The Concept of Martyrdom in Twelver Shi'ism: Ideas and Development [PDF]
Iran’s Islamic Revolution in 1979 and, later, the Iran-Iraq war (1980-1988) created unprecedented zeal and enthusiasm for martyrdom among the Shī‘a. As Imām Ḥusayn’s martyrdom in Karbalā (680 CE) more and more was read into the revolutionary taste, the ...
Hashemi, Adel
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Folk Islam in Contemporary East Africa [PDF]
[USBIK 2018] 01/31/2018-02/02/2018, Erciyes University (Kayseri, Turkey)The Swahili Coast of East Africa is an area where Islamisation progressed soon after the emergence of Islam because of its historical connection with the Arabian Peninsula through ...
Asada, Akira
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The soft power of inter-religious learning: negotiating transregional exchanges at the fifth/eleventh-century Fāṭimid court* [PDF]
While firmly ruling over Egypt (358/969–567/1171) the Fāṭimids’ hold on Syria and Palestine remained intermittent. Owing to limited extant sources, the history of their administration of that region is fragmentarily known. For the period before 462/1070,
Cortese, D., Cortese, D.
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Hidden from Scholarly Eyes for a Century: An unknown Bāysunghurī manuscript sheds new light on his court and library [PDF]
This is the author accepted manuscript. It is currently under an indefinite embargo pending publication by Cambridge University Press.This paper introduces a dual-text manuscript produced in 833/1430 at Herat in the library of the Timurid prince ...
Mihan, Shiva
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The Rise of the Ni‘matullāhī Order: Shi'ite Sufi Masters against Islamic Fundamentalism in 19th-Century Persia [PDF]
How were the Ni‘matullāhī masters successful in reviving Ni‘matullāhī Sufism in Shi‘ite Persia? This book investigates the revival of Ni‘matullāhī Sufi order after the death of the last Indian Ni‘matullāhī master, Riḍā ‘Alī Shāh (d.
Tabandeh, Reza
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Formulating a Comprehensive System of Contractual Excuses in the Iranian Legal Order [PDF]
∴ Introduction ∴ The enforceability of contractual obligations is foundational to legal and economic systems. However, certain circumstances may obstruct an obligor’s ability to fulfill these obligations, necessitating what is termed "Contractual ...
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Reclaiming Space for God-Talk:: Theories of ijtihād and Intra-Muslim Differences in Matters of Belief [PDF]
A substantive and dynamic God-talk demands space for difference. If there is no space for difference, there is little space to talk productively. When God-talk commences with the presumption that different opinions are flatly incorrect it often descends ...
Bhojani, Ali-Reza
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Images of the first woman : Eve in Islamic Fāl-nāma paintings [PDF]
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Hadromi-Allouche, Zohar
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On Relics and Mausoleums : the Death of the Prophet Muḥammad between History and Legend in the Mediterranean Context [PDF]
This contribution analyses some motifs related to the death, relics, and tomb of the Prophet Muḥammad in some of his medieval Latin legendary biographies, namely the dismemberment of his body, the keeping of his relics in the Ka'ba, and his suspended ...
Di Cesare, Michelina
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Realizing an insightful vision of a powerful and independent state: Ahmad Ibn Tulun and the reign of his dynasty (868–905) [PDF]
W historii cywilizacji muzułmańskiej pojawiło się wielu wybitnych przywódców, których działania niejednokrotnie zmieniały diametralnie sytuację w danym kraju czy rejonie.
Rudnicka-Kassem, Dorota
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