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Family Matters: Muslims in Sixteenth-Century Spanish America by QAMBER, RUKHSANA

“…History has so far paid scant attention to Muslims in the earliest phase of colonizing the Americas. As a general policy, the Spanish Crown prohibited all…”
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Heir of the Prophets: Veneration of Ḥusayn b. 'Alī and the Socio-Religious Positioning of Twelver Shiism by QAZWINI, HADI

“…This article explores veneration of Ḥusayn b. 'Alī (d. 61/680) and the place of his ritual visitation (ziyārah) and pilgrimage to his tomb in Karbala in the…”
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The Irreconcilable Conflict between Islam and Liberalism by SIDDIQUE, MUHAMMAD ZAHID

“…John Rawls used an apparently neutral apparatus to derive the principles of justice that all "rational" people ought to agree with because they provide the…”
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The Roots of the Ecological Crisis in the Theological and Philosophical Landscape of Modern Civilization: An Analysis of Seyyed Hossein Nasr's Perspective by SAFDAR, SAAD SAOOD, SHAMS-UR-REHMAM, GHULAM

“…According to contemporary Muslim philosopher and theologian Seyyed Hossein Nasr, the ecological crisis is a by-product of the modern Western worldview. The…”
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Jonathan Moreno. Is There an Ethicist in the House?: On the Cutting Edge of Bioethics by Halim, Naeema

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Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani. The Secret of Secrets. Translated by Shaykh Tosun Bayrak al-Jerrahi al-Halveti. Cambridge: Islamic Texts Society, 1992. Pp. xlix+123. Paperback. ISBN: 978 0946621 29 3 by Muhammad Souman Elah

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Some Pointers and Reminders in Islamic Studies by RUSTOM, MOHAMMED

“…Below are pointers and reminders (in no particular order) on how to go about navigating one’s way through the various stages of academic life in Islamic…”
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Islam and Environmental Ethics: A Qur'ānic Approach by SAYEM, MD. ABU

“…The present paper deals with Islamic moral teachings of the environment from a Qur'ānic perspective. It attempts to correlate some familiar Qur'anic terms with…”
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Neville Cox. Behind the Veil: A Critical Analysis of European Veiling Laws. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2019. Pp. viii+279. Hardbound. ISBN: 978 1 78897 084 6 by ough Jahanbakhsh

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Hindu-Muslim Religious Encounters during the Delhi Sultanate Period by BATOOL, MUNAZZA

“…This article is an analytical reconsideration of the nature of the theological and cultural relationship that existed between Muslims and the Hindus in the…”
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Coffee was once Ḥarām? Dispelling Popular Myths regarding a Nuanced Legal Issue by VAHEDI, MASSOUD

“…This paper attempts to address many misconceptions regarding the coffee controversy, which engulfed the Muslim world in the tenth/sixteenth century. It argues…”
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ʻAbd al-Qādir al-Jīlānī. The Secret of Secrets by Elah, Muhammad Souman

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Neville Cox. Behind the Veil: A Critical Analysis of Veiling Laws in Europe by Jahanbakhsh, Forough

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Contribution of Muslim Women Scholars to Ḥadīth Transmission and Authentication by MEHFOOZ, MUSFERAH

“…Muslim history witnessed many women who mastered the science of ḥadīth and demonstrated their expertise in the science of al-jarḥ wa 'l-ta'dīl (invalidation…”
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The Continuation of Ijtihād: A Study of Shāh Walī Allāh's Views from the Perspective of the Classical Typology of Ijtihād by HUSSAIN, MUBASHER

“…This article deals with legal thought of Shāh Walī Allāh, an outstanding religious thinker of eighteenth-century Muslim India, who emerged as one of the most…”
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The Relevance of Islamic Law to Non-Muslims in Muslim Juridical Sources by OSMAN, AMR

“…A standard question in early and medieval works of uṣūl al-fiqh (the theory and principles of Islamic jurisprudence) was whether non-Muslims were addressed by…”
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Print Capitalism: Rise of the Muslim Indian National Consciousness and Muslim Women's Education in Colonial India by CHEEMA, IQRA SHAGUFTA

“…Benedict Anderson connects the rise of print capitalism to the rise of nationalism in Europe as well as in the colonies. Print capitalism and nationalism…”
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Arbitration (Taḥkīm) in Islamic and Pakistani Law: A Comparative Study by ATTAULLAH, QAZI, SAQIB, LUTFULLAH

“…This article studies arbitration (taḥkīm) in the Islamic justice system, discussing its various facets such as meaning, history, legal status, components,…”
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Muhammad Ali Aziz. Religion and Mysticism in Early Islam: Theology and Sufism in Yemen by Wright, Brian

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Ayman Shihadeh and Jan Thiele, eds. Philosophical Theology in Islam: Later Ash‘arism East and West by Ahmad, Zohaib

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