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Waqf in Zaydī Yemen; Legal Theory, Codification, and Local Practice
Islamic foundations ( waqf, pl. awqāf) have been an integral part of Yemeni society both for managing private wealth and as a legal frame for charity and public infrastructure. This book focuses on four socially grounded fields of legal knowledge: fiqh, codification, individual waqf cases, and everyday waqf-related knowledge. It combines textual analysis with ethnography and seeks to understan…
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- Volume: 46
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- 978-90-04-37784-4
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Nahj al-Balāghah: The Wisdom and Eloquence of ʿAlī: A Parallel English-Ara…
Nahj al-Balāghah, the celebrated compendium of orations, letters, and sayings of ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib (d. 40/661) compiled by al-Sharīf al-Raḍī (d. 406/1015), is a masterpiece of Arabic literature and Islamic wisdom studied and memorized avidly and continually for over a thousand years. Showcasing ʿAlī’s life and travails in his own words, it also transcribes his profound reflectio…
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- Volume: 15
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- 978-90-04-68260-3
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Ḥadīth and Ethics through the Lens of Interdisciplinarity
This volume addresses the interplay of ḥadīth and ethics and contributes to examining the emerging field of ḥadīth-based ethics. The chapters cover four different sections: noble virtues ( makārim al-akhlāq) and virtuous acts ( faḍāʾil al-aʿmāl); concepts ( adab, taḥbīb, ʿuzla); disciplines ( ḥadīth transmission, gender ethics); and individual and key traditions (the ḥad…
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- Volume: 5
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- 978-90-04-52593-1
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Risiko und Unsicherheit in der modernen islamischen Praxis
Das Prinzip der Versicherungen als kalkulierbare Übernahme von Risiken entstand in Europa bereits im späten Mittelalter. Trotz ihrer hohen wirtschaftlichen Relevanz wurden sie jedoch erst im 19. Jahrhundert vollständig rechtlich institutionalisiert. In der islamischen Welt hingegen waren Versicherungen bis zur Zeit des Kolonialismus nahezu unbekannt. Als westlicher Kulturimport wurden sie da…
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- 1
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- 978-3-7329-8844-0
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- 448
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- Leipzig Middle East Studies
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(Re)presenting Brunei Darussalam
This thoughtful and wide-ranging open access volume explores the forces and issues shaping and defining contemporary identities and everyday life in Brunei Darussalam. It is a subject that until now has received comparatively limited attention from mainstream social scientists working on Southeast Asian societies. The volume helps remedy that deficit by detailing the ways in which religion, gen…
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- 978-981-19-6059-8
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- Asia in Transition
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- XXXI, 346
Fethullah Gülen’s Teaching and Practice
This is the first book of its kind about the Turkish Muslim scholar, Fethullah Gülen, since the July 2016 events in Turkey, the trauma experienced by Gülen, and the disruption to initiatives inspired by his teaching, known as Hizmet. Drawing on primary interviews with Gülen and Hizmet participants and a literature review, this Open Access book locates the clear origins of Gülen’s teaching…
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- 978-3-030-97363-6
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- XXI, 250
Hizmet in Transitions
In this open-access monograph, Paul Weller explores how the movement known as Hizmet (meaning “service”) is undergoing a period of transitions in Europe. Inspired by the teaching and practice of the Turkish Islamic scholar, Fethullah Gülen, Hizmet has been active in Europe (and other continents) for several decades. It has always been subject to some degree of contestation, which has inten…
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- XXI, 253
Islam, women's sexuality and patriarchy in Indonesia ; silent desire
Buku ini mengeksplorasi hubungan intim perkawinan perempuan Muslim Indonesia yang telah menikah. Selain menggambarkan dan menganalisis hubungan seksual mereka, buku ini juga menyelidiki bagaimana Islam memengaruhi wacana seksualitas di Indonesia, dan khususnya bagaimana ajaran Islam memengaruhi persepsi dan perilaku perempuan Muslim yang telah menikah dalam hubungan seksual mereka dengan suami …
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- 9781003042723
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- 1 online resource (252 pages)
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- 297.4 RIY i
Blaming Islam
Why fears about Muslim integration into Western society--propagated opportunistically by some on the right--misread history and misunderstand multiculturalism.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 9780262301855
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- 1 online resource (xi, 121 pages).
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Islamic science and the making of the European Renaissance
"The Islamic scientific tradition has been described many times in accounts of Islamic civilization and in general histories of science, with most authors tracing its beginnings to the appropriation of ideas from other ancient civilizations - the Greeks in particular. In this thought-provoking and original book, George Saliba argues that, contrary to the generally accepted view, the foundations…
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- 9780262282888
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- 1 online resource (xi, 315 pages) :illustrations.
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