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Books on: islam koran

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Women and the Koran: The Status of Women in Islam

Book by Anwar Hekmat; Prometheus Books, 1997

Subjects:

Muslim Women, Women In Islam, Women In The Koran

Collections: Religious Studies, History, Entire Library

Hekmat explains how Arab society evolved from a polytheistic, pre-Islamic culture featuring female equality to one in which men dominate & women are little more than chattel, some forced into marriage at nine years old! Written by a distinguished former Muslim scholar.
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The Koran: A Very Short Introduction

Book by Michael A. Cook; Oxford University Press, 2000

Subjects:

Koran--Criticism, Interpretation, Etc

Collections: Religious Studies, History, Entire Library

The Koran has constituted a remarkably resilient core of identity and continuity for a religious tradition that is now in its fifteenth century. In this Very Short Introduction, Michael Cook provides a lucid and direct account of the significance of the Koran both in the modern world and in that of ...
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The Koran has constituted a remarkably resilient core of identity and continuity for a religious tradition that is now in its fifteenth century. In this Very Short Introduction, Michael Cook provides a lucid and direct account of the significance of the Koran both in the modern world and in that of traditional Islam. He gives vivid accounts of its role in Muslim civilization, illustrates the diversity of interpretations championed by traditional and modern commentators, discusses the processes by which the book took shape, and compares it to other scriptures and classics of the historic cultures of Eurasia.
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The Koran Interpreted

Book by Arthur J. Arberry; Macmillan, 1955

Subjects:

Koran--English

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, Literature, Entire Library

...European through the Koran. And Gibbon and...attitude towards Islam. Yet the superiority...cent allegiance to Islam in the communities...1841 text of the Koran edited by Gustav...interpretation of the Koran progress more rapidly...was a convert to Islam; he was also a man...
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With Reverence for the Word: Medieval Scriptural Exegesis in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam

Book by Jane Dammen McAuliffe, Barry D. Walfish, Joseph W. Goering; Oxford University Press, 2003

Subjects:

Bible--Criticism, Interpretation, Etc--History--Middle Ages, 600-1500, Koran--Criticism, Interpretation, Etc--History--Middle Ages, 600-1500

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

This volume is the first trilateral exploration of medieval scriptural interpretation. The vast literature written during the medieval period is one of both great diversity and numerous cross-cultural similarities. These essays explore this rich heritage of biblical and qur'anic interpretation.
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Islam and the West: Proceedings of the Harvard Summer School Conference on the Middle East, July 25-27, 1955

Book by Richard N. Frye; Mouton & Co, 1957

Subjects:

Islam, Islamic Countries--Politics And Government

Collections: Religious Studies, History, Entire Library

ISLAM AND THE WEST ISLAM AND THE WEST PROCEEDINGS OF THE HARVARD SUMMER SCHOOL CONFERENCE...41 Dankwart A. Rustow, "Politics and Islam in Turkey 1920-1955" 69 Howard A...

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Journal Articles on: islam koran

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A Challenge to Islam for Reformation: The Rediscovery and Reliable Reconstruction of a Comprehensive Pre-Islamic Christian Hymnal Hidden in the Koran under Earliest Islamic Reinterpretations

Journal article by Diana Steigerwald; The Journal of the American Oriental Society, Vol. 124, 2004

Subjects:

A Challenge to Islam for Reformation: The Rediscovery and Reliable Reconstruction of a Comprehensive Pre-Islamic Christian Hymnal Hidden in the Koran under Earliest Islamic Reinterpretations (Book), Books--Book reviews

Collections: Religious Studies, History, Entire Library

...Christian Hymnal Hidden in the Koran under Earliest Islamic Reinterpretations...Steigerwald A Challenge to Islam for Reformation: The Rediscovery...Christian Hymnal Hidden in the Koran under Earliest Islamic Reinterpretations...vorislamisch-christlichen Strophenlieder im Koran, 2nd rev. ed. (Erlangen: Verlagsbuchhandlung...
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Western Images of Islam, 1700-1900

Journal article by Philip Almond; The Australian Journal of Politics and History, Vol. 49, 2003

Subjects:

Christianity and other religions--Islam, Koran (Sacred text)--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Koran (Sacred text)--Translations and translating, Muhammad--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Muhammad--Influence, Muhammad--Public opinion

Collections: Religious Studies, History, Entire Library

...28) Sale, The Koran, p. 38. See also...Robert D. Osborn, Islam under the Arabs...an awareness that Islam did not endorse sexual...other men, which the Koran imposes upon Women...4. (52) Muir, "Islam and Christianity...Weil, The Bible, the Koran, and the Talmud...
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The Word of God: What Can Christians Learn from Muslim Attitudes toward the Qur'an? *

Journal article by Alfons Teipen; Journal of Ecumenical Studies, 2001

Subjects:

Christianity and other religions--Islam, Koran (Sacred text)--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...for All Seasons: Islam and Western Modernity...Lester, "What Is the Koran?" Atlantic Monthly...angels-cult predating Islam (Gunther Luling...Strophenlieder im Koran Erlangen: Verlagshandlung...Die Verszdhlung des Koran nach islamischer...Encyclopaedia of Islam, new ed. (Leiden...
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Reading the Signs: A Qur'anic Perspective on Thinking

Journal article by Mohammad Hashim Kamali; Islam & Science, Vol. 4, 2006

Subjects:

Intellect--Religious aspects, Intelligence (Psychology)--Religious aspects, Intelligence levels--Religious aspects, Islam--Religious aspects, Islam--United States, Koran (Sacred work)--Criticism and interpretation, Sacred books--Criticism and interpretation

Collections: Religious Studies, Psychology, Entire Library

...and inquisitive approach to constructing a worldview of Islam. Islam, in other words, advises analytical knowledge and understanding...tapping these sources of knowledge that "the spirit of Islam is seen at its best." The Quran sees the signs of reality...
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The Question of Cosmogenesis-The Cosmos as a Subject of Scientific Study

Journal article by Seyyed Hossein Nasr; Islam & Science, Vol. 4, 2006

Subjects:

Cosmology--Origin, Cosmology--Religious aspects, Cosmology--Research, Islam--Religious aspects, Islam--United States, Koran (Sacred work)--Criticism and interpretation

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...in one way or another with this problem. Islam and the sciences cultivated in its bosom...other branches of the natural sciences. Islam insists that the cosmos, no matter how...change in the Divine Nature, a thesis that Islam could not accept, or one would have to...

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Magazine Articles on: islam koran

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How to Take Islam Back to Reason: Far from Being Anti-Science, as George Carey Suggests, the Koran Demands Scientific Study. Now Muslim Leaders Are Planning Its Revival and Hope to Restore a Golden Age, Reports Ziauddin Sardar

Magazine article by Ziauddin Sardar; New Statesman, Vol. 133, April 5, 2004

Subjects:

Islam and politics--Analysis, Islam and science--Analysis, Islam--Analysis, Religion and science--Analysis, Science--Analysis, Science--Religious aspects

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

How to Take Islam Back to Reason: Far from Being...as George Carey Suggests, the Koran Demands Scientific Study. Now...encourages its pursuit. Indeed, Islam considers it as essential for human survival. The Koran devotes almost one-third of...
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What Is the Koran?

Magazine article by Toby Lester; The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 283, January 1999

Subjects:

Islam--History, Islamic history, Islamic law--Interpretation and construction, Koran (Sacred work)--Criticism and interpretation

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...evolved to explain the Koran and the rise of Islam, the most important elements...the revelation of the Koran and the early years of Islam are ultimately derived...understanding of the Koran and Islamic history. Yet Islam became one of the worlds...
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Islam's First Terrorists: Clive Foss Introduces the Kharijites, a Radical Sect from the First Century of Islam Based in Southern Iraq and Iran, Who Adopted an Extreme Interpretation of the Koran, Ruthless Tactics and Opposed Hereditary Political Leadership. after Causing Centuries of Problems to the Caliphate, They Survive in a Quietist Form in East Africa and Oman

Magazine article by Clive Foss; History Today, Vol. 57, December 2007

Subjects:

Ideology--History, Ideology--Political aspects, Islamic militants--History, Kharijites--History, Kharijites--Military aspects, Political ideologies--History, Terrorists--History

Collections: Religious Studies, History, Entire Library

...First Century of Islam Based in Southern...Interpretation of the Koran, Ruthless Tactics...first dynasty of Islam after Alis death...when they raised the Koran on their lances and...the precepts of the Koran. No free man was...formative centuries of Islam. Such a doctrine...
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Islam: A Woman Breaks a Taboo

Magazine article by Allegra Stratton; New Statesman, Vol. 134, March 28, 2005

Subjects:

Imams--Powers and duties, Islam--Laws, regulations and rules, Islam--Rites, ceremonies and celebrations, Islam--United States, Koran (Sacred work)--Criticism and interpretation, Muslims, Women priests

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

Islam: A Woman Breaks a Taboo. by...Amina Wadud, a feminist scholar of the Koran, led a congregation of 100 people...from diverse Islamic documents. The Koran does not directly address whether women...Cairos Al-Azhar mosque elaborated: Islam permits women to lead other women in...
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Islam and Armageddon: Looking Behind the Myths

Magazine article by Ibn Al-Rawandi; Free Inquiry, Vol. 22, Spring 2002

Subjects:

Fundamentalism--Social aspects, Iran--Religious aspects, Islam--Doctrines, Koran (Sacred text)--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Violence--Religious aspects, World Trade Center and Pentagon Attacks, 2001--Social aspects

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, Entire Library

Islam and Armageddon: Looking behind the myths by Ibn Al-Rawandi...Suddenly, everyone, or so it seems, is an expert on Islam. From presidents and prime ministers to the humblest hack, all are ready to lecture the public on what real Islam is. If this knowledge is so readily available to such unlikely...

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Newspaper Articles on: islam koran

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The King Speaks

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, September 14, 2005

Subjects:

Islam, Koran (Sacred work)

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...teachings in the Bible and Koran alike, Abdullah, who assumed...extremists" who do not speak for Islam. He told the audience that...extremists who have tried to hijack Islam over the last 100 years. They do not speak for Islam any more than a Christian...
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Dutch Film to Slam Islam; Movie Mixes Verses of Koran, Terrorist Attacks

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, February 29, 2008

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

Dutch Film to Slam Islam; Movie Mixes Verses of Koran, Terrorist Attacks...will show that the Koran isnt a dead work, but the face of Islam - a tremendous hazard...ripping up half the Koran and the fight against Islam. This shows extremely...
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A Victory for Islam; Breakthrough for Moslem Parents in Fight for Koran-Only Religious Education

Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), February 5, 1996

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

A Victory for Islam; Breakthrough for Moslem Parents in Fight for Koran-Only Religious Education...only the fundamentals of Islam. The children, representing...lessons based solely on the Koran. But the Moslems have...teaching our children Islam, we give them universal...
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The Pope on the Koran: A Clarification

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, January 21, 2006

Subjects:

Islam

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

The Pope on the Koran: A Clarification...nor did I, that "Islam is incapable of...that it was the Koran that was referred to, not Islam. The comparison...Christian Bible and the Koran, not between Christianity and Islam. I said, paraphrasing...
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Misquoting Koran Only Fuels Terror; Letters

Newspaper article; The Mail on Sunday (London, England), September 24, 2006

Subjects:

Islam

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...translations of quotes from the Koran that are meant to make people believe that mainstream Islam is out to be at war with...about general, mainstream Islam, there is plenty of quoting...examination and scrutiny of Islam so that the UK becomes aware...

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Encyclopedia Articles on: islam koran

2 results

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Qur'An

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

QURAN or Koran koran , ran Arab.,=reading, recitation, the sacred book of Islam. Revealed by God to the Prophet...I. Toshihiko, God and Man in the Koran (1964); R. Bell, Introduction to the Koran (2d ed. 1970); K. Cragg, The Event...
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Shafi'I, Al-

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...Baghdad. His teachings laid the groundwork for the Shafii school of Sunni Islam, one of four such schools. The Shafii school gives equal weight to the traditions (hadith) and the Koran, emphasizing the consensus (ijma) of the Islamic community as the most...

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