"Heilige Texte prägen das Leben, Denken und Handeln religiöser Individuen und Gemeinschaften. Das wird in den Beiträgen dieses Bandes aus verschiedenen Blickwinkeln beleuchtet: In den Blick kommen sowohl die Auslegung (Exegese) als auch den praktischen Gebrauch heiliger Texte. W…
Conceptual analysis. Definition and scope of wasaṭiyyah -- Review of the source evidence -- A round-up of modern opinion -- Hallmarks and types of extremism -- Manifestations of wasaṭiyyah -- Identification of wasaṭiyyah -- Institutional developments -- Thematic perspectives. Mo…
Asma Sayeed's book traces the history of Muslim women's religious education over the course of nearly ten centuries. Asma Sayeed's book explores the history of women as religious scholars from the first decades of Islam through the early Ottoman period (seventh to the seventeen…
Asma Sayeed's book traces the history of Muslim women's religious education over the course of nearly ten centuries. Asma Sayeed's book explores the history of women as religious scholars from the first decades of Islam through the early Ottoman period (seventh to the seventeen…
Asma Sayeed's book explores the history of women as religious scholars from the first decades of Islam through the early Ottoman period (seventh to the seventeenth centuries). Focusing on women's engagement with ḥadīth, this book analyzes dramatic chronological patterns in women…
Scholars debate the accuracy of the Koran, quest to discover the biographical history of Muhammad, and debate the precepts of Islamic law.
Qur'anic exegesis has become the battleground of political Islam and theological conflict among various Muslim schools of thought. Using comparative and contrastive methodology, examples from the Qur'an are investigated in the light of various theological views to delineate the …
