The Presence of the Prophet in Early Modern and Contemporary Islam [PDF]
, 2022 This collective volume explores the figure of the Prophet Muhammad in early Islam and its pious transformations in later times. It illuminates the interplay of doctrine, literature and visual arts in the formation of a “Prophetic culture”.; Readership ...
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Contesting ritual practices in Twelver Shiism : modernism, sectarianism and the politics of self-flagellation (taṭbīr) [PDF]
, 2022 Shiis perform a number of rituals on the first 10 days of the Islamic month of Muḥarram to mourn the killing of the grandson of the Prophet Muhammad, Husayn, in Karbala in southern Iraq in 680CE.
Scharbrodt, Oliver
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, 2016 In Visions of Justice Paolo Sartori surveys the role of Russian colonialism in affecting the way in which Muslims in Central Asia formulated their convictions about right and wrong and became exposed to different notions of morality.
Sartori, Paolo
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ھم گنہاگار عورتیں (We Sinful Women) Urban Feminist Visuality in Contemporary Art and Feminist Movements in Pakistan After 9/11 [PDF]
, 2022 ھم گنہاگار عورتیں (We Sinful Women): Urban Feminist Visuality in Contemporary Art and Feminist Movements in Pakistan After 9/11 Kanwal Syed, PhD Concordia University, 2022 This dissertation provides a chronology of the circumstances that led to ...
Syed, Kanwal
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Byzantine Ideas of Persia, 650–1461 [PDF]
This book offers a study into the perceptions of ancient and medieval Iran in the Byzantine Empire, as well as the effects of Persian culture upon Byzantine intellectualism, society, and culture.
Shukurov, Rustam
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Baluchistan: Geography, History, and Ethnography [PDF]
, 1988 This article is divided into the following sections: 1. introductory review of problems in the history and ethnography of the Baluch, i.e., the present-day inhabitants of Baluchistan; 2. geography; 3.
Spooner, Brian
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al-Misbāh fī al-Nahw By Nāsir al-Dīn al-Mutarrizī al-Nahwī (d. 610/1213) A Critical Edition of the Text with the Life History of the Author [PDF]
, 2010 Nāsir al-Dīn al-Mutarrizī al-Nahwī (d.610/1213) was one of the most renowned figures in the field of Arabic Grammar. He has left an indelible mark on the world of Arabic language and literature. He is also known as the successor of al-Zamakhsharī.
ABID, MUHAMMAD-AFZAL
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The Library of Aḥmad Pasha al-Jazzār [PDF]
This study is the first to examine the history and composition of the library of Aḥmad Pasha al-Jazzār (d. 1804), the famous governor of northern Palestine in the late eighteenth century, on the basis of the inventory of the library’s holdings.
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The Middle East and North Africa [PDF]
This volume gathers reflections on secularity from the Ottoman Empire, modern Arab states, the Turkish Republic, Iran, and Jewish perspectives from Europe and Israel, many translated into English for the first time.
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The Road from Damascus: Circulation and the Redefinition of Islam in the Ottoman Empire, 1620-1720 [PDF]
, 2016 In the seventeenth century, the Ottoman Empire was marked by constant polemical disputes over Islamic religious practices. By the end of the century, these debates, which covered topics as varied as the permissibility of smoking tobacco or saint worship,
Shafir, Nir
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