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Tafsir
Andrew Rippin
Subject: Islamic Studies »
Date Added: 2009-12-14
Tafsir Introduction Tafsir refers to a genre of Muslim literature and to the process of interpretation itself, especially (but not solely) ...
Taha, Mahmūd Muhammad
John O. Voll
Subject: Islamic Studies »
Date Added: 2011-05-25
Mahmūd Muhammad Taha Introduction Mahmūd Muhammad Taha (b. 1909/1911?–d. 1985) was a Sudanese Muslim activist advocating a radical form of Isla...
Taliban
Abdullah Al-Arian
Subject: Islamic Studies »
Date Added: 2009-12-14
Taliban Introduction In the aftermath of the 1989 Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan at the hands of the mujahideen, religious fighters sup...
Theology
Andrew Rippin
Subject: Islamic Studies »
Date Added: 2009-12-14
Theology Introduction Reflection on the dogmatic underpinnings of Islam and the introduction of tools by which that reflection can take pla...
Turkey, Islam in
Ibrahim Kalin
Subject: Islamic Studies »
Date Added: 2009-12-14
Islam in Turkey Introduction Islam in Turkey has been the subject of various studies in such diverse disciplines as sociology, political sc...
Umayyads, The
Abdulhadi Alajmi
Subject: Islamic Studies »
Date Added: 2011-05-25
The Umayyads Introduction The study of Umayyad history (661–750 ce/41–132 ah) is one of the most important subjects of Islamic history and over...
Wahhabism
Natana DeLong-Bas
Subject: Islamic Studies »
Date Added: 2009-12-14
Wahhabism Introduction Wahhabism properly refers to the 18th-century revival and reform movement begun in the region of Najd, in what is to...
Women in Islam
Marcia Hermansen, Barbara von Schlegell
Subject: Islamic Studies »
Date Added: 2010-12-27
Women in Islam Introduction The study of women in Islam has expanded rapidly in recent decades. Reviewing normative Islamic injunctions abo...
Yemen, Islam in
Daniel Martin Varisco
Subject: Islamic Studies »
Date Added: 2009-12-14
Islam in Yemen Introduction Yemen plays a prominent role in the early history of Islam. The Christian Yemeni king Abraha is said to have at...
Zaydiyya
Daniel Peterson
Subject: Islamic Studies »
Date Added: 2011-05-25
Zaydiyya Introduction The Zaydiyya are a branch of Shi’i Islam, often termed “moderate” or even “the practical group of the Shi’a,” that diverg...
ʿAbduh, Muhammad
Sukidi
Subject: Islamic Studies »
Date Added: 2011-05-25
Muhammad ʿAbduh Introduction Muhammad ʿAbduh (b. 1849–d. 1905) was a chief reformer in the movement of Islamic reform that sprang from Egypt in t...
ʿAlī Ibn Abī Ṭālib
Moojan Momen, Omid Ghaemmaghami
Subject: Islamic Studies »
Date Added: 2011-05-25
ʿAlī Ibn Abī Ṭālib Introduction ʿAlī (c. 600–661) was the cousin, and at various times in his life, foster-brother, foster-son, and son-in-law...
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