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Nana Asma'u bint Usman ‘dan Fodio
Beverly Mack
Subject: Islamic Studies »
Date Added: 2019-01-15
Nana Asma'u bint Usman ‘dan FodioIntroductionNana Asma’u bint Usman ‘dan Fodio (b. 1793–d. 1864/5 ce; Gregorian calendar dates vary in concordance wit...
Nation of Islam
Herbert Berg
Subject: Islamic Studies »
Date Added: 2013-02-26
Nation of Islam Introduction The Nation of Islam began in 1930 in Detroit with the appearance of a mysterious man known variously as Master W....
Nationalism
Michael B. Bishku
Subject: Islamic Studies »
Date Added: 2009-12-14
Nationalism Introduction The term “nationalism” refers to a process by which a group (or groups) of people who possess one or many real or ...
Nigeria, Islam in
Alexander Thurston
Subject: Islamic Studies »
Date Added: 2015-08-31
Islam in Nigeria Introduction Nigeria is the most populous country in Africa, home to an estimated 170 million people. According to a 2011 rep...
Nizar Qabbani
Ahmad Barakat
Subject: Islamic Studies »
Date Added: 2020-06-24
Nizar QabbaniIntroductionNizar Qabbani was a Syrian poet, publisher, and diplomat. He was largely considered Syria’s national poet, and one of the mos...
North America, Islam in
Amir Hussain
Subject: Islamic Studies »
Date Added: 2009-12-14
Islam in North AmericaIntroductionMany North Americans are surprised to learn that Muslims have a long history on their continent. Historians estimate...
Nursi, Said
Zeki Saritoprak
Subject: Islamic Studies »
Date Added: 2011-05-25
Said Nursi Introduction Bediüzzaman Said Nursi (b. 1876–d. 1960) is considered by both his admirers and his opponents as one of the most influenti...
On the History of the Book in Islamic Studies
Arianna D’Ottone Rambach
Subject: Islamic Studies »
Date Added: 2019-09-25
On the History of the Book in Islamic StudiesIntroductionThe book is a complex object. In addition to being a copy of a text (Ar. nuskha), a manuscrip...
Organization of Islamic Cooperation
Saad S. Khan
Subject: Islamic Studies »
Date Added: 2011-05-25
Organization of Islamic CooperationIntroductionNo serious study of the contemporary Muslim world can be completely divorced from an understanding of t...
Orientalism and Islam
Daniel Martin Varisco
Subject: Islamic Studies »
Date Added: 2009-12-14
Orientalism and IslamIntroductionThe term “Orientalism,” later known as “Oriental Studies,” began in reference to the study of languages and cultures ...
Ottoman Empire, Islam in the
William Ochsenwald
Subject: Islamic Studies »
Date Added: 2011-05-25
Islam in the Ottoman Empire Introduction The Ottoman dynasty’s history can be traced from about 1300 to the end of the Ottoman Empire in 1923. ...
Ottoman Empire, Millet System in the
Efrat Aviv
Subject: Islamic Studies »
Date Added: 2016-11-28
Millet System in the Ottoman EmpireIntroductionThe term millet in the Ottoman Empire referred to a non-Muslim religious community. The Turkish term mi...
Ottoman Women
Selma Zecevic
Subject: Islamic Studies »
Date Added: 2019-02-27
Ottoman WomenIntroductionThe emergence of women’s studies in the 1970s and 1980s significantly broadened the scope of sources and methods in the study...
Papyrus, Parchment, and Paper in Islamic Studies
Jonathan Bloom
Subject: Islamic Studies »
Date Added: 2019-06-26
Papyrus, Parchment, and Paper in Islamic StudiesIntroductionIslamic civilization has had an intimate relationship with writing from its very origins. ...
PAS
Joseph Liow
Subject: Islamic Studies »
Date Added: 2013-06-25
Parti Islam Se-Malaysia (PAS) Introduction The Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party, Parti Islam Se-Malaysia (PAS), was formed in 1951 when members of ...
People of the Book
Frank Peters
Subject: Islamic Studies »
Date Added: 2009-12-14
People of the Book Introduction The issues represented by the phrase “People of the Book” surface under a number of different headings in t...
Philippines, Islam in the
Vivienne S. M. Angeles
Subject: Islamic Studies »
Date Added: 2013-09-30
Islam in the Philippines Introduction Arab and Gujarati traders and missionaries introduced Islam to the Philippines in the 14th century. Over...
Philosophy, Islamic
Oliver Leaman
Subject: Islamic Studies »
Date Added: 2009-12-14
Islamic PhilosophyIntroductionThe term “Islamic philosophy” is in itself controversial, since there are many ways of identifying the discipline. It is...
Pilgrimage and Religious Travel
Yousef Meri
Subject: Islamic Studies »
Date Added: 2009-12-14
Pilgrimage and Religious Travel Introduction Pilgrimage and travel in Islam are distinct yet interrelated phenomena, which anthropologists an...
Political Islam
John O. Voll, Tamara Sonn
Subject: Islamic Studies »
Date Added: 2009-12-14
Political Islam Introduction The term Political Islam refers generally to any interpretation of Islam that serves as a basis for political i...
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