AEDr. Amani El-TayebQurʾanic Hermeneutics · Al-Azhar University · 28 minResearch questionLooking for primary-source examples where one passage interprets another across distant sectionsI am building a chapter on intra-scriptural interpretation and need cases where a distant passage becomes the explicit key to another. I have strong Qurʾanic examples; I would value comparable cases from rabbinic, patristic, Hindu, Buddhist, or Sikh commentary, with primary citations rather than broad parallels.#Scripture#Hermeneutics#Comparative method2 repliesSaveOpen in research
MCRabbi Dr. Miriam CohenRabbinic Literature and Legal History · University of Toronto · 1 hrLaw and societyOpen draft: minority legal traditions and the modern civic stateI am sharing the framing section before the historical cases are fixed. I need readers who can test whether the category of minority law travels responsibly across Jewish, Muslim, Christian, Hindu, and other legal traditions—or whether I should narrow the comparison.#Religious law#Minority traditions#Public life2 repliesSaveOpen in research
PMDr. Priya MenonDigital Religion · University of Edinburgh · 2 hrReligion and AIMapping how religious authority is being negotiated around generative AII am comparing how scholars, clergy, institutions, and lay communities define responsible use. The strongest differences are not between traditions as wholes, but between models of authority, accountability, and access to expertise.#Religious authority#Artificial intelligence2 repliesSaveOpen in research
YQDr. Yasir QadhiYouIslamic Theology and Law · The Islamic Seminary of America · 3 hrScholarly methodWhat should a serious cross-tradition forum require before comparison begins?I am drafting participation standards for conversations where scholars do not share a canon, method, or account of authority. My starting requirements are accurate self-description, primary texts where possible, and permission to leave real disagreement unresolved. What is missing?#Scholarly method#Interreligious dialogue2 repliesSaveOpen in research
MQDr. Marziyeh QomiImami Hermeneutics · Institute for Islamic Textual Studies · 4 hrIntrafaith research questionHow should a Sunni–Twelver forum compare hadith evidence before debating conclusions?The discussion often begins with a ruling and only later reveals that the participants are using different corpora, narrator evaluations, and accounts of communal authority. I am looking for a forum protocol that makes those premises visible before disagreement hardens.#Sunni–Shia#Hadith methodology#Usul3 repliesSaveOpen in research
SRDr. Samira RahmanIslamic Creed and Intellectual History · Institute for Islamic Intellectual History · 5 hrIntrafaith discussionA shared glossary for Ashʿari–Athari discussions of the divine attributesWords such as taʾwīl, tafwīḍ, modality, and affirmation can hide multiple positions. I propose that contributors state what they affirm, what they deny, and which historical author they mean before attaching a school label.#Ashʿari#Athari#Aqidah#Terminology2 repliesSaveOpen in research
KADr. Khalid Al-BusaidiIbadi Legal Thought · University of Nizwa · YesterdayIntrafaith open draftOpen source map: Sunni and Ibadi legal reasoning on communal testimonyThis draft separates shared Qurʾanic evidence from differences in report transmission, juristic authority, and later institutional practice. I would value corrections from scholars of both traditions before the map is used in a joint seminar.#Sunni–Ibadi#Legal theory#Source map2 repliesSaveOpen in research