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Razi, Fakhr al-Din al-
Frank Griffel
Subject: Islamic Studies »
Date Added: 2015-08-31
Fakhr Al-Din Al-Razi Introduction Fakhr al-Din Muhammad ibn ‘Umar al-Razi (b. c. 1149–d. 1210) was one of the most important philosophers and ...
Reformist Muslims in Contemporary America
Serhan Tanriverdi
Subject: Islamic Studies »
Date Added: 2020-03-25
Reformist Muslims in Contemporary AmericaIntroductionIn the last two centuries, Muslims have made efforts to reform Islamic tradition and thought. Ref...
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...
Sahara, The Kunta of the
Ariela Marcus-Sells
Subject: Islamic Studies »
Date Added: 2018-01-11
The Kunta of the SaharaIntroductionMany kinship networks and lineages across contemporary West and North Africa, concentrated in the southern Sahara a...
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 ...
Shafi`is
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'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...
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...
Shaṭṭārīya
Oman Fathurahman
Subject: Islamic Studies »
Date Added: 2017-05-24
ShattariyaIntroductionShattariya is one of the Sufi orders developed since the late 15th century in India; it became an integral part of the world Isl...
Shaykhism
Farshid Kazemi
Subject: Islamic Studies »
Date Added: 2015-06-29
Shaykhism Introduction The Shaykhīs (Shaykhīyya) or the Shyakhī school (also called the Kashfiyya), is a movement that emerged within Twelver ...
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 ...
Shi‘I Shrine Cities
Robert Riggs
Subject: Islamic Studies »
Date Added: 2015-07-28
Shiʿi Shrine Cities Introduction Visiting the tombs of venerated figures has been widespread in most world religions. The devout believe that ...
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 ...
Shiʿa, Ismaʿili
Ismail Poonawala
Subject: Islamic Studies »
Date Added: 2011-05-25
Ismaʿili ShiʿaIntroductionThe Ismaʿilis, the second largest branch of the Shiʿa, take their name from their imam, Ismaʿil b. Jaʿfar al-Sadiq. They bra...
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...
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