Search Results - "Studia islamica"

Dividing Science by Ten by de Callataÿ, Godefroid

“…Abstract The Ġāyat al-ḥakīm ("the Aim of the Sage"), the Arab ancestor of the celebrated Picatrix on astral magic, includes a curious tenfold classification of…”
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Facts or Fables? by Modarressi, Hossein

“…Abstract Muslim scholars maintain that the report of a text or event could be considered as indisputably true if it has been confirmed by the collective…”
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Heraclius' War Propaganda and the Qurʾān's Promise of Reward for Dying in Battle by Tesei, Tommaso

“…Abstract In this article I compare the Qurʾānic promise of reward for those who die in battle with similar concepts found in contemporaneous Byzantine military…”
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The Circassian. A Life of Eşref Bey, Late Ottoman Insurgent and Special Agent, written by Benjamin C. Fortna by Türesay, Özgür

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L’Islam en France. Pratiques et vécus du quotidien, Ethnologie française, directed by Marie-Luce Gélard by Arslan, Leyla

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Talaat Pasha. Father of Modern Turkey, Architect of Genocide, written by Hans-Lukas Kieser by Türesay, Özgür

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Soviet and Muslim. The Institutionalization of Islam in Central Asia, written by Eren Taşar by Forestier-Peyrat, Étienne

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For Love of the Prophet, An Ethnography of Sudan's Islamic State, written by Noah Salomon by Chih, Rachida

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El perdón del gobernante (al-Andalus, ss. II-V/VIII-XI), written by Omayra Herrero Soto by Dejugnat, Yann

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Aḥmad al-Ghazālī, Remembrance and the Metaphysics of Love, written by Joseph E.B. Lumbard by Pisani, Emmanuel

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La famille à Alger : XVIIe et XVIIIe siècle : parenté, alliances et patrimoine, written by Fatiha Loualich by Warscheid, Ismail

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Jihād, Gender, and Religious Minorities in the Siyar Literature: the Diachronic View by Afsaruddin, Asma

“…Abstract Siyar in Islamic law refers to the law of nations or international law. This study focuses on five siyar works composed between the 2nd/8th and…”
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Recent Scholarship in the Field of kalām by Thiele, Jan

“…Abstract This article reviews recent scholarship on kalām-theology and attempts to briefly describe some tendencies that appear to be promising for opening new…”
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Secular/Religious Myths of Violence: The Case of Nizārī Ismailis of the Alamūt Period by Mohammad Poor, Daryoush

“…Abstract Contemporary narratives of violence, particularly in the aftermaths of the most recent expressions of violence by the so-called 'Islamist' groups have…”
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World as (Arabic) Text: Mīr Dāmād and the Neopythagoreanization of Philosophy in Safavid Iran by Melvin-Koushki, Matthew

“…The heavily Neoplatonic and antiquarian-perennialist tenor of Safavid philosophy is now widely recognized by specialists; but few have acknowledged its equally…”
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Rib or Side, Right or Left and the Traits of Women: Midrashic Dilemmas about the Creation of Eve in Medieval Islamic Tradition and Literature by Lerner, Amir

“…Abstract The creation of Eve from Adam's body is a theme that has been extensively discussed in scholarship, as part of research into ancient Jewish and…”
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The Musnad of al-Shāfiʿī by Melchert, Christopher

“…A collection of hadith called Musnad al-Shāfiʿī is associated with the Nishapuran traditionist Abū al-ʿAbbās Muḥammad ibn Yaʿqūb al-Aṣamm (d. Nishapur,…”
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Ottoman Attempts to Define the Rebels During the Greek War of Independence by Karabıçak, Yusuf Ziya

“…This article uses tools developed by conceptual history to examine what it might have meant for Ottoman officials in Istanbul to use the term Rum milleti…”
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Celebrating Sultan Nevruz: Between Theological Debate and Multi-Framed Practice in Contemporary Albania by Bria, Gianfranco

“…This work analyses the historical developments and the acculturation of Sultan nevruz’s rite in post-socialist Albania. The general aim of this work is to…”
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Al-Karkh: the Development of an Imāmī-Shīʿī Stronghold in Early Abbasid and Būyid Baghdad (132-447/750-1055) by Neggaz, Nassima

“…Following the foundation of Baghdad by Caliph al-Manṣūr (r. 136-158/754-775) in 145/762, the neighbourhood of al-Karkh attracted many Imāmī scholars, becoming…”
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