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Early Medieval Europe, Volume 34, Issue 4, Page 555-575, November 2026.Palermo became the new capital of Sicily after the Aghlabid conquest in 831. The transformation of the city into a capital took many forms, including the production and consumption of pottery. The perspective from ceramic evidence shows that Palermo underwent faster and deeper processes of Islamization than other urban and rural contexts across the ...
Viva Sacco
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ReligionsThe following article aims at highlighting the theurgical tendencies in the teachings of the great Andalusī Muslim mystic Muḥyī l-Dīn Ibn al-ʿArabī (560/1165–638/1240).
Michael Ebstein
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Clinical Case Reports, Volume 14, Issue 10, October 2026.ABSTRACT A giant pancreatic mucinous cystic neoplasm in an elderly man was successfully enucleated with an uneventful recovery. This case emphasizes careful differentiation of pancreatic cystic lesions and individualized surgical planning; in selected patients without features suspicious for malignancy, enucleation may preserve pancreatic tissue while ...
Ghofran Mahgoub Hussien +5 more
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Chemistry &Biodiversity, Volume 23, Issue 9, September 2026.Phenolic profile and bioactivity of Lygeum spartum L. ABSTRACT The phenolic composition of roots and leaves of Lygeum spartum L., a Mediterranean Poaceae species, was analyzed by HPLC–DAD, revealing an organ‐specific distribution of phenolic compounds, with ferulic acid identified as the predominant phenolic compound in the methanolic leaf extract (4 ...
Zohra Arabi +9 more
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Spiritual Lifestyle in Ibn ʿArabī’s Mystical Theology: Foundations and Practical Implications
ReligionsIbn ʿArabī (1165–1240 CE) is best known for his metaphysics; his teaching on how life should be lived has received less attention. Drawing on al-Futūḥāt al-Makkiyya and the Fuṣūṣ al-Ḥikam, this study asks how four of his central doctrines—the Oneness of ...
Ishraq Ali, Mohammad Esmaeil Abdollahi
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The Vicissitudes of the Nafs: Madness, Paralysis, and the Work of Transgression in Sufi Ethics
Anthropology of Consciousness, Volume 37, Issue 2, Fall 2026.ABSTRACT How should we theorize Sufi ethics when the practice of zikr (remembrance) that leads to spiritual enlightenment (tazkiyya) might also bring one to the brink of majzubiyat (madness)? What forms of regulation or restraint are imagined or enacted by practitioners to prevent spiritual boundlessness from perverting into its underside of paralysis (
Muhammad Osama Imran
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Religions, 2023 The present article traces the symbols of the eye (Greek: κόρη [maiden, concubine, pupil of the eye]; Latin: pūpilla; Hebrew: īshōn bath ʿāyin (‘apple of the eye’ or the ‘pupil of the eye’ [lit.
Antoni Gonzalo Carbó
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Nafsanalysis: The Problem of Refinement in Sufi Ethics
Ethos, Volume 54, Issue 3, September 2026.Abstract The nafs is the spirit in its ordeal of embodiment. It is the veil through which separation from God becomes the condition of relation to Him. Drawing on two years of ethnographic fieldwork among practitioners of the Naqshbandia Awaisia Sufi order in Pakistan, this article approaches the nafs as the site of enjoyment that survives refinement ...
Muhammad Osama Imran
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Rethinking Political Islam in Iran: Contestation, Authority, and Reform
Middle East Policy, Volume 33, Issue 3, Autumn (Fall) 2026.Abstract Political Islam in Iran is frequently portrayed in Western scholarship and policy discourse as a unified and rigid ideological system rooted in the 1979 Islamic Revolution. However, this article contends that it operates as a plural and internally contested field in which state‐directed, reformist‐clerical, and civic interpretations compete ...
Nagapushpa Devendra
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Sa‘d al-dīn Ḥamūyeh’s sealer of the saints
HorizonteThis paper intends to provide a first depiction of the question of the seal of sainthood in the thought of Saʿd al-dīn Ḥamūyeh (587-649/1191-1252) a prolific Sufi master who met with ibn ʿArabī in Damascus.
Paul Ballanfat
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