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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 ...
Southeast Asia, Islam in
Fred von der Mehden
Subject: Islamic Studies »
Date Added: 2009-12-14
Islam in Southeast Asia Introduction Southeast Asia is the home of more than 220 million Muslims and includes the world’s most populated Muslim sta...
Spain, Muslim
Frank Peters
Subject: Islamic Studies »
Date Added: 2009-12-14
Muslim Spain Introduction Muslims entered the Iberian peninsula in 711 AD and lived there as rulers and subjects until 1510 when they were bann...
Sufism
Marcia Hermansen
Subject: Islamic Studies »
Date Added: 2010-12-27
Sufism Introduction “Sufism” is the English term used to refer to mystical interpretations and practices of the Islamic religion. This mystical...
Sunna
Jonathan A.C. Brown
Subject: Islamic Studies »
Date Added: 2009-12-14
Sunna Introduction “Sunna” is the Arabic term for the prophet Muhammad's way of life and legal precedent. It comes from the pre-Islamic Arab ...
Sunni Islam
Frederick Mathewson Denny
Subject: Islamic Studies »
Date Added: 2009-12-14
Sunni Islam Introduction Sunni Islam is the dominant division of the global Muslim community, and throughout history it has made up a substanti...
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...
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