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An Analysis of Civilizational Vices: Focusing on Envy and Its Macro-Social Consequences in Sūrat al-Baqarah [PDF]
Some spiritual illnesses are confined to the individual and do not have wider repercussions. However, many-such as envy-extend into society, polluting it and disrupting the system of human relations, thereby impeding the development of civilization. This
nasibeh rezaei +2 more
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Gendering Late Ottoman Society and Reconstructing Gender in the Women's Press
ABSTRACT This article analyses the construction of gender differences in the late Ottoman Empire through women's periodicals, which acted as a key medium in the redefinition of gender roles. It examines how new understandings of gender roles emerged amid rapid transformations in traditional societal structures, particularly in the women’s press.
Tuğba Karaman
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Haunting the Historiography of Slaves in South Asia from the nineteenth century to the present
ABSTRACT Using both English and Urdu‐language records, this article traces the career of a few African and Afro‐Asian women slaves in the household‐state of Awadh during the first half of the nineteenth century. Focusing on the same records, this article compares a master‐poet's recognition of the motherhood of the African and Afro‐Asian slaves to the ...
Indrani Chatterjee
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The Qur’ān before the book - History and concepts of Qur’ānic variants (qirā’āt)
Purpose: This paper addresses methodological issues related to the concept of ‘Qur’ānic variants and readings’ (qirā’a pl. qirā’āt and ḥarf pl. aḥruf, respectively).
Asma Hilali
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URDU-THE EFFECTS OF RELATIONSHIP WITH NON-MUSLIMS ON THE SOCIETY
Islam is the religion of peace and it preaches peace throughout the world. It's major purpose is to eradicate the evils and the troubles because of disbelief in the God Almighty and ethics.
Abdul Latif, Zia ur Rehman
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The Qur’anic Idea of Peace [PDF]
Peace is a chief social value, which the Qur’an appreciates, along with social justice, and submission to God and worshiping Him. War is initially an implausible situation, which should be invoked only when necessary. Hence, the rule is peace, and war is
Hadji Haidar, H
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Post-Soviet Islam : An Anthropological Perspective - Introduction [PDF]
This is an electronic version of an article published in Rasanayagam, J. (2006). 'Post-Soviet Islam: An Anthropological Perspective - Introduction.' Central Asian Survey 25(3) pp. 219-233.
Rasanayagam, Johan
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Abstract This article examines the Yeditepe Biennial—Turkey's first Islamic and traditional arts biennial—as a creative festival shaped by the socio‐political and spatial dynamics of Turkish‐Islamist nationalism. Counterposed against the Istanbul Biennial and the Western‐oriented secular cultural legacy of the Turkish Republic, the Yeditepe Biennial ...
Hulya Arik, Sabrien Amrov
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Hārūt and Mārūt in Books of Tafsir– A Comparative Study
Objectives: This study aims to determine the preponderant view regarding the truth about Hārūt and Mārūt and examine its implications on the epistemological and theistic aspects.
Abdulrahman bin Abdullah Al Ali +1 more
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The Issue of Pre‐Islamic Arabic Christian Poetry Revisited
ABSTRACT Is only very little Arabic Christian poetry extant from pre‐Islamic times? While distancing myself from Louis Cheikho's (1859–1927) view that almost all pre‐Islamic poets were Christians, I contend in this article that some of them indeed were.
Ilkka Lindstedt
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