Mushaira: Islam, Poetry, and South Asia
Abdul Manan Bhat on Ali Khan Mahmudabad Poetry gatherings have a magic of nearness, an immediacy and intimacy of sorts. The intimacy between
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Islamic history
Jews and Muslims in France: Rethinking a History of Conflict, Colonialism, and Coexistence – by Rachel Eva Schley
Rachel Schley on Ethan B. Katz’s The Burdens of Brotherhood For well over a decade there has been an active debate about the
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An Androcentric Discipline? The Gender Troubles of Qur’anic Exegesis – by Ali Altaf Mian
Ali Altaf Mian on Karen Bauer’s Gender Hierarchy in the Qur’an Gender is a widely debated topic in contemporary Islam. Many Muslims, and
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On the Origin of Caliphates – By Hamza M. Zafer
Hamza M. Zafer on Steven Judd’s Religious Scholars and the Umayyads In the late spring of 680 CE, Yazid bin Mu‘awiya from the
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Genius Denied and Reclaimed: A 40-Year Retrospect on Marshall G.S. Hodgson’s The Venture of Islam – By Bruce B. Lawrence
Bruce B. Lawrence celebrates Hodgson’s moral vision Marshall Hodgson was both a genius and a visionary. While he may have seemed to be
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