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The Holy City of Medina
Examines the emergence of Medina as a holy city, focusing on the historical developments of the first three Islamic centuries.
From Ambivalence to Hostility: The Arabic Newspaper Filastin and Zionism, 1911-1914
The monograph From Ambivalence to Hostility focuses on writings on Zionism published in the pre-WWI period (1911–1914) in the Arabic newspaper Filasṭīn (ʻPalestineʼ). It covers a broad range of subjects treated by the periodical including Jewish land purchases in and immigration to Palestine, violent incidents between Jewish and Arab communities, Zionist boycott and Zionist Congresses. The second chapter of the book offers a detailed analysis oft he gradual, yet profound transformation of Filasṭīnʼs editorial policy vis-à-vis Zionism before World War I.
The Origins of the Shi'a
The Sunni-Shi'a schism is often framed as a dispute over the identity of the successor to Muhammad. In reality, however, this fracture only materialized a century later in the important southern Iraqi city of Kufa (present-day Najaf). This book explores the birth and development of Shi'i identity. Through a critical analysis of legal texts, whose provenance has only recently been confirmed, the study shows how the early Shi'a carved out independent religious and social identities through specific ritual practices and within separate sacred spaces. In this way, the book addresses two seminal controversies in the study of early Islam, namely the dating of Kufan Shi'i identity and the means by which the Shi'a differentiated themselves from mainstream Kufan society. This is an important, original and path-breaking book that marks a significant development in the study of early Islamic society.
Rise of Colleges
Makdisi's important work traces the development and organisational structure of learning institutions in Islam, and reassesses scholarship on the origins and growth of the Madrasa.
Rabi'a The Mystic and her Fellow-Saints in Islam
For centuries there has been fascination, within and beyond the Islamic world, with the mystical teachings of Sufism, and with the role of the Islamic 'saints' whose life and work were important to Islamic theology. Margaret Smith's classic work, Rabi'a the Mystic, describes the teaching, life and times of one of the great women of the Islamic tradition, Rabi'a of Basra. This study has never been bettered. It is now reissued unchanged, but with a new introduction by Professor Annemarie Schimmel. This emphasises the importance of the book - and of Rabi'a herself - and questions of major importance today: the nature of mystical belief and experience, the Sufi tradition, and the role of women in the Islamic world.
The Passion of Al-Hallaj, Mystic and Martyr of Islam, Volume 4
Volume 4 of 4. Encompassing the whole milieu of early Islamic civilization, this major work of Western orientalism explores the meaning of the life and teaching of the tenth-century mystic and martyr, al-Hallaj. With profound spiritual insight and transcultural sympathy, Massignon, an Islamicist and scholar of religion, penetrates Islamic mysticism in a way that was previously unknown. Massignon traveled throughout the Middle East and western India to gather and authenticate al-Hallaj's surviving writings and the recorded facts. After assembling the extant verses and prose works of al-Hallaj and the accounts of his life and death, Massignon published La Passion d'al-Hallaj in 1922. At his de...
Grammatica Arabica
This classic text on Arabic grammar and usage is a must-read for anyone studying the Arabic language. Written by two of the most renowned scholars of the language, Albert Schultens and Thomas Erpenius, this book offers a comprehensive and detailed guide to the language, its grammar and its usage. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Mawlana Rumi Review
The Mawlana Rumi Review is an annual academic review devoted to the life, thought, poetry and legacy of Mawlana ( Our master ) Jalal al-Din Rumi (d.1273). It is a publication of the Rumi Institute, Near East University, Cyprus, and the Rumi Studies Group at the Centre for Persian and Iranian Studies, Institute of Arab & Islamic Studies, University of Exeter. The Mawlana Rumi Review publishes articles, translations, review articles, and book reviews including articles on Rumi s art of story-telling, poetic imagery, theology, spiritual psychology, ecumenism, erotic spirituality, pedagogy, hermeneutics, ethics, epistemology, prophetology, metaphysics and cosmology, the heritage of Rumi s thought in modern and medieval literary history, the interpretation and commentary on his works such as the Mathnawi and Divan-i Shams-i Tabrizi, and literary translations of his poetry."
Authority, Continuity and Change in Islamic Law
Wael B. Hallaq is regarded as one of the leading scholars in the field of Islamic law. In a path-breaking new book, the author shows how authority guaranteed both continuity and change in Islamic law. While the role of the law schools in augmenting these processes was of the essence, the author demonstrates that it was the construction of the absolutist authority of the school founder, an image which he suggests was actually developed later in history, that maintained the foundations of school methodology and hermeneutics. The defence of that methodology gave rise to an infinite variety of individual legal opinions, ultimately accommodating changes in the law. Thus the author concludes that the mechanisms of change were embedded in the very structure of Islamic law, despite its essentially conservative nature. This book will be welcomed by specialists and scholars in Islamic law for its rigour and innovation.
