{"id":5378,"date":"2025-12-18T08:19:57","date_gmt":"2025-12-18T04:49:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ahlulbaytworldassembly.org\/?p=5378"},"modified":"2026-02-21T13:39:41","modified_gmt":"2026-02-21T10:09:41","slug":"scholar-says-new-shiite-encyclopedia-seeks-global-language-for-shiism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ahlulbaytworldassembly.org\/en\/news\/scholar-says-new-shiite-encyclopedia-seeks-global-language-for-shiism\/","title":{"rendered":"Scholar Says New Shiite Encyclopedia Seeks Global Language for Shiism"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"LTR\"><strong>According to the Ahl al-Bayt World Assembly News Portal:<\/strong>\u00a0Hojat al-Islam Mohammad-Taqi Sobhani, director of the Al-Bayan Institute, spoke Thursday at the unveiling ceremony of the Encyclopedia of Shiite Knowledge, held at the conference hall of the AhlulBayt (a.s.) World Assembly.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"LTR\">Addressing scholars and guests, Sobhani described the newly introduced educational collection as part of a broader continuum of intellectual and cultural efforts by leading Shiite scholars and academic institutions. \u201cThis collection is one link in a valuable chain of ongoing endeavors,\u201d he said, emphasizing its place within a long tradition of Shiite scholarly activity.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"LTR\">Sobhani highlighted the need for synergy and a civilizational perspective, noting that the remarks delivered by participants at the ceremony reflected what he called a growing historical self-awareness within the Shiite community.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"LTR\">He went on to outline the scope of the Encyclopedia of Shiite Knowledge, saying the project had been designed and implemented precisely with that objective in mind. The encyclopedia, he said, represents an effort for \u201cShiism to articulate itself in the contemporary global language,\u201d without polemics or distortion, and grounded in reason and shared human understanding.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"LTR\">In conclusion, Sobhani detailed the next phases of content development and future programs at the Al-Bayan Institute, stressing that media engagement and the production of multilingual content are essential to ensuring the broader impact of the encyclopedia.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At the unveiling of a major Shiite encyclopedia in Qom, Hojat al-Islam Sobhani said the project reflects a new historical awareness and aims to present Shiism globally through reasoned, nonconfrontational scholarship.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":172673,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[54],"tags":[371,198,375],"class_list":["post-5378","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-encyclopedia","tag-encyclopedia-of-shiite-knowledge","tag-hojat-al-islam-mohammad-taqi-sobhani"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ahlulbaytworldassembly.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5378","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ahlulbaytworldassembly.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ahlulbaytworldassembly.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ahlulbaytworldassembly.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ahlulbaytworldassembly.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5378"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ahlulbaytworldassembly.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5378\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5379,"href":"https:\/\/ahlulbaytworldassembly.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5378\/revisions\/5379"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ahlulbaytworldassembly.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/172673"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ahlulbaytworldassembly.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5378"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ahlulbaytworldassembly.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5378"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ahlulbaytworldassembly.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5378"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}