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Qaeda, al-
Natana DeLong-Bas
Subject: Islamic Studies »
Date Added: 2009-12-14
Al-Qaeda Introduction Al-Qaeda, meaning “The Base,” refers broadly to a group fighting a declared global jihad of holy war against the West, Zi...
Qaradawi, Yusuf al-
Jeffry R. Halverson
Subject: Islamic Studies »
Date Added: 2011-05-25
Yusuf Al-Qaradawi Introduction Yusuf al-Qaradawi (b. 1926) is an Egyptian-born Sunni alim who graduated from Al-Azhar University in Cairo and a...
Qur'an
Andrew Rippin
Subject: Islamic Studies »
Date Added: 2009-12-14
Qurʾan Introduction For Muslims, the Qurʾan is the revelatory word of God, dictated by the angel Gabriel to the prophet Muhammad in segment...
Qutb, Sayyid
William Shepard
Subject: Islamic Studies »
Date Added: 2010-02-15
Sayyid Qutb Introduction Sayyid Qutb (1906–1966) (sometimes spelled Sayed and Qutub or Kotb) was one of the leading Islamist ideologues...
Russia, Islam in
Janis Eshots
Subject: Islamic Studies »
Date Added: 2011-05-25
Islam in Russia Introduction Islam in Russia has a history more than a thousand years long. It can be divided into five major periods: (1) the ...
Sadra, Mulla
Ibrahim Kalin
Subject: Islamic Studies »
Date Added: 2011-05-25
Mulla Sadra Introduction Muhammad ibn Ibrahim ibn Yahya al-Qawami al-Shirazi (b. 1571–d. 1640), sometimes referred to as Sadr al-Din Shirazi and...
Safavids
Andrew J. Newman
Subject: Islamic Studies »
Date Added: 2013-04-22
Safavids Introduction The Safavid period is conventionally dated from the capture of Tabriz in 1501 by Ismail I (d. 1524) to the fall of the c...
Salafism
Jonathan A.C. Brown
Subject: Islamic Studies »
Date Added: 2009-12-14
Salafism Introduction News reports often mention the “Wahhabi movement” or “Wahhabi Islam” without providing any context. This controversial mo...
Sarekat Islam
Fred von der Mehden
Subject: Islamic Studies »
Date Added: 2009-12-14
Sarekat Islam Introduction Sarekat Islam (Islamic Union, or SI) was the largest pre-independence Muslim political organization in the Dutch...
Science and Medicine
Anna Akasoy
Subject: Islamic Studies »
Date Added: 2009-12-14
Science and Medicine Introduction Scholarship in the history of texts on science and medicine written in Arabic and other languages of the ...
Shafiʿis
Ahmed el Shamsy
Subject: Islamic Studies »
Date Added: 2011-05-25
Shafiʿis Introduction Shafiʿis are adherents of the Sunni school of legal thought based on the legal paradigm of Muhammad ibn Idris al-Shafiʿi ...
Shari`a (Islamic Law)
Andrew March
Subject: Islamic Studies »
Date Added: 2009-12-14
Shariʿa (Islamic Law) Introduction Islamic law refers to the idea of a divine law as imagined by God (shariʿa), to Islamic moral episte...
Shari'ati, Ali
Junaid Ahmad
Subject: Islamic Studies »
Date Added: 2012-04-24
Ali Shari’ati Introduction Ali Shari’ati (b. 1933–d. 1977) is considered to be one of the key figures in the Iranian revolution of 1978–1979. A...
Shi`i Islam
Andrew A. Newman
Subject: Islamic Studies »
Date Added: 2009-12-14
Shiʿi Islam Introduction Shiʿi Muslims believe that after the death of the Prophet Muhammad in 632 ce his cousin and son-in-law ʿAli (died ...
Shi'i Tafsir, Twelver
Tehseen Thaver
Subject: Islamic Studies »
Date Added: 2012-06-26
Twelver Shiʿi Tafsir Introduction The doctrine of walaya (guardianship of the Imams) is a central and distinguishing principle of the Twelver ...
Shiʿa, Isma’ili
Ismail Poonawala
Subject: Islamic Studies »
Date Added: 2011-05-25
Isma’ili Shiʿa Introduction The Isma’ilis, a major branch of the Shiʿa, take their name from their imam, Ismaʿil b. Jaʿfar al-Sadiq. They branched...
Shiʿa, Twelver
Andrew A. Newman
Subject: Islamic Studies »
Date Added: 2011-05-25
Twelver Shiʿa Introduction Shiʿi Muslims believe that after the death of the Prophet Muhammad in 632 ce, his cousin and son-in-law ʿAli (d. 661...
Sīra
Gurdofarid Miskinzoda
Subject: Islamic Studies »
Date Added: 2011-05-25
Sīra Introduction The term sῑra (short for al-sῑra al-nabawiyya, meaning -“the sῑra of the Prophet”) refers to the body of literature devoted t...
Sociology and Anthropology
Daniel Martin Varisco
Subject: Islamic Studies »
Date Added: 2009-12-14
Sociology and Anthropology Introduction Anthropology, as a formal discipline, began in the late 19th century with an emphasis on the cu...
South Asia, Islam in
Francis Robinson
Subject: Islamic Studies »
Date Added: 2009-12-14
Islam in South Asia Introduction The growth of Islam in South Asia has been one of the more important geopolitical developments of the past ...
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