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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...
Political Theory, Islamic
Rachel Scott
Subject: Islamic Studies »
Date Added: 2014-04-28
Islamic Political Theory Introduction Islamic political theory includes works that are taken from multiple genres and discourses, since, histor...
Post-Ottoman Syria, Islam in
Thomas Pierret
Subject: Islamic Studies »
Date Added: 2016-08-30
Islam in Post-Ottoman SyriaIntroductionLike much of the research on modern Islam, scholarly interest in Islam in Syria has been encouraged to a great ...
Pre-Islamic Arabia/The Jahiliyya
Gerald Hawting
Subject: Islamic Studies »
Date Added: 2011-04-14
Pre-Islamic Arabia/The Jahiliyya Introduction Although sometimes used synonymously, the phrase “pre-Islamic Arabia” and the Arabic al-jahiliyya
Principles of Law
Rumee Ahmed
Subject: Islamic Studies »
Date Added: 2017-10-25
Principles of LawIntroductionMuch of early Islamic literature concerns the science of fiqh, which is often translated as “Islamic law.” Books on the s...
Progressive Muslim Thought, Progressive Islam and
Adis Duderija
Subject: Islamic Studies »
Date Added: 2016-10-27
Progressive Islam and Progressive Muslim ThoughtIntroductionThe religious authority of traditionally educated Muslim scholars (ulama), the fashioners ...
Purity
Sukidi Mulyadi
Subject: Islamic Studies »
Date Added: 2009-12-14
Purity Introduction The idea of purity has been one of the most central doctrines and practices in Islam. It has been prescribed in the Qur...
Qaeda, al-
Natana DeLong-Bas
Subject: Islamic Studies »
Date Added: 2009-12-14
Al-Qaeda Introduction Al-Qaeda, meaning “The Base,” refers broadly to a group fighting a declared global jihad of holy war against the West, Zi...
Qaradawi, Yusuf al-
Jeffry R. Halverson
Subject: Islamic Studies »
Date Added: 2011-05-25
Yusuf Al-QaradawiIntroductionYusuf al-Qaradawi (b. 1926) is an Egyptian-born Sunni alim who graduated from Al-Azhar University in Cairo and a prominen...
Qur'an
Andrew Rippin
Subject: Islamic Studies »
Date Added: 2009-12-14
Qurʾan Introduction For Muslims, the Qurʾan is the revelatory word of God, dictated by the angel Gabriel to the prophet Muhammad in segment...
Qurʾan and Contemporary Analysis
Salwa El-Awa
Subject: Islamic Studies »
Date Added: 2021-11-23
Qurʾan and Contemporary AnalysisIntroductionContemporary analysis of the Qurʾan is marked by a significant turn from source- and historical-critical i...
Qurʾan and Context
Stephen J. Shoemaker
Subject: Islamic Studies »
Date Added: 2021-07-28
Qurʾan and ContextIntroductionThe historical context that gave rise to the Qurʾan remains one of the most persistent mysteries from the end of antiqui...
Qutb, Sayyid
William Shepard
Subject: Islamic Studies »
Date Added: 2010-02-15
Sayyid QutbIntroductionSayyid Qutb (1906–1966) (sometimes spelled Sayed and Qutub or Kotb) was one of the leading Islamist ideologues of the 20th cent...
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