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Late Antique Allāh: Ancestral Arabian Religion and the Monotheistic Zeitgeist
Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This essay addresses the ongoing scholarly tension between the monotheistic interpretations of late pre‐Islamic Arabian religion, pioneered by G. Hawting and P. Crone, and the traditional accounts of rampant Arabian polytheism found in later Islamic literary sources.
Ahmad Al‐Jallad, Hythem Sidky
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American Anthropologist, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The Arabic phrase Allāhu a‘lam—“God knows best”—is used frequently in everyday Muslim speech and to conclude seemingly assertive statements or fatwas. At its heart lies the recognition that God is the All‐Knowing, whereas humans know next to nothing. Reflecting on this recognition, this essay discusses Sufi refusals of the ethnographic project
Amira Mittermaier
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‘Introduction’ In: Crisis and Contemporary Poetry
, 2016 This collection of essays addresses poetic and critical responses to the various crises encountered by contemporary writers and our society. The essays included discuss a range of issues from the holocaust, the Troubles in Northern Ireland and their ...
Karhio, Anne +2 more
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Symbols of Resistance in Abulghasem al-Shabiâs Poems [PDF]
دراسات في اللغة العربيّة وآدابها, 2011 Resistance poetry is one of the cornerstones of contemporary Arabic literature and is one of the vastest realms of poetry poets have concerned themselves with. The poet of resistance does not have any choice but to write his own destiny and invite others
Roqayeh Rostampur Maleki +1 more
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The Legal Status of Conjoined Twins in Islamic Law: A Socio‐Legal Analysis
Sociology Lens, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Conjoined twins are a rare congenital anomaly. Conjoined twins can occur in various morphological types. Conjoined twins are perceived not only as a physical difference but also as a subject of interest and curiosity in many areas of society.
Merve Yiğitoğlu
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Khayyamology with Emphasis on Contemporary Arab World [PDF]
متن شناسی ادب فارسی, 2010 This study presents a brief description of Khayyamâs biography, life, works, and literary/ scholarly position. In addition, it talks about Khayyamâs place in the Occident and the role Europeans, especially Fitzgerald, played in bringing him to fame ...
Nasser Mohseni Nia
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James Lyman Merrick's Aborted “Mission to the Mohammedans of Persia”
The Muslim World, EarlyView.Abstract James Lyman Merrick (1803‐1866) served as a missionary of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions (ABCFM) in Persia between 1835 and 1845. He was America's first missionary to the Muslim world. Based on his field research on the Persians’ religious beliefs, he correctly predicted that the conversion of Persia's Muslims into ...
Hooman Estelami
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Misogyny in Contemporary Persian and Arabic Literature [PDF]
ادبیات تطبیقی, 2013 Based on the idea that Persian and Arabic language and literatures are among those formed within the patriarchal framework of discourse, this study attempts to investigate the roots and manifestation of misogyny in contemporary poetry of Iran and Arab ...
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The Muslim World, EarlyView.Abstract This article discusses the concept of the Judeo‐Islamic God as a substantive and defensible alternative to the problematic concept of the “Judeo‐Christian God” in popular, political, and academic Western discourses. It argues that the transcendent monotheistic deity of Islam, Allāh, is a direct continuation of the composite deity of Rabbinic ...
Jeffry R. Halverson
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Al-Sharif Al-Radi: His Life and Poetry [PDF]
, 1974 The aim of this work is to study al-Sharif al-Radl, his life and poetry. The first part deals with the poet’s environment and life; the second with his poetry. Chapter I deals with the political conditions under which the poet lived. The purpose of
Ali, Islam Abu
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