Dr. Akif Tahiiev

Akif Tahiiev is now Goethe Fellow at Goethe-Universität Frankfurt. Before, he was a Research Fellow at the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Religious and Ethnic Diversity, Göttingen, Germany, and the University of Religions and Denominations, Qom, Iran. Also, he is a research and teaching assistant at the Department of Human Rights and Legal Methodology, Yaroslav Mudryi National Law University, Kharkiv, Ukraine. Previously he was a Visiting Fellow at the Goethe University Frankfurt, the University of Vienna, and the IWM (Vienna, Austria). He holds a PhD in Law from Yaroslav Mudryi National Law University (Ukraine) with a thesis on Shia Islamic Law and its specifics. His wider research interests include Shia Islam, Minorities, Islamic Law, Islam in Europe (especially Eastern), Comparative Law, and Legal History.

Research Projects

• “Modernization” of Shia Islam
• Multiculturalism in Shi’ism: diversity of ethnic and religious identities among European Shias 

Publications

Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles

Tahiiev, A. (2024). Female leadership in Shia Islam: Women on the way from Mujtahid to Marja’. Societies, 14(1): 2. https://doi.org/10.3390/soc14010002

Tahiiev, A. (2023). Prospects for higher Shia religious education in post-Soviet countries. Religions 14(7), 822. https://doi.org/10.3390/rel14070822.

Tahiiev A. (2023). Impact of the Events of Saqifa on the Formation of Differences between the Islamic Sunni and Shia Tradition. Journal of Al-Tamaddun, 18(1), 2023. 161–167. https://doi.org/10.22452/JAT.vol18no1.13.

Tahiiev, A. (2023). Practice of Application of the Islamic Family Law in European Countries and Experience of Ukraine / Практика застосування норм ісламського сімейного права в окремих країнах Європи та досвід України. Shìdnij svìt / The World of the Orient, 1(118), 114–123. https://doi.org/10.15407/orientw2023.01.114.

Tahiiev, A., & Lukianov, D. (2022). The Role of the Events of Fadak in the Formation of Differences between the Islamic Sunni and Shia laws. Islamic Inquiries, 1(1), 61–74. https://doi.org/10.22034/IS.2021.137403.

Tahiiev, A. (2021). Minority within a minority: Shia community in Ukraine. International Journal of Islamic Thought, 19(1), 14–20. https://doi.org/10.24035/ijit.19.2021.191.

Tahiiev, A., & Lukianov, D. (2021). Impact of the events of Fadak on the formation of differences between the Islamic Sunni and Shia law. Islamic Inquiries, (Online First). https://doi.org/10.22034/is.2021.137403

Lukianov, D., Ponomarova, H., & Tahiiev, A. (2020). The Quran in Shia Jurisprudence. Journal of the National Academy of Legal Sciences of Ukraine, 27(4), 29–42. https://doi.org/10.37635/jnalsu.27(4).2020.29-42.

Tahiiev, A. (2020). Sources of Shia Islamic Law (According to the Twelvers madhhab). Theory and Practice of Jurisprudence, 2(18), 19. https://doi.org/10.21564/2225-6555.2020.18.216045

Tahiiev, A. (2020). Правова доктрина джерел ісламського права Імама Садика (Imam Sadiq’s legal doctrine of the sources of law). Recht Osteuropäischer Staaten (ReOS), 2, 62-66.

Contributions to a Collected Edition

Tahiiev, A. (2023). Шиизм на постсоветском пространстве: влияние новых медиа / Shi’ism in the post-Soviet space: the influence of new media. In E. Muratova, & Z. Khabibullina (Eds.), Виртуальный ислам на постсоветском пространстве: киберсреда и религиозные авторитеты / Virtual Islam in the post-Soviet space: cyber environment and religious authorities. (pp. 80-108). Baku: Idrak. Link

Other Publications

Tahiiev, A. (2023). [Review of:] The Shi‘i Islamic martyrdom: Narratives of Imam al-Ḥusayn (by Muhammad-Reza Fakhr-Rohani). American Journal of Islam and Society (AJIS), 40(3-4), 184-190. doi:10.35632/ajis.v40i3-4.3298