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Hijaz
William Ochsenwald
Subject: Islamic Studies »
Date Added: 2012-04-24
Hijaz Introduction The Hijaz (Hejaz, Hedjaz), the holy land of Islam, is a geographical region that comprises most of the western part of modern...
Hijaz Railway
William Ochsenwald
Subject: Islamic Studies »
Date Added: 2012-04-24
Hijaz Railway Introduction In 1900–1908, under the leadership of Sultan Abdülhamid II, the Ottoman Empire built the main line of the Hijaz (als...
Hilli, al-
Sukidi
Subject: Islamic Studies »
Date Added: 2009-12-14
Al-Hilli Introduction Hasan ibn Yusuf ibn ʿAli ibn al-Mutahhar al-Hilli, commonly known as al-ʿAllama al-Hilli (d. 1325), was a prominent S...
Historiography
Andrew Marsham
Subject: Islamic Studies »
Date Added: 2009-12-14
Historiography Introduction Historiography literally means “the writing of history.” It has two main, related, meanings: (1) the actual pr...
Hizb al-Nahdah
Allen Fromherz
Subject: Islamic Studies »
Date Added: 2012-06-26
Hizb Al-Nahdah Introduction Hizb al-Nahdah, which translates to “Renaissance Party” in English or “Parti de la Renaissance” in French (the sec...
Human Rights
Abdulkader Tayob
Subject: Islamic Studies »
Date Added: 2009-12-14
Human Rights Introduction The study of Islam and human rights looks at the relationship between a specific culture and way of life on the o...
Husayn
Diana Steigerwald
Subject: Islamic Studies »
Date Added: 2011-05-25
Husayn Introduction Husayn b. ʿAli b. Abi Talib, the son of ʿAli (the cousin of Muhammad) and Fatima (the daughter of Muhammad), was born, acco...
Ibadiyya
Martin Custers
Subject: Islamic Studies »
Date Added: 2011-05-25
Ibadiyya Introduction Historically, the Ibāḍīs (Ibadhis, Abadites, Abadhites, al-Ibāḍiyya, Ibadhiyah) constitute the only surviving branch of t...
Ibn Baṭṭūṭa
Yousef Meri
Subject: Islamic Studies »
Date Added: 2011-05-25
Ibn Baṭṭūṭa Introduction Ibn Baṭṭūṭa was a Maghribi Amazighi (Berber) traveler, Mālikī scholar, judge, and ṣūfī from Tangier (in present-day Mo...
Ibn Khaldun
Michael Leezenberg
Subject: Islamic Studies »
Date Added: 2011-05-25
Ibn Khaldun Introduction Ibn Khaldun (b. 732/1332–d. 808/1406) is often described as a precursor or ancestor of sociology, although he does not...
Ibn Rushd (Averroës)
Oliver Leaman
Subject: Islamic Studies »
Date Added: 2010-12-27
Ibn Rushd (Averroës) Introduction Ibn Rushd is considered by many to be the greatest of the Islamic philosophers within the Peripatetic tra...
Ibn Sīnā
Oliver Leaman
Subject: Islamic Studies »
Date Added: 2011-03-02
Ibn Sīnā Introduction Ibn Sīnā (370–429 ah/980–1037 ce) is generally considered to be one of the most creative thinkers within the Peripate...
Ibn Taymiyya
Jon Hoover
Subject: Islamic Studies »
Date Added: 2012-04-24
Ibn Taymiyya Introduction Taqi al-Din Ahmad Ibn Taymiyya (also Taymiyah or Taymiyyah) was born in 1263 in Harran—in modern southeastern Turkey—...
Ijtihad
Junaid Quadri
Subject: Islamic Studies »
Date Added: 2012-06-26
Ijtihad Introduction To medieval Muslim scholars, ijtihad had a very specific technical meaning relating to the activity of an appropriately q...
Indonesia, Islam in
Fred von der Mehden
Subject: Islamic Studies »
Date Added: 2009-12-14
Islam in Indonesia Introduction Indonesia has the largest Muslim population in the world, with approximately 85 percent of the more than 237...
Internet, Islam and the
Göran Larsson
Subject: Islamic Studies »
Date Added: 2011-06-29
Islam and the Internet Introduction The development of the global system of interconnected computer networks that we generally call the Interne...
Iqbal, Muhammad
Mustansir Mir
Subject: Islamic Studies »
Date Added: 2011-05-25
Muhammad Iqbal Introduction Muhammad Iqbal (b. 1877–d. 1938) was a preeminent Muslim poet, thinker, and statesman of India. He was educated at ...
Iran, Islam in
Andrew A. Newman
Subject: Islamic Studies »
Date Added: 2011-04-14
Islam in Iran Introduction The terms “Persia” and “Persians” are seldom used in the early 21st century except in the United Kingdom or in ref...
Iranian Revolution, The
Nader Entessar
Subject: Islamic Studies »
Date Added: 2012-04-24
The Iranian Revolution Introduction The Iranian revolution of 1978–1979 has been one of the most significant sociopolitical developments in the...
Islamic Salvation Front (FIS)
Allen Fromherz
Subject: Islamic Studies »
Date Added: 2012-07-24
Islamic Salvation Front (FIS) Introduction The Islamic Salvation Front, best known by its French name, Front islamique du salut (FIS), is a ba...
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