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The Maqāmāt of Badīʿ al-Zamān al-Hamadhānī [PDF]
Through investigations of manuscripts, this book explores important aspects of the life of Badîʿ al-Zamân al-Hamadhânî’s Maqâmât. The broad concerns of the book are divided into three sections: authorship, texts, and contexts. Each chapter in this volume
Alex Pomerantz, Maurice, Orfali, Bilal
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Ibn Taymiyya on Reason and Revelation [PDF]
In Ibn Taymiyya on Reason and Revelation, Carl Sharif El-Tobgui offers a comprehensive analysis of Ibn Taymiyya’s ten-volume magnum opus, Darʾ taʿāruḍ al-ʿaql wa-l-naql, elucidating its author’s foundational reconstitution of rationality through the ...
Sharif El-Tobgui, Carl
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Buddhist and Islamic Orders in Southern Asia [PDF]
This volume aims to foster interaction between scholars in the subfields of Islamic and Buddhist studies by increasing understanding of the circulation and localization of religious texts, institutional models, and ritual practices across Asia and ...
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Of Islamic Grammatology: Ibn Turka’s Lettrist Metaphysics of Light* [PDF]
, 2016 As Derrida charged, Plato’s famous declaration of speech’s superiority to writing would seem to have resonated with inheritor cultures similarly transitioning from orality to literacy, and especially the Islamicate; despite the explosion of writerly ...
Melvin-Koushki, Matthew
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Sorcery or Science? examines how two Sufi Muslim theologians who rose to prominence in the western Sahara Desert in the late eighteenth century, Sīdi al-Mukhtār al-Kuntī (d. 1811) and his son and successor, Sīdi Muḥammad al-Kuntī (d.
Marcus-Sells, Ariela
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Peaceful Co-existence in Societies from the Past to the Present: A critical Analytical Study in light of the Qur’ān and the Prophet’s Sunnah [PDF]
Peaceful co-existence between religions is both an individual and societal necessity in today's world. It is particularly important given the daily conflicts that pervade the entire world, East and West.
Khattab, Samy
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The Renaissance of Shi'i Islam [PDF]
The renaissance of Shi’i Islam began in the 9th/15th century when the Ismailis experienced the Anjudan revival and Twelver Shi’i traditions were also renewed. This renaissance gained further strength when the Safavids succeeded in establishing a state in
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Aspects of Adaptation in the Egyptian Singing Film
, 2012 This dissertation explores aspects of adaptation in the Egyptian singing film in the period from 1932 to 1962. The primary types of adaptation examined are those that are evident in the stories the films told, the ways in which the songs functioned ...
Farrell, Margaret Jean
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Authenticity and Innovation: Conceptualising a “Tunisian School” of ʻūd Performance in the Twentieth Century [PDF]
, 2013 Morra, Salvatore
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