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Islam and pluralism : does Quran approve religious pluralism? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2004
As for the relation between Islam and pluralism, it seems a little bit complicated. There are some verses in The Koran for pluralism and at the same time we have some verses against.
Yitik, Ali Ihsan
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Law, State Power, and Taxation in Islamic History [PDF]

open access: yes
This paper studies the unique nature, institutional roots, and economic consequences of the ruler’s political power in Islamic History. An influential interest group in Islamic societies has been the legal community, whose power could range from being ...
Metin Cosgel, Rasha Ahmed, Thomas Miceli
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Islamic Medievalism and Mobility in Mathias Énard's Street of Thieves

open access: yesLiterature Compass, Volume 21, Issue 10-12, October-December 2024.
ABSTRACT Set against the backdrop of the Arab Spring uprisings, Jihadist extremism, and the neoliberal exploitation of the Global South, Mathias Énard's 2012 novel Street of Thieves (Rue des voleurs) follows the fortunes of Lakhdar, a young man from Tangier who finds himself living as an undocumented migrant in Barcelona's notorious Carrer d’En Robador,
Louise D'Arcens
wiley   +1 more source

ALBRIDIUWM AND THEIR POLITICAL AND MILITARY ROLE AT THE END OF THE SECOND ABBASID ERA IN THE SOUTHERN IRAQ

open access: yesگۆڤارا زانستێن مرۆڤایەتی یا زانكۆیا زاخۆ
The exact origin of the Albridiuwm family is not known, which appeared on the scene in the last years of the second Abbasid era. First, they did some minor careers in southern Iraq but did not rise to the level of becoming an affected force.
Abdulbari Asaad, Tawfeeq Yousif
doaj   +1 more source

Early Medieval World (Chapter 2 of World History, A Short, Visual Introduction)

open access: yes, 2015
The fifth through the tenth centuries was a period of significant transformation for Europe. As a result of the Germanic invasions and the collapse of the economy, the last Roman Emperor in the West, Romulus Augustulus (475-76), was deposed in 476.
Corning, Caitlin
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The Ottoman state and descendants of the prophet in Anatolia and the Balkans (c. 1500-1700) [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
Throughout the Islamic world those claiming descent from the Prophet Muhammad (T. seyyid/serif pl. sadat/esraf) were (and are) accorded a special status.
Hulya, Canbakal, Hülya, Canbakal
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The past and future of the study of Islamic esotericism

open access: yesReligion 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
wiley   +1 more source

MçTAZELE AND THEIR INTELLECTUAL AND THEIR CULTURAL RENEWAL [PDF]

open access: yesتاریخ اسلام, 2004
Abbasids Caliphs paid a considerable attention to the Mئtazele's trend of thinking during thirty years (in the era of Mؤmoon, Mئtasem and Vathegh). In 232 A.H.
Hosein Moftakhari, Ali Fath Ghobadpour
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“Our blood is becoming white”: Race, religion, and Siddi becoming in Hyderabad, India

open access: yesAmerican 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
wiley   +1 more source

Women before the Qādī under the Abbasids

open access: yesIslamic Law and Society, 2009
AbstractIn this article, I examine the appearance of Muslim women before the judge during the Abbasid period (132-334/750-945), both in theory and practice. The cases involving women found in law books suggest that they came freely to the court, especially for familial or marital purposes, and that the judges employed some women as court auxiliaries ...
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