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Malcolm X
James A. Tyner
Subject: Islamic Studies »
Date Added: 2013-08-26
Malcolm X Introduction Malcolm X was one of the most iconic figures of the 20th century; now well into the 21st century, his legacy continues ...
Malikis
Delfina Serrano
Subject: Islamic Studies »
Date Added: 2014-07-30
Malikis Introduction Mālikīs are the adherents of one of the four Sunni schools of law owing their name to the Medinese jurist and traditionis...
Marriage
Hina Azam
Subject: Islamic Studies »
Date Added: 2014-07-30
Marriage Introduction A central feature of society and history, and a salient theme in religious discourse, marriage in Islam and in Muslim so...
Martyrdom (Shahada)
David Cook
Subject: Islamic Studies »
Date Added: 2012-10-25
Martyrdom (Shahada) Introduction The word shahid (plural shahada) has the meaning of “martyr” and is closely related in its development to the...
Mary in Islam
Zeki Saritoprak
Subject: Islamic Studies »
Date Added: 2015-10-26
Mary in Islam Introduction Mary (also Maryam, Mariam, and Meryem [Turkish]) is considered by Islam to be one of the preeminent women to have e...
Māturīdī
Recep Alpyağıl
Subject: Islamic Studies »
Date Added: 2016-11-28
MāturīdīIntroductionAbū Manṣūr Māturīdī (d. 944) is one of the most influential thinkers in Sunnī theology, which has widely been followed by the Musl...
Mawdudi, Sayyid Abuʾl-Aʾla
SherAli Tareen
Subject: Islamic Studies »
Date Added: 2011-05-25
Sayyid Abuʾl-Aʾla Mawdudi Introduction Sayyid Abuʾl-Aʾla Mawdudi (b. 1903–d. 1979) is a towering figure in the intellectual and political histo...
Medina
Harry Munt
Subject: Islamic Studies »
Date Added: 2016-11-28
MedinaIntroductionMedina is a town in the Hijaz, a region that runs alongside the Red Sea in what is today the west of Saudi Arabia. It is approximate...
Medina, The Constitution of
Michael Lecker
Subject: Islamic Studies »
Date Added: 2014-08-26
The Constitution of Medina Introduction The so-called “Constitution of Medina” (henceforward, “the treaty”) is the most significant document ...
Method in the Study of Islam
Aaron W. Hughes
Subject: Islamic Studies »
Date Added: 2011-05-25
Method in the Study of Islam Introduction Method, broadly conceived, refers to the techniques employed in the production and dissemination of k...
Middle East and North Africa, Islam in
David Commins
Subject: Islamic Studies »
Date Added: 2009-12-14
Islam in the Middle East and North Africa Introduction Scholarship on Islam in the Middle East and North Africa spans a range of disciplines in...
Mihna
John Nawas
Subject: Islamic Studies »
Date Added: 2014-07-30
Mihna Introduction Mihna literally means “trial, ordeal, test”; it is the term coined by medieval Arabic chroniclers to describe events that t...
Miskawayh
Ufuk Topkara
Subject: Islamic Studies »
Date Added: 2017-07-26
MiskawayhIntroductionMiskawayh (b. 932–d. 1030) was a formative Islamic philosopher in the 10th century. He is known for his work both as a historian ...
Modernism
John O. Voll
Subject: Islamic Studies »
Date Added: 2009-12-14
Modernism Introduction The term modernism refers to efforts to create a synthesis combining existing and continuing traditions of culture a...
Mohd Asri Zainul Abidin
Mohd Azizuddin Mohd Sani
Subject: Islamic Studies »
Date Added: 2021-10-27
Mohd Asri Zainul AbidinIntroductionMohd Asri Zainul Abidin has been a mufti for the Malaysian northern state Perlis since 2015. He had previously serv...
Moses
Brannon Wheeler
Subject: Islamic Studies »
Date Added: 2011-05-25
Moses Introduction Moses is mentioned by name some 137 times in the Qurʾan, more than any other figure in the text. Because he is often associa...
Mu`tazilites
Maha Elkaisy-Friemuth
Subject: Islamic Studies »
Date Added: 2011-05-25
Muʼtazilis Introduction The Muʼtazilis are of theologians who argued for the importance of reason in religion and theology. Historiographers us...
Muhammad
Frank Peters
Subject: Islamic Studies »
Date Added: 2009-12-14
Muhammad Introduction: The Biographical Enterprise For the first half of his life, Muhammad lived in obscurity, first as an orphan raised b...
Muḥammad Nāṣir al-Dīn al-Albānī
Emad Hamdeh
Subject: Islamic Studies »
Date Added: 2019-02-27
Muḥammad Nāṣir al-Dīn al-AlbānīIntroductionMuḥammad Nāṣir al-Dīn al-Albānī (1914–1999) was one of the most influential Salafi scholars in the 20th cen...
Muhammad, Elijah
Herbert Berg
Subject: Islamic Studies »
Date Added: 2012-11-21
Elijah Muhammad Introduction Elijah Muhammad, born Elijah Poole in 1897, led the Nation of Islam from the time of the disappearance of its fou...
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