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Islam and the Search for African American Nationhood: Elijah Muhammad, Louis Farrakhan, and the Nation of Islam

Book by Dennis Walker; Clarity, 2005

Subjects:

African American Muslims--History, African Americans--Religion--History, Elijah Muhammad--1897-, Farrakhan, Louis, Nation Of Islam (Chicago, Ill.), United States--Race Relations--History

Collections: Religious Studies, History, Entire Library

...the Nation of Islam's Minister...loans section of the Australian...International Law at the University...system or school of religious law in Islam. Maghrib...Sunni Muslim law, determined during classical Islam, which is supposed...Islamic way of life. From...
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The Heritage of Islam: Women, Religion, and Politics in West Africa

Book by Lucy Creevey, Barbara Callaway; Lynne Rienner, 1994

Subjects:

Islam--Social Aspects--Africa, West, Muslim Women--Nigeria, Muslim Women--Senegal, Women--Africa, West--Social Conditions, Women--Legal Status, Laws, Etc. (Islamic Law)--Africa, West

Collections: Religious Studies, History, Entire Library

...defiance of Islamic law Bivar and Hiskett...for the existence of a more orthodox Islam in Nigeria than...Thus, the written law of Islam interacted with each...some interpreters of contemporary Islam, Muslim law can be reinterpreted...
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The Oxford History of Islam

Book by John L. Esposito; Oxford University Press, 1999

Subjects:

Islam--History

Collections: Religious Studies, History, Entire Library

...FAITH AND PRACTICE IN ISLAM Vincent J Cornell...CHAPTER THREE Law and Society THE INTERPLAY OF REVELATION AND REASON...before the rise of Islam, Arabic had no tradition of written literature...history, biography, law, theology, philosophy...
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The Jews of Islam

Book by Bernard Lewis; Princeton University Press, 1984

Subjects:

Islam--Relations--Judaism, Islamic Countries--Ethnic Relations, Jews--Islamic Countries, Judaism--Relations--Islam

Collections: Religious Studies, History, Entire Library

...however, it is still part of the Holy Law of Islam and must be respected and defended...established and sanctified by the Holy Law of Islam, and thus imperiling their souls...maintenance and application of the Holy Law of Islam. Later, when the Holy Law in all...
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The Formation of Islam: Religion and Society in the Near East, 600-1800

Book by Jonathan P. Berkey; Cambridge University Press, 2003

Subjects:

Islam--Middle East--History, Middle East--Civilization--History, Middle East--Religion--History

Collections: Religious Studies, History, Entire Library

Jonathan Berkey surveys the religious history of the peoples of the Near East from approximately 600 to 1800 c.e. After examining the religious scene in the Near East in late antiquity, he investigates Islam's first century, the "classical" period from the accession of the Abbasids to the rise of ...
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Jonathan Berkey surveys the religious history of the peoples of the Near East from approximately 600 to 1800 c.e. After examining the religious scene in the Near East in late antiquity, he investigates Islam's first century, the "classical" period from the accession of the Abbasids to the rise of the Buyid amirs. He then traces the emergence of new forms of Islam in the middle period, deftly showing how Islam emerged slowly as part of a prolonged process.
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The Rise of Islam

Journal article by L. Michael Spath; The Historian, Vol. 69, 2007

Subjects:

Books--Book reviews, The Rise of Islam (Book)--Book reviews

Collections: Religious Studies, History, Entire Library

...to the list of good introductions to the origins of Islam for upper-level high school social science or first-year...religious movement was born and has thrived; its discussion of the origins of Islamic law, spirituality and theology, mysticism, philosophy...
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Bargach, Jamila. Orphans of Islam: Family, Abandonment, and Secret Adoption in Morocco

Journal article by Vincent Crapanzano; Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, Vol. 9, 2003

Subjects:

Orphans of Islam: Family, Abandonment, and Secret Adoption in Morocco (Book)--Reviews

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...2002 Orphans of Islam is an impassioned study of what Jamila Bargach...Morocco (as in Islamic law) is the gift of care...into the intricacies of Moroccan family law, which are nicely described...of the idealization of tire law and the way it serves...
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Voices of Islam in Southeast Asia: A Contemporary Sourcebook

Journal article by Judith Nagata; Pacific Affairs, Vol. 80, 2007

Subjects:

Books--Book reviews, Voices of Islam in Southeast Asia: A Contemporary Sourcebook (Book)--Book reviews

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...representativeness of the sources is unbalanced, such that the bulk of the entries on "Islam, State and Governance" concern Malaysia, Indonesia and...Philippines, while the numerous sections on Shariah and law focus heavily on Malaysia, a specialty of one of the...
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Piety and Politics: Nurcholish Madjid and His Interpretation of Islam in Modern Indonesia

Journal article by Mark Woodward; SOJOURN: Journal of Social Issues in Southeast Asia, Vol. 22, 2007

Subjects:

Books--Book reviews, Piety and Politics: Nurcholish Madjid and His Interpretation of Islam in Modern Indonesia (Book)--Book reviews

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...Indonesian Society for the Propagation of Islam) headed by Natsir. Nurcholish was, for a...fostering the religious and political agendas of Islamic modernism which included the reformulation...courses on religious subjects including law, mysticism theology, and philosophy for...
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Toleration and Tyranny in Rawls's "Law of Peoples" *

Journal article by Luis Cabrera; Polity, Vol. 34, 2001

Subjects:

Despotism--Moral and ethical aspects, Law of Peoples (Book)--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Rawls, John--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Representative government and representation--Moral and ethical aspects, Toleration--Moral and ethical aspects

Collections: Entire Library

...Muslim majority does. Kazanistans system of law does not institute the separation of church and state. Islam is the favored religion, and only Muslims can hold...

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When Sharia Becomes the Law of the Land NIGERIA KNOWS THE FUTURE

Magazine article by Leo Igwe; Free Inquiry, Vol. 20, Fall 2000

Subjects:

Islam and state--Nigeria, Islamic law--Nigeria, Nigeria--Politics and government

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, Entire Library

...Becomes the Law of the Land NIGERIA...dominated by Islam look like...the Sharia law, banned prostitution...and drinking of alcohol, and...religions--Islam and Christianity...the Islamic law is implemented...to be one of the freest...blasphemes Islam. In December...
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The Party of the Martyrs: The Shia Branch of Islam Was Born in Violent Death and Has Suffered from Centuries of Persecution. the US Needs to Understand That, If It Wants a Better Iraq

Magazine article by Ziauddin Sardar; New Statesman, Vol. 132, April 28, 2003

Subjects:

Islam--History, Islamic theology--Analysis

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...the Shia branch of Islam was born in violent...suffered from centuries of persecution. The...cousin and son-in-law of the Prophet Muhammad...distinctive, institution of Shia Islam is the imamate...Sayyid Fadhil Milani of Iraq, argue that Islamic law needs to be reformed...
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The Rebirth of Islam in Russia

Magazine article by Chris Kutschera; The Middle East, June 2002

Subjects:

Church colleges--Social aspects, Communist Party (Russia)--Social aspects, Islam--Russia, Minority aged--Social aspects, Minority women--Social aspects, Muslims in non-Muslim countries--Social aspects, Muslims--Practice, Russia--Social aspects

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...implement a `balanced policy between the two religions, and the fact that "all religions are equal in the eyes of the law". Claiming that "Islam in Tatarstan is a tolerant Islam," Rinat Nabiev adds that "presently there is no conflict" between the two...
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Why Critical Scrutiny of Islam Is an Utmost Necessity: Can Reason Blunt Fanaticism

Magazine article by Syed Kamran Mirza; Free Inquiry, Vol. 22, Spring 2002

Subjects:

Fundamentalism--Social aspects, Islam--Social aspects, World Trade Center and Pentagon Attacks, 2001--Social aspects

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, Entire Library

...strictly enforce the 1,400-year-old Sharia law. in all the rest governments are more or...strongly influenced by Sharia. In consequence of Islams resurgence, Muslim societies are going backward all over the world. Islam is the only major world religion today in...
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The Demystification of Islam

Magazine article by Richard H. Nethe; The Humanist, Vol. 62, November 2002

Subjects:

Arab countries--International relations, Epilepsy, Experience (Religion)--Physiological aspects, Islam, Islam and politics, Islam--History, Islamic fundamentalism--Social aspects, Islamic history, Islamic militants, Muhammad--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Muslims--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Religious experience--Physiological aspects

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...some voices within Islam are finally being...signaling the beginning of a similar effort...application of Islamic law to a more liberal...the Prophets--once Islam was established...accounts and views of the different faiths...society in respect to law, one must conclude...

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How I Escaped from a Brutal Honour Killing; as the Met Reopens the Files on 117 Unexplained Deaths, a Young Wife Risks Her Life to Reveal the Brutality Inflicted upon Women Who Dare to Challenge Their Husbands ... and the Law of Islam

Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), June 28, 2004

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

...Their Husbands ... and the Law of Islam. Byline: DAVID COHEN...allowed within 100 miles of me." But Tara, supported...police that under Sharia law, a married man can have...divorce if they fall out of love. The law must protect women like...
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Rice to Face Greek, Kurd Issues; Role of Islam Raises Concerns

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, April 24, 2006

Subjects:

Islam, Kurds

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

...growing feud over the role of Islam will greet Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice...Turkish anti-terrorism law, described by European...prone to abuse. The planned law largely was prompted by...radicals to create "a climate of fear and chaos" in cities...
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Americans View Muslims Favorably; but a Pew Survey Finds Public Remains Suspicious of Islam

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, March 23, 2006

Subjects:

Americans--Reports, Americans--Surveys, Islam--Reports, Muslims--Reports, Muslims--Surveys

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

...small radical group," not "the people of Islam." Mrs. Hughes also spoke yesterday about...Constitution, which guarantees the right of an individual to freedom of religion," she...Advancement. "It is a travesty of Islamic law and Islamic thought" that these principles...
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Minister of Islam Undergoes Surgery: Farrakhan Visited by Jesse Jackson

Newspaper article by Leslie Koren; The Washington Times, April 1, 1999

Subjects:

Farrakhan, Louis, Jackson, Jesse

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

...being rushed to Washington. A source within the Nation of Islam told the Associated Press that Mr. Farrakhan, his family - including his wife, daughter and son-in-law - and an entourage flew to the District Tuesday from Chicago...
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Perspective: Islam Has a Long History in Britain; in the Second of a Two Part Series on Islam Awareness Week, Dr Tahir Abbas Outlines the History of Islam in Britain

Newspaper article; The Birmingham Post (England), November 26, 2005

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

...was considered to be anti-Islamic. It marked an important juncture in the development of Islam in Britain. Up until then, Muslims were seen as passive, quiet, law-abiding but perhaps also relatively inward-looking. That changed when Muslims took to...

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Muhammad , Prophet of Islam

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

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

...theocratic state and from there ruled his rapidly growing empire. Muhammads lawgiving at Medina is at least theoretically the law of Islam, and in its evolution over the next 10 years the history of the community at Medina is seen. Medina lies on the caravan...
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Islam in Africa

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

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

...European colonialists in many cases adopted Muslim law as a unifying administrative structure, rather...indigenous and often competing tribal customs of their artificially demarcated colonies. Islam in Africa has to varying degrees incorporated...
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Islam

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

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

...and Jesus. Islamic law reserves a communal...al-kitab, People of the Book, i.e., those...Jews and Christians. Islam also recognizes a...traditions predating Islam than of theoretical positions...information on Islamic law, see sharia ; for...
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Sharia

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

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

...the religious law of Islam. As Islam makes no distinction...and life, Islamic law covers not only ritual but every aspect of life. The actual codification of canonic law is the result of the concurrent evolution...formalization of Islam, as to the authority...
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Shiites

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

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

...15% of all Muslims. Shiite Islam originated as a political movement supporting Ali (cousin and son-in-law of Muhammad, the Prophet of Islam) as the rightful leader of the Islamic state. The legitimacy of this claim, as initially envisioned by Alis...

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