Islamic Studies
`A'isha
Mary Thurkill
Subject: Islamic Studies »
Date Added: 2009-12-14
ʿA’isha Introduction ʿA’isha is the youngest wife of the prophet Muhammad—his only virginal bride and, according to most traditions, his fa...
Afghani, Sayyid Jamal al-Din al-
Nikki Keddie
Subject: Islamic Studies »
Date Added: 2011-05-25
Sayyid Jamal Al-Din Al-Afghani Introduction Also known as Asadabadi because of his now-proven birth and early childhood in Asadabad in northwes...
Africa, Islam in
Abdulkader Tayob
Subject: Islamic Studies »
Date Added: 2009-12-14
Islam in Africa Introduction The study of Islam in Africa provides some useful insights into the history of Islam as a global and localized...
Ahmad Khan, Sayyid
Sheila McDonough
Subject: Islamic Studies »
Date Added: 2009-12-14
Sir Sayyid Ahmad Khan Introduction Sayyid Ahmad Khan (1817–1898) responded to the collapse of the Mogul Empire in India, following the ...
Ahmadiyyah Movement, The
Yohanan Friedmann
Subject: Islamic Studies »
Date Added: 2011-05-25
The Ahmadiyya Movement Introduction The Ahmadiyya Movement in Islam is a modern Muslim messianic movement. It was founded in 1889 in the Indian...
Apostasy
Andrew March
Subject: Islamic Studies »
Date Added: 2009-12-14
Apostasy Introduction Apostasy (ridda, irtidad) is an important theological and legal problem in Islam. As a legal matter, virtually all classi...
Arabic Language and Islam
Mustafa Shah
Subject: Islamic Studies »
Date Added: 2009-12-14
Arabic Language and Islam Introduction The Arabic language, which is the mother tongue of over 250 million people across the Middle East an...
Art, Islamic
Walter Denny
Subject: Islamic Studies »
Date Added: 2010-12-27
Islamic Art Introduction The term “Islamic Art,” as conventionally used today in the organization of museum departments and the delineation of ...
Ashʿariyya
Ayman Shihadeh
Subject: Islamic Studies »
Date Added: 2011-04-14
Ashʿariyya Introduction The Ashʿarī school, a chief representative of Sunni theology, is the most widespread and influential theological school...
Azhar, al-
Malika C. Zeghal
Subject: Islamic Studies »
Date Added: 2009-12-14
Al-Azhar Introduction The university-mosque of al-Azhar, situated in Cairo, Egypt, is the foremost center of Sunni religious learning in th...
Balkans, Islam in the
Amila Buturovic
Subject: Islamic Studies »
Date Added: 2010-02-15
Islam in the Balkans Introduction In addition to being a region in southeastern Europe, the Balkans is a geopolitical entity that owes its ...
Banna, Hasan al-
Abdullah Al-Arian
Subject: Islamic Studies »
Date Added: 2009-12-14
Hasan al-Banna Introduction One of the most significant Islamic figures of the 20th century, Hasan al-Banna was born in 1906 in the town of...
Caliph and Caliphate
James E. Sowerwine
Subject: Islamic Studies »
Date Added: 2009-12-14
Caliph and Caliphate Introduction The term “caliph” (khalifah in Arabic) is generally regarded to mean “successor of the prophet Muhammad,” w...
Caucasus
Michael B. Bishku
Subject: Islamic Studies »
Date Added: 2009-12-14
Caucasus Introduction The Caucasus refers to both a mountain range that physically divides Europe and Asia and a larger region consisting o...
Central Asia, Islam in
Devin DeWeese
Subject: Islamic Studies »
Date Added: 2009-12-14
Islam in Central Asia Introduction In modern terms, Central Asia comprises the five post-Soviet republics of Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkme...
Christianity, Islam and
Daniel A. Madigan, Diego R. Sarrio
Subject: Islamic Studies »
Date Added: 2011-05-25
Islam and Christianity Introduction Islam and Christianity have been related since the former emerged as what Muslims would see as a divinely i...
Civil Society
Clement M. Henry, Jolie M. F. Wood
Subject: Islamic Studies »
Date Added: 2009-12-14
Civil Society Introduction The most general definition of “civil society” that is widely accepted in the early 21st century describes it as ...
Death, Dying, and the Afterlife
Amir Hussain
Subject: Islamic Studies »
Date Added: 2009-12-14
Death, Dying, and the Afterlife Introduction The Islamic understanding of death represents a dramatic shift from pre-Islamic Arabia. In the...
Democracy and Islam
Abdelwahab el-Affendi
Subject: Islamic Studies »
Date Added: 2009-12-14
Democracy and Islam Introduction Just as there are numerous versions of democracy (which is why it is called a “contested concept”), the de...
Deoband Madrassa, The
SherAli Tareen
Subject: Islamic Studies »
Date Added: 2011-04-14
The Deoband Madrassa Introduction The Deoband Madrassa is one of the most influential reform movements in modern Islam. It was established in t...
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