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PhD Thesis: "The Representation of Islam and Islamic Culture in Realist and Magical Realist Contemporary Literature"

PhD Thesis: "The Representation of Islam and Islamic Culture in Realist and Magical Realist Contemporary Literature"

2023-04-06
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A Cultural Critique of Western Representation of Islam Author: Norah Al-Abdallah University: Birkbeck, University of London Date of Award: 2022 Abstract: This thesis examines the way in which cultural critique and representation of Islamic tradi...
Joseph Campbell, Shiʿism, and the Karbala Narrative

Joseph Campbell, Shiʿism, and the Karbala Narrative

2023-01-25
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Author: Amina Inloes Published in: British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies Publisher: Routledge Abstract: While Islam, like any major religion, should have its own mythos, the idea that Islam has myth has met with resistance. This paper utilize...
From Partial to Complete: Juristic Authority in Twelver Shi‘ism

From Partial to Complete: Juristic Authority in Twelver Shi‘ism

2020-08-05
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Author: Liyakat Takim Published in: Journal of South Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, Vol. 43, No. 4 (Summer 2020), pp. 6-27 Publisher: Villanova University Liyakat Takim is Professor, the Sharjah Chair in Global Islam at McMaster University in C...
Book review: SHI’I ISLAM: Origins, Faith and Practices

Book review: SHI’I ISLAM: Origins, Faith and Practices

2014-06-25
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Review of the book SHI’I ISLAM: Origins, Faith and Practices by Mohammad A.Shomali.
Doctrines of Shi‘i Islam: A Compendium of Imami Beliefs and Practices

Doctrines of Shi‘i Islam: A Compendium of Imami Beliefs and Practices

2014-06-17
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Review of the book Doctrines of Shi‘i Islam: A Compendium of Imami Beliefs and Practices by Ayatullah Ja‘far Sobhani.
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The American famous Metropolitan Museum of Art has published on its official website, an art painting, dating back to the Ottoman era, which lists what it described the first historical stages le...

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