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= Islamic Research Institute for Culture and Thought (IICT) = IICT is an Iranian nongovernmental and public institute established in 1994, which is under the supervision of Ministry of Science, Research and Technology. In its way to create genuine studies, it get advantages from scholars, researchers, scientific institutes, academic centers, and seminaries especially Shiite seminary of Qom. Because of this, IICT has two research centers; one in Qom; and the other in Tehran.

= Address, location and contact information = IICT’s Central Office is located in: Pajouheshgah St. (2nd St.), Bokharest St., Shahid Beheshti Ave. Tehran, Iran IICT’s scientific research branch is located in: 10th St., Martyr Meysami Alley, 15 Khordad blvd., Qom, Iran. Website: http://en.iict.ac.ir/ Email: Int.Affairs@iict.ac.ir Tel: +98 21 88 743008 Fax: +98 21 88 764792

= Main Aims = - Theory making in the field of religious culture and humanities. - Modification of the previous heritage on religious studies. - Analysis and criticism of competing theories. - Providing scientific evidences for truthfulness of religious thought. - Preparation of grounds for improvement of the knowledge in the aforementioned field.

= Founder and the President =

Professor (Ayatollah) Ali-Akbar Rashad has been the founder of the institute and its president since 1994. He holds the highest administrative position in IICT which is in charge of the first order leading managerial activities. Ayatollah Rashad has expertise in Philosophy, Philosophy of Religion, Religious and Islamic Studies. “Logic of Understanding Religion” is one of Prof Rashad’s theories which discusses the logical way we need to understand religion. = Divisions = RELIGIOUS STUDIES AND ISLAMIC HIKMAH CENTRE The center is composed of six departments which concentrate on Study of Quran and Tradition, Logic of Understanding Religion, Philosophy, Theology and Religious Scholarship, Mysticism, Epistemology. Religious Studies and Islamic Hikmah Centre seeks to originate basic studies in the fields of Islamic wisdom, theology, knowledge, and contemporary religious thought.

CULTURE AND SOCIAL STUDIES CENTRE
Culture and Social Studies Centre is composed of five groups which work on Cultural Studies, History and Civilization, Occidental Studies, Islamic Revolution Studies, Literature Thought.

RELIGIOUS ENCYCLOPEDIC RESEARCH CENTER
The Center produces entries for Encyclopedia of Imam Ali (A.S.), Encyclopedia of Fatima (A.S.), Encyclopedia of Qur'anology, and Encyclopedia of the Prophet Muhammad (p.b.u.h.).

YOUTH RESEARCH CENTER
Youth Research Center includes Insight and Thought Department, Department of Morality, Education and Psychology, Department of Systems and Islamic Revolution Studies, Department of Seminary Traditions and Clergical Customs, Literature and Art Department

CENTER OF EXCELLENCE FOR PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION The center includes "World Association for Islamic Philosophy of Religion (WAIPR)", a non-profit association, which seeks to promote the new studies and scientific scholarship about philosophy of religion and an Islamic approach toward it. The center has recently written a new syllabus for training students of different levels in Iranian universities.

International Affairs (IA)
IICT’s Center for International Affairs includes two important offices: “Scientific Cooperations”, and “Translation and Publishing”. Scientific Cooperations Office is responsible for identifying distinguished scholars the world over and seeks ways to take advantage form their expertise in different areas of study in IICT. The office also tries to make connection with foreign scholars to persuade them to cooperate with their Iranian counterparts. Provision of international grounds for doing foreign projects in IICT is another desired goal for IA. Translation and Publishing Office aims to translate IICT’s works into foreign languages and then to publish them.

= Periodicals = Currently, the following nine periodicals are being published by institutions and centers within IICT : Scientific-Research Journal of Islamic Economy Scientific-Research Journal of Islamic Law Scientific-Research Journal of Qabasat Scientific-Research Journal of Zehn Scientific-Technical Journal of Ketab-Naghd The Journal Al-Hikmah in Arabic The Journal of Al-Hikmah in English The Journal of Hashye The Journal of Zamaneh

= Awards and Prizes =

Since a short period after its establishment, IICT’s departments, centers and faculty members have won a variety of prizes and awards; and have garnered a great attention among scholars and organizations. IICT’s awards/prizes for magazines and awards/prizes for essays are listed below: b.    Awards and Prizes for Magazines:

No.	Title	Place 1	Qabasat	Chosen in Specialized Researching

2	Qabasat	Acquisition of Certificate for Impact Factor as well as the Second Place

3	Qabasat	Chosen as Premier Journal in the Annual Report of Seminary by the Research Department of Seminary in 2010/2011

4	Islamic Economy	Acquisition of Certificate for Impact Factor as well as the Second Place

5	Law and Jurisprudence	Chosen as Premier Journal in the Annual Report of Seminary by the Research Department of Seminary in 2010/2011

6	Ketab-Naghd	Chosen in General Researching

7	Publishing Organization of IICT	Praiseworthy Publisher in Seminary Conference of Book of the Year c.    Awards and Prizes for Essays and Articles:

No.	Title	Place

1	Economic Effects of Replacing Participation System	Islamic Economy/Issue 5

2	Legal Saving and Saving in the Banks	Islamic Economy/Issue 7

3	Stability of Religion and Managing Social Changes	Islamic Economy/Issue 8

4	The Crusades: in the service of Satan but ascribed to Christ	Zamaneh / Issue 1

5	Social tolerance and Religious Pluralism	Ketab-Naghd / 23

6	Mohammad Ghazali, Piety and Rationality	Zehn / 11-12

7	Sheik Toosi Responses to Skepticism	Zehn / 11-12

8	Religious Experience and Objectivity	Qabasat / 26

9	The Mystics and Mans Expectations from Religion	Qabasat / 24

10	An Overview to Religious Experience	Qabasat / 26

11	The End of Empire	Zamaneh / Issue 44

12	Mrs. Coup de tat	Zamaneh / Issue 43

13	From the New Middle East to the Great Middle East	Zamaneh / Issue 44

14	The Outlook of Fictional Literature before Islamic Revolution	Zamaneh / Issue 53-54

15	The Genius Jack London	Zamaneh / Issue 44

16	The IT Community and Gender	Zamaneh / Issue 44

17	Shiism and Democracy	Ketab-Naghd / 43

18	Origin and Critique of Superstitions	Ketab-Naghd / 40

19	Permissibility: A Religion Calamity	Ketab-Naghd / 40

20	Application of Istisna' Contract in Banking without Usury Law	Islamic Economy/30

21	The role of cultural industries and national identity	Zamaneh / Issue 68

22	Legal and economic evaluation of intellectual property	Islamic Economy/33

23	Principles of political morality in Islam	Qabasat / 51

24	Reformations and velvet revolutions	Zamaneh / Issue 81

25	The Future Utopia	Zamaneh (New Series)/ Issue 9

26	Cleopatra mystery and Miss officer’s slap	Zamaneh (New Series)/ Issue 9

27	Interview: Yemen Conflict	Zamaneh (New Series)/ Issue 9

28	Criminalization Foundations in Modern Criminal Law	Islamic Law / 24