019.
• Winning the title of Outstanding Theorist at the Farabi International Festival for Presenting “the Theory of Transcendental Security”, Najaf Lakzaei, 2020.
• Nominated for WSIS 2020 award for Islamic Sciences Information Management System, 2020.
• More than 200 ISCA’s works have been selected in different festivals including, Seminary Year Book, Congress of Religion Researchers, the Iranian Year Book, the Iranian Season Book, University Student Year Book and so on.
Some of the Selected Works
1993
• Tafsir Rahnama (Selected work at the 12th Iranian Year Book Festival and the 2nd Islamic Seminary Year Book Festival).
1996
• The Concept of Ought and Is (selected work at the Iranian University Student Year Book
Festival).
• Language of Religion (selected work at the Iranian University Student Year Book Festival).
• Principles of Christian Philosophy (selected work at the Iranian University Student Year Book Festival).
1999
• Contradiction or Absence; A New Attitude to the Miracle (selected work at Islamic Seminary Year Book Festival).
2000
• The Nature of Generality and Necessity; A Study on the Philosophy of Logic (selected work at the Islamic Seminary Year Book Festival).
2001
• Critique of the Unprovenness of the Existence of God (selected work at the Islamic Seminary Year Book Festival).
• The Dictionary of the Qur’an (Obtaining the title of the best religious research of the Secretariat of Iranian Congress of Religion Researchers).
2002
• Falsehoods (selected work of the 7th Kharazmi Festival).
• The Role of Taqiyyah in the Inference of Rulings (selected work at the Islamic Seminary Year Book Festival).
2003
• The Encyclopedia of the Qur’an (Obtaining the title of the best religious research of the Secretariat of Iranian Congress of Religion Researchers).
• Human Expectations of Religion (selected work at Secretariat of Iranian Congress of Religion Researchers).
2004
• The Encyclopedia of the Holy Quran (second place at the 12th International Holy Quran Exhibition).
• Fundamentals of Contracts Civil Liability (selected work at Secretariat of Iranian Congress of Religion Researchers).
• Council in Fatwa (selected work at Secretariat of Iranian Congress of Religion Researchers).
• Historical Analysis of the Signs of Reappearance of Imam Mahdi(selected work at Secretariat of Iranian Congress of Religion Researchers).
• The Place of Theological Principles in Ijtihad (selected work at the Islamic Seminary Year Book Festival).
• The Role of Taqiyyah in the Inference of Rulings (selected work at the Iranian Year Book
Festival).
2005
• The Dictionary of the Qur’an (selected work at the 7th Islamic Seminary Year Book Festival and obtained the first place at the 13th International Exhibition of the Qur’an).
• The Encyclopedia of the Qur’an (selected work at the 24th Iranian Year Book Festival and Qur’an and Itrat Exhibition).
• Criteria of Rulings and Methods of Its Exploration (selected work at Secretariat of Iranian Congress of Religion Researchers).
• Religious Democracy (selected work at the Festival of Ayeen va Kherad).
• Mawsu’at al-Imam al-Sayyid Abd al-Hossain Sharaf al-Din (commendable for appreciation at the 8th Islamic Seminary Year Book Festival).
2006
• Mystical Teachings from the Perspective of Imam Ali (selected work at Secretariat of Iranian Congress of Religion Researchers).
• Punishments from the Point of View of Jurisprudence and Criminal Law (selected work at Secretariat of Iranian Congress of Religion Researchers).
• Religious Democracy (selected work at Secretariat of Iranian Congress of Religion Researchers).
• A Comparative Study of the Theory of Wilayat-e-Faqih (commendable for appreciation at the Biennial Festival of the Best Research of the Islamic Government).
• Methodology of Political Knowledge in Islamic Civilization (selected work at Secretariat of Iranian Congress of Religion Researchers).
• The Relationship between Ethics and Politics in Islamic Thought (selected work at Secretariat of Iranian Congress of Religion Researchers).
2007
• The Encyclopedia of the Holy Qur’an (First place at the 15th International Exhibition of the Qur’an).
• Translation of the Qur’an based on Tafsir al-Mizan (commendable for appreciation at Islamic Seminary Year Book Festival).
• The Theory of Haq al-Ta’at (selected work at Islamic Seminary Year Book Festival).
• Punishments from the Viewpoint of Jurisprudence and Law (Selected work at Islamic Seminary Year Book Festival).
• Fundamentals of Contractual Civil Liability (selected work at the 9th Islamic Seminary Year Book Festival).
• Fundamentals of Islamic Criminal Policy (selected work at Islamic Seminary Year Book
Festival).
• A Historical Analysis of the Signs of Reappearance of Imam Mahdi (selected work at the 9th Islamic Seminary Year Book Festival).
• Mawsu’at al-Imam al-Sayyid Abd al-Hossain Sharaf al-Din (World Book of the Year Award).
• Ethical Issues (selected work at Ayeen va Kherad Festival).
• Reason and Religion (selected work at Iranian Year Book Festival).
2008
• The Challenge of Religious Politics and the Royal Order with Emphasis on the Political Thought of Shiite Scholars in the Safavid Era (selected work at Biennial Festival of the Best Research of the Islamic Government and commendable for appreciation at Iranian Year Book
Festival).
• Mawsu’at Ahkam al-Mortad (selected work at the Iranian Season Book Festival).
• Criteria for Recognizing Fixed Rulings from Variable Rulings (selected work at the 10th Islamic Seminary Year Book Festival).
• Fiqh al-Masa’il al-Mostahdiseh (commendable for appreciation at Iranian Year Book
Festival).
• Applied Ethics; New Challenges And Explorations In Practical Ethics (commendable for appreciation at the 26th Iranian Year Book Festival).
• Mawsu’at Al-Allameh Al-Balaqi (selected work at the 10th Islamic Seminary Year Book
Festival).
• Ijtihad from the Viewpoint of the Qur’an (commendable for appreciation at the 8th Iranian Season Book Festival).
• Purposes of Punishments in Sexual Crimes (selected work at Secretariat of Iranian Congress of Religion Researchers).
• Monotheistic Education (selected work at the 8th Iranian Season Book Festival).
2009
• Mawsu’at al-Shahid al-Awal (selected work at the 12th Iranian Season Book Festival, selected work at the 12th Islamic Seminary Year Book Festival and selected work at Shahab Festival).
• Returning to traditional fundamentalism (commendable for appreciation at the 11th Islamic Seminary Year Book Festival).
• The Effect of Ethics on Ijtihad (commendable for appreciation at the Iranian Season Book
Festival).
• Hisham ibn Hakam (selected work at the Iranian Season Book Festival).
• Criteria of Rulings and Methods of Its Exploration (commendable for appreciation at the 3rd Festival of Book of Religion and the Best Research).
• Monotheistic Education (commendable for appreciation at the 27th Iranian Year Book
Festival).
• Supervision of Power in Political Jurisprudence (commendable for appreciation at the 3rd Farabi International Festival).
• Fiqh al-Masa’il al-Mostahdeseh (commendable for appreciation at the 10th Iranian Season Book Festival).
• The Effect of Ethics on Ijtihad (commendable for appreciation at the 11th Iranian Season Book
Festival).
2010
• The Dictionary of Usul Fiqh (Selected work at the 13th Iranian Season Book Festival, the best and commendable work of the 2nd National Conference on Improving the Quality of Works)
• Moral Development (commendable work at the 13th Iranian Season Book Festival) • The Effect of Ethics in Ijtihad (commendable work at the Iranian Season Book Festival).
• Pyramid Companies (commendable work at the Iranian Season Book Festival).
• Justification of Belief: Yes or no. an Examination of William Alston’s Viewpoints (commendable work at the Iranian Season Book Festival).
• Hisham Ibn al-Hakam (commendable work at the 28th Iranian Year Book Festival).
• A Jurisprudential-legal Study of Computer Crimes (commendable work at the 12th Iranian
Islamic Seminary Year Book Festival).
2011
• The Dictionary of the Qur’an (selected work at the 29th Iranian Year Book Festival).
• Translation of the Qur’an Based on Tafsir Al-Mizan (commendable work at the 29th Iranian Year Book Festival).
• A Jurisprudential-legal Study of Press Crimes (selected work at the 13th Iranian Islamic Seminary Year Book Festival and the selected work at the 13th Cultural Research Festival).
• Islamic Ethics and the Application of the Rule of Tolerance in the Arguments of Critical Research Traditions (commendable work at the 17th Iranian Season Book Festival).
• Customary Ritual of Study on the Foundations of Secularism (selected work at the Iranian Season Book Festival).
• Pyramid Companies (commendable work at the Iranian Season Book Festival).
• Al-Dor al-Mansur (commendable work at the 20th Iranian Season Book Festival).
2012
• The Encyclopedia of the Holy Qur’an (Obtained the title of the best research at the 20th International Exhibition of the Holy Qur’an).
• Divine Wisdom and Purposeful Creation (commendable work at the 21th Iranian Season Book
Festival).
• Inferring a Moral Judgment from the Conduct and Action of the Infallible; Theoretical Difficulties and Methodological Considerations (commendable work at the 24th Iranian Season Book Festival).
• Western Studies of Shiite Scholars in the Experience of Contemporary Iran (selected work at the 14th Iranian Islamic Seminary Year Book Festival).
• Sayyid Morteza (commendable work at the 23th Iranian Season Book Festival).
• Consequences of the Development Policies and Programs of the Islamic Republic of Iran on Political Participation, Partisanship and Political Stability (commendable work at the 21th Iranian Season Book Festival and the 15th Iranian Islamic Seminary Year Book Festival).
• Institution of Guardianship in the Umayyad Caliphate and the First Abbasid Era (Obtained the 3rd place of adult section at Farabi International Festival).
• The Encyclopedia of Hadith Sciences (commendable work at the 14th Iranian Year Book
Festival).
• Al-Dor al-Mansur (selected work at the 14th Iranian Islamic Seminary Year Book Festival).
2013
• A Jurisprudential and Legal Study of Civil Liability Resulting from Judicial Decisions with a Look at Some Legal Systems (selected work at the 15th Iranian Islamic Seminary Year Book
Festival).
• An Evaluation of the News of Imam Ali’s judgments (Selected work at the 15th Iranian Season Book Festival, 2013, commendable work at the 16th Iranian Islamic Seminary Year Book Festival, and the selected work at the 1st Isfahan Islamic Seminary Year Book Festival).
• Ibn Hazm Andalusi’s Rationalism and Textualism; A Critical Approach (commendable work at the 26th Iranian Season Book Festival).
• A Jurisprudential Study of Management in Marital Relations (commendable work at the 15th Iranian Islamic Seminary Year Book Festival).
• Anthropology and Its Consequences in the Political Thought of Hobbes and Allameh Tabatabaei (commendable work at the 1st Imam Khomeini International Festival).
• The Dictionary of Usul Fiqh (commendable work at the 2nd Iranian Festival of Improvement of Quality of Cultural Works Festival).
• A Jurisprudential-Legal Study of Press Crimes (Selected work at the 15th Iranian Islamic Seminary Year Book Festival).
• A Jurisprudential Study of Understanding the Subject and Reviewing the Arguments of Menopausal Age (Selected work at the 15th Iranian Islamic Seminary Year Book Festival).
• The Best Website at the 6th Iranian Web Festival, Information and Content Section (Festival of Religion and Ma’arif).
• Jurisprudential-legal Issues of Euthanasia (commendable work at the 15th Iranian Islamic Seminary Year Book Festival).
• A Jurisprudential-legal Study of Civil Liability Resulting from Judicial Decisions (selected work at the 15th Iranian Islamic Seminary Year Book Festival).
• Kant’s Ethical Deontology (selected work at the 26th Iranian Season Book Festival).
• Purposes of Punishment in Sexual Crimes (selected work at the 7th Farabi International
Festival).
• An Introduction to Lifestyle (commendable work at the 26th Iranian Season Book Festival).
• Battle of Harra (commendable work at the 15th Iranian Islamic Seminary Year Book Festival). • The Basis of rulings (commendable work at the 15th Iranian Islamic Seminary Year Book
Festival).
2014
• Political Issues of Bihar al-Anwar, 1st vol, Government and Leadership (selected work at the 5th Festival of Book of Religion and the Best Research).
• Sharia Ways of Depositing in Banks (commendable work at the 16th Iranian Islamic Seminary Year Book Festival).
• Clergy and Modernity with Emphasis on the Intellectual and Political Currents of the Islamic Seminary of Qom (selected work at the 5th Festival of Book of Religion and the Best Research).
• Abortion from the Ethical Viewpoint (selected work of the 7th Kharazmi Festival).
• Political Interpretation of the Qur’an in Contemporary Iran (commendable work at the 16th
Iranian Islamic Seminary Year Book Festival).
2015
• Anwar al-Fiqahah (Selected work at the 33rd Iranian Year Book Festival and the 17th Iranian Islamic Seminary Year Book Festival).
• Interaction of Imamiyah Shia with Other Muslims (selected work at the 14th Cultural Research Festival).
• Religion, Media, Social Communication; An Introduction to the Theory of Islamic Communication (3rd place at the 1st Allameh Tabatabaei Conference).
• Cultural Heritage of Jurisprudential-legal Study (selected work at the 17th Iranian Islamic Seminary Year Book Festival).
• An Introduction to Lifestyle (selected work at the 14th Cultural Research Festival).
2016
• Al-Sahabah al-Kiram (selected work at the 18th Iranian Islamic Seminary Year Book Festival and commendable work at the 34th Iranian Year Book Festival).
• The Dictionary of Qur’anic Sciences (commendable work at the 18th Iranian Islamic Seminary Year Book Festival).
• Manat al-Ahkam (commendable work at the 18th Iranian Islamic Seminary Year Book
Festival).
• A Re-examination of the Criteria for the Development of Ayat al-Ahkam in the Holy Quran
(commendable work at the 34th Iranian Year Book Festival).
2017
• The Prophet’s Conduct Against Opponents in the Words of the Qur’an (commendable work at the 4th Roshd Educational Books Festival).
• A Comparison of the Political Function of the Shiite Clergy and the Catholic Clergy (commendable work at the 19th Iranian Islamic Seminary Year Book Festival).
• The Image of the Twelve Imams: In the Written Heritage of the Sunnis (commendable work at the 19th Iranian Islamic Seminary Year Book Festival).
• The Bibliography of Western Philosophy, the second vol. (selected work at the 19th Iranian Islamic Seminary Year Book Festival).
• The Place of Revelation in Political Philosophy (selected work at the 19th Iranian Islamic Seminary Year Book Festival).
• The Effectiveness of Imam Khomeini’s Ijtihad Method; In producing Jurisprudential-political Thought (the third selected work at the 9th International Farabi Festival).
• The Dictionary of Qur’anic Sciences (commendable work at the 4th National Conference on Improving the Quality of Works and candidate at the 4th Roshd Festival).
• An Introduction to the Philosophy of Rulings, Functions, and Ways of Knowledge
(commendable work at the 19th Iranian Islamic Seminary Year Book Festival).
2018
• Mawsu’at Allama Muhammad Hussein Kashif al-Ghita’ (commendable work at the 36th Iranian Year Book Festival).
• Jurisprudence of Recitation, Jurisprudence of Utterance and Jurisprudence of Music (commendable work at the 36th Iranian Year Book Festival).
• Socio-intellectual history of the Twelve-Imam Shiites in India (commendable work at the 36th Iranian Year Book Festival).
• The Jurisprudential Nature of the Government and the Guarantee of Its Harmful Actions
(commendable work at the 20th Iranian Islamic Seminary Year Book Festival).
2019
• The Encyclopedia of the Holy Qur’an (selected work at the 21st Iranian Islamic Seminary Year Book Festival).
• National Identity in the Supreme Documents of the Islamic Republic of Iran (First place at the 3rd National Festival of Iranian University Students Cultural Year Book).
• The lifestyle of the Fourteen Infallibles (commendable work at the 21st Iranian Islamic Seminary Year Book Festival).
• An Introduction to the Issue of Efficiency in the Islamic Republic of Iran (commendable work at the 21st Iranian Islamic Seminary Year Book Festival).
• The Dictionary of Muslim Compilers (selected work at the Iranian Year Book Festival).
• Electronic Contracts from the Perspective of Fiqh and Usul (commendable work at the Iranian
Islamic Seminary Year Book Festival).
2020
• National Identity in the Supreme Documents of the Islamic Republic of Iran (commendable work at the 12th Movement International Festival of Cultural Deputyship of the Iranian Ministry of Sciences, Research and Technology).
• The Dictionary of Muslim Compilers (commendable work at the Iranian Year Book Festival).
• The Inference of Moral Judgment for Religious Texts and Verbal Arguments (commendable
work at the Iranian Year Book Festival).