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Sufism

St Andrews Encyclopaedia of Theology
Sufism is concerned with a broad trend within Islamicate societies towards expressing how taṣawwuf, as a path of spiritual refinement, has impacted religious, social, and political modes of human endeavour.
Aiyub Palmer
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Primordial Human Nature (fiṭra)

St Andrews Encyclopaedia of Theology
The concept of fiṭra (primordial human nature or natural disposition) plays an important role in Islamic theological anthropology. It is first and foremost a scriptural concept, being present both within the Qur’an (Q.
Ramon Harvey
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The Traumatic Mysticism of Othered Others: Blackness, Islam, and Esotericism in the Five Percenters

Correspondences, 2019
This article draws from black critical theory, Western esotericism studies, and scholarship in Islamic studies to articulate the Five Percenters as expressing what I call “traumatic mysticism.” I first articulate blackness as the esoteric secret of the ...
Biko Gray
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Divine Unicity (tawḥīd)

St Andrews Encyclopaedia of Theology
The Arabic word tawḥīd is a transitive verb; it means ‘to make [something] one’ or ‘to unify’ something. In the context of Islamic belief and practice, tawḥīd means to profess the unity and uniqueness of God and stands as a core defining principle of ...
Khalil Andani
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The Straight Path (al-Ṣirāṭ al-Mustaqīm)

St Andrews Encyclopaedia of Theology
Al-Ṣirāṭ al-Mustaqīm (the Straight Path) is a central concept within the Islamic tradition. It is loosely understood as the path that leads to God, often being employed as a reference to the Qur’an, the Prophet Muḥammad, or Islam in general.
Mohammed Gamal Abdelnour
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Islamic headscarves and female circumcision: Unveiling the threat posed by Islam to human rights [PDF]

, 2005
This paper is, in part, a response to the NZPGLeJ Editor-in-Chief Herman Salton’s article,“‘Veiled Threats?’ Islam, Headscarves and Freedom of Religion in France and the United States”, which was published in the first issue of this journal.
Williamson, Myra Elsie Jane Bell
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The Perfect Human (al-insān al-kāmil)

St Andrews Encyclopaedia of Theology
The Islamic mystical doctrine of the perfect human (al-insān al-kāmil) – whose bodily existence is deemed to mark the culmination of the cosmic process of divine self-disclosure – has had a lasting impact on Sufi thought and practice from the late ...
Richard Todd
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“Islamic Tradition”: Questioning the Bosnian Model

, 2019
Debates over whether there can be a ‘European Islam’ have not ceased since 1990s when the term was coined by Bassam Tibi. This paper aims to question the idea of a ‘progress towards a liberal Islam’ as being too straightforward by providing historical ...
Hesová, Zora
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Recognition (maʿrifa)

St Andrews Encyclopaedia of Theology
Maʿrifa and the less commonly used ʿirfān are verbal nouns derived from the root ʿ-r-f (for the various meanings of this root, see Lane’s Lexicon, s.v. ʿ-r-f). Like ʿilm, which is often considered its synonym, maʿrifa means ‘to know’.
William Chittick, Mohammed Rustom
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İNANÇ TURİZMİ BAĞLAMINDA KENTSEL TURİZM VE KÜLTÜREL TURİZM: KONYA ÖRNEĞİ

Selçuk Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi, 2016
Anadolu kültür ve medeniyetlerin beşiği, mayası ve bir yeryüzü cennetidir. Bu beşikteki medeniyet hamurunun mayası M.Ö 10.000’lerde atılmış ve zenginleşerek tatlı bir kıvamla bugüne kadar gelmiş zengin, cömert bir coğrafi mekân ve destinasyondur.
Tahsin Karabulut, İbrahim Hakkı Kaynak
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