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The past and future of the study of Islamic esotericism

Religion Compass, Volume 18, Issue 7, July 2024.
Abstract The study of Islamic esotericism, particularly the concept of al‐bāṭiniyya, remains fragmented. While often studied under various labels like “mysticism” and “occultism,” it is widely equated to Sufism. Scholars still hesitate to use the term al‐bāṭiniyya due to its historical pejorative connotations, linking it to extremist adherence to ...
Liana Saif
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‘Our therapeutic direction is towards Light’: transcendence and a non‐secular politics of difference in Islamic Counselling training

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, Volume 30, Issue 2, Page 417-435, June 2024.
Abstract The Islamic Counselling training model discussed in this article first emerged in 1990s multicultural Britain within the newly expanding field of cross‐cultural counselling and psychotherapy. It is informed by classical Sufi notions of the self, the development of an Islamic psychology, and decolonial scholarship.
Sabnum Dharamsi, Giulia Liberatore
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Redefining Reality: An Islamic Metaphysical Critique of AI’s Data-Centric Worldview

Philosophies
This essay explores the metaphysical and philosophical implications of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) through the intersecting insights of René Guénon (ʿAbd al-Wāḥid Yaḥiā), Martin Heidegger, and Ibn al-ʿArabī.
Boumediene Hamzi
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“Our blood is becoming white”: Race, religion, and Siddi becoming in Hyderabad, India

American Anthropologist, Volume 126, Issue 2, Page 194-203, June 2024.
Abstract “Our blood is becoming white.” This was a constant lament I heard from siddis in contemporary Hyderabad, India—third‐ and fourth‐generation descendants of East African slaves and soldiers recruited by the local ruler or Nizam in the 1860s to form the African Cavalry Guard in his army.
Gayatri Reddy
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The Components of femininity and Ibn Arabi [PDF]

حکمت معاصر
What is the nature of woman in relation to man? In elucidating Ibn ʿArabī’s response to this question, it is necessary to approach the discussion of the ontological, epistemological, and pragmatic dimensions of woman in contrast to man within a ...
seyyed ali alamolhoda, akram askarzadeh mazraeh   +1 more
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An Early Record of Photochemotherapy for Vitiligo by Rhazes (865–925 ce) in Liber Continens

JEADV Clinical Practice, Volume 5, Issue 2, Page 684-685, June 2026.
Alireza Tavakkoli
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Epistemology of Hadith in Ibn ʿArabī's Interpretation of QS. Ar-Raḥmān [55]: 19–20

El-Sunnah
The study of hadith epistemology in Sufi exegesis represents an important issue in Qur’anic studies. Ibn ʿArabī (d. 638 H), as a prominent Sufi-philosopher, offers an interpretive approach that integrates textual, metaphysical, and intuitive dimensions ...
Muhammad Syukron Zun-Nurain, Uswatun Hasanah , Nur Fitriyana   +2 more
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A Comparative Study of the Realities of the Throne (Arsh) and the Footstool (Kursī) from the Perspectives of Allamah Ṭabāṭabā’ī and the Mystical School of Ibn ʿArabī [PDF]

آموزه‌های قرآنی
Within the cosmic order, two profound metaphysical realities, Arsh (Arabic: عرش, lit: Throne) and Kursī (Arabic: کرسی, lit: Footstool), have been subjects of extensive scholarly discourse, among which Allamah Ṭabāṭabā’ī and the mystical school of Ibn ...
Morteza Zadeh Bamari, Davood Hassanzadeh Karimabad   +1 more
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Theory in Poetic Form: Responding to The Book of Clouds

Religious Studies Review, Volume 51, Issue 4, Page 913-923, December 2025.
Oludamini Ogunnaike
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Character and Fate

Religious Studies Review, Volume 51, Issue 3, Page 584-586, September 2025.
Brent Eng
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