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Tabari, -al
Rebecca Williams
Subject: Islamic Studies »
Date Added: 2015-03-10
al-Tabari Introduction Perhaps no other scholarly figure of the 9th and 10th centuries ce has the widespread reputation enjoyed by al-Tabari (...
Tablighi Jamaʿat
Matthew J. Kuiper
Subject: Islamic Studies »
Date Added: 2018-02-22
Tablighi JamaʿatIntroductionThe Tablighi Jamaʿat (TJ) is one of the most widespread Sunni islah (reform) and daʿwa (missionary) organizations in the w...
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) ...
Tafsir, Women and
Margherita Picchi
Subject: Islamic Studies »
Date Added: 2018-02-22
Women and TafsirIntroductionThe Arabic word tafsir (literally meaning “to clarify,” “to explain”) most commonly refers to the process of interpreting ...
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...
Tanzīh and Tashbīh in Classical Islamic Theological Thought
Mustafa Shah
Subject: Islamic Studies »
Date Added: 2018-05-24
Tanzīh and Tashbīh in Classical Islamic Theological ThoughtIntroductionDebates and arguments surrounding the questions of tanzīh (transcendence) and t...
The Babi Movement
Farshid Kazemi, Armin Eschraghi
Subject: Islamic Studies »
Date Added: 2016-05-26
The Babi MovementIntroductionThe Babi movement, or Babism (Babiyya) was a post-Islamic religion that emerged from the matrix of Shaykhism in 19th-cent...
The Barelvī School of Thought
Khan Shairani, Ebrahim Moosa
Subject: Islamic Studies »
Date Added: 2022-01-12
The Barelvī School of ThoughtIntroductionThe Barelvī movement or school is a theological interpretation within South Asian Sunnī Islam with roots in d...
The Nizari Ismailis of the Persianate World
Farhad Daftary
Subject: Islamic Studies »
Date Added: 2022-08-23
The Nizari Ismailis of the Persianate WorldIntroductionThe Ismailis account for the second largest Shiʿi Muslim community, and the Nizaris represent t...
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...
Turabi, Hassan al-
Abdelwahab El-Affendi
Subject: Islamic Studies »
Date Added: 2015-04-29
Hassan al-Turabi Introduction Hassan al-Turabi (full name: Hassan Abdallah al-Turabi, b. 1932) is a prominent, and often rather controversial,...
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...
Turkish Language, Literature, and Islam
A.C.S. Peacock
Subject: Islamic Studies »
Date Added: 2021-09-22
Turkish Language, Literature, and IslamIntroductionLiterary Turkish has a history that dates back to the Orhon inscriptions in Mongolia of the 8th cen...
Twelver Shi'ism in Pakistan
Simon Wolfgang Fuchs
Subject: Islamic Studies »
Date Added: 2022-06-27
Twelver Shiʿism in PakistanIntroductionShiʿis are not a marginal group in Pakistan. They comprise about 15–20 percent of a population of more than 210...
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...
Wahhabism
Natana DeLong-Bas
Subject: Islamic Studies »
Date Added: 2009-12-14
Wahhabism Introduction Wahhabism properly refers to the 18th-century revival and reform movement begun in the region of Najd, in what is to...
Women in Islam
Marcia Hermansen, Barbara von Schlegell
Subject: Islamic Studies »
Date Added: 2010-12-27
Women in Islam Introduction The study of women in Islam has expanded rapidly in recent decades. Reviewing normative Islamic injunctions abo...
Yemen, Islam in
Daniel Martin Varisco
Subject: Islamic Studies »
Date Added: 2009-12-14
Islam in YemenIntroductionYemen plays a prominent role in the early history of Islam. The Christian Yemeni king Abraha is said to have attacked Mecca ...
Zaydiyya
Daniel Peterson
Subject: Islamic Studies »
Date Added: 2011-05-25
Zaydiyya Introduction The Zaydiyya are a branch of Shi’i Islam, often termed “moderate” or even “the practical group of the Shi’a,” that diverg...
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