Mitarbeitende und Lehrende

Research Interests

• Shia Islam
• Islamic Law
• Islam in Europe
• Islam in Post-Soviet Countries
• Comparative Law
• Digital Islam
• Minorities

Education

06/2022

Bachelor of Laws, Yaroslav Mudryi National Law University, Kharkiv, Ukraine.

Appointments

03/2024–Present

Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Institute for the Study of the Culture and Religion of Islam, Goethe University Frankfurt.

Research Fellow, Max Planck Institute for the Study of Religious and Ethnic Diversity, Göttingen, Germany.

09/2021–06/2024

Assistant of the Department of Human Rights and Legal Methodology (till Jun. 2023 the Department of Private International Law and Comparative Law), Yaroslav Mudryi National Law University, Kharkiv, Ukraine.

11/2023–12/2023

Visiting Research Fellow, RECET (Research Center for the History of Transformations), University of Vienna, Austria.

Visiting Research Fellow, Department of East European History, University of Vienna, Austria.

Publications

Peer-reviewed scientific articles

Tahiiev Akif. On the issue of the time of emergence of Shia Islam / К вопросу о времени возникновения шиизма. Religiovedenie, 2024 (3) (accepted, forthcoming).

Tahiiev Akif. Khums in the Shia religious tradition / Хумс в шиитской религиозной традиции. Religiovedenie 1, 2024. 59–66. https://doi.org/10.22250/20728662_2024_1_59.

Tahiiev Akif. Female Leadership in Shia Islam: Women on the Way from Mujtahid to Marja'. Societies 2024, 14(1), 2. https://doi.org/10.3390/soc14010002.

Tahiiev Akif. Transformation of the Status of the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar People in the Ukrainian Legislation. Journal of European Studies (JES) 40, no. 1, 2024. 49–67. https://doi.org/10.56384/jes.v40i1.336.

Tahiiev Akif. The Shi'i Islamic Martyrdom Narratives of Imam al-Ḥusayn (by Muhammad-Reza Fakhr-Rohani). American Journal of Islam and Society, 40 (3-4), 2023. 184–190. https://doi.org/10.35632/ajis.v40i3-4.3298.

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

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

Tahiiev Akif. 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, 2023, No. 1 (118). 114–123. https://doi.org/10.15407/orientw2023.01.114.

Tahiiev A., Matviienko V. Актуальні питання дотримання прав жінок в ісламському праві: приклад Пакистану (Issues of women's rights in Islamic law: the case of Pakistan). Scientific innovations and advanced technologies (Law Series) 5 (19), 2023. 354–364. https://doi.org/10.52058/2786-5274-2023-5(19)-354-364.

Tahiiev, A., Lukianov, D. The Role of the Events of Fadak in the Formation of Differences between the Islamic Sunni and Shia laws. Islamic Inquiries, 1 (1), 2022. 61–74.

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

Books

2024. Tahiiev Akif. Theory and Practice of Shia Islamic Law (forthcoming).

Book chapters

Shia Muslims of Ukraine during the Russian invasion, in: E. Muratova & N. Zasanska, (ed.), Minorities at War: Cultural Identity and Resilience in Ukraine, Routledge (2024, forthcoming).

Implications of Theological Diversity of in the Shii-Authored Translations of the Qur'an and tafsīrs into Russian, in: ‪J. Pink (ed.), Qur'an Translations in the Eastern Bloc and Beyond (2024, forthcoming).

Шиизм на постсоветском пространстве: влияние новых медиа / Shi'ism in the post-Soviet space: the influence of new media. in: E. Muratova & Z. Khabibullina (ed.), Virtual Islam in the post-Soviet space: cyber environment and religious authorities, 80–108. Baku: Idrak, 2023. 

Refereed conference papers and other

21-23 October 2024. The Accommodation of Religion in the Public Sphere: Shia Perspective. Seventh ICLARS (International Center for Law and Religion Studies) Conference. University of Notre Dame, South Bend, Indiana, USA.

1-3 July 2024. The influence of Marja at-taqlid on the politics of Middle East. Annual Conference of the British Society for Middle Eastern Studies. Lancaster University, UK.

20-21 May 2024. Becoming a Shia in Russia: understanding the reasons of Conversion to Shi'ism in Russia. Annual Conference of the British Association for Islamic Studies. University of Leeds, UK.

14 September 2023. Workshop 'Muslims in Ukraine - old history, new challenges'. University of Basel, Switzerland.

29 June 2023. Keynote speaker at the workshop 11th Migration Research Lab: “Cultural Diversity," “Minorities" and “Integration" as Categories of Practice and Analysis in Countries with a Soviet Past". Zentrum für Globale Migrationsstudien, Georg-August-Universität, Göttingen, Germany.

19-23 June 2023. The role of Slavic converts in the promotion of Shia Islam in Eastern Europe. Annual Conference of European Academy of Religion. University of St Andrews, Scotland, UK.

15-16 May 2023. Dynamic Ijtihad in Shi'ism. Annual Conference of the British Association for Islamic Studies. Institute for the Study of Muslim Civilisations, Aga Khan University, London.

12-13 May 2023. Imam Hussein through the eyes of Ukrainian Orientalists. International Conference “Imam Hussain and Orientalism", Warith al-Anbiya Institute, Karbala, Iraq.

4-5 May 2023. Shia Muslims of Ukraine during the Russian invasion. Expert Workshop 'The War in Ukraine and Its Impact on Ethno-Religious Minorities in the Region'. European Centre for Minority Issues, Flensburg, Germany.

26 April 2023. Challenges for Shia Islam in the Post-Soviet Region. Göttinger Orient-Symposium. Seminar für Arabistik/Islamwissenschaft Ⅰ, Georg-August-Universität, Göttingen, Germany. https://www.uni-goettingen.de/de/674736.html. 

06 February 2023. Women's rights in Iran: Theory and practice of Shia Islamic Law. Online-talk for Social Monitor.

27 December 2022. Evolution of Ijtihad in Shia Islamic Law. International Institute of Islamic Thought (IIIT) lectures series for CIS countries.

14-15 October 2022. Tahiiev Akif. Shia Translations of the Qur'an into Russian. Workshop "Nation States and the Qur'an: Translators, Narratives and Debates in the Post-Soviet Space", organised by GloQur – The Global Qur'an. Freiburg, Germany.

14 October 2022. Tahiiev Akif. Представницькі органи кримських татар у період Євроінтеграції (Representative bodies of the Crimean Tatars in the period of European integration). International scientific and practical conference "European integration and cross-border cooperation". Lutsk, Ukraine.

6-7 August 2022. Workshop "Muslim Societies and Futures Studies", held by Centre for Postnormal Policy and Futures Studies. Istanbul, Turkey.

1-5 August 2022. Tahiiev Akif. Prospects for Shia religious education in post-Soviet countries. V Forum of scientists of CIS Countries. Istanbul, Turkey.

15 Feb 2022. Tahiiev Akif. Webinar on topic "Events of Fadak and Differences between the Islamic Sunni and Shia laws". Event Organizer: University of Religions and Denomination, Qom, Iran. Link: https://www.linkedin.com/events/eventsoffadakanddifferencesbetw6896740341882462208/attendees/.

2020. Tahiiev Akif. Form of government in accordance with Shiite Islamic law. Requirements for the ruler. Modern society and science: current research of young scientists, Kharkiv, Ukraine.

2020. Tahiiev Akif. Ijtihad in Islamic Law: Comparative Legal Analysis in Sunni and Shia Madhhabs. International Scientific Conference of Students, Postgraduates and Young Scientists "Lomonosov", Moscow, Russia.

2014. Tahiiev Akif. Human rights in Islamic law. International Scientific Conference of Students, Postgraduates and Young Scientists "Lomonosov", Moscow, Russia.

Research funding, grants and awards:

• Philipp Schwartz Fellowship, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation. January-February 2024.
• Winner of the competition on best PhD thesis 'Monograph for Grant 2022/2023' organised by the Young Scientists Council at the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine.
• 2nd place at the International Conference 'Imam Hussain and Orientalism', held by Warith al-Anbiya Institute on 12-13 May 2023 in Karbala, Iraq. Title of paper 'Imam Hussein through the eyes of Ukrainian Orientalists.'
• Institute of Knowledge Integration' Research Grant. June-December 2022.
• Human rights in Islamic law, 2014. The best report in the section of Theory of Law at International Scientific Conference of Students, Postgraduates and Young Scientists 'Lomonosov', Moscow, Russia.