Human salvation is amongst the most important topic within all religions and schools of thought including Islam. To provide means for attainment of salvation religions delivered their teachings through scriptures and role models. Role models are not only believed to be chosen by…
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This thesis offers an in-depth analysis of Nigerian Feminism, using the Amina Lawal case as a case study. The 2002 conviction of this Nigerian woman for adultery and the sentence of death by stoning had the international community in an uproar. Because of Lawal's successful acqu…
In a post 9/11world, many policy makers, educational leaders, teachers, and parents are concerned about how to best address the unique needs of Muslim American students. Recognizing that different school options are available, it is important to know how school environments, pee…
This research constructs the historical evolution of the Islamic movement in Somalia from 1950 to 2000, focusing on the Islah (Islaax ) Movement as a case study. The thesis is divided according to four chronological phases: the Islamic revival, the growth of Islamic consciousnes…
With a history of oppression and institutionalized racism, research has shown, African American men have been, and remain challenged in the role of provider (husband and father). As the African American community has survived many social obstacles, there are several factors that…
This dissertation seeks to contribute to our understanding of the Quran and ultimately to the situating of pre-Islamic Arabia in its Late Antique context. The core argument is that Quranic retellings of Biblical narratives are often much more indebted to the Christian Syriac tra…
Abu al-Qasim Mah[dotbelow]mud b. 'Umar al-Zamakhshari Jar Allah is one of the last widely known and outstanding H[dotbelow]anafi Mu'tazilite scholars who made important contributions in the fields of Qur'anic exegesis, theology, and Arabic linguistics. Primarily, his fame rests …
The thousands of Qur'anic school students (taalibes ) flooding the urban streets of Senegal, West Africa, each day begging for spare change to support their schools (daaras ) and scraps of food are inciting a burgeoning humanitarian movement consisting of international non-gover…
The earliest hadith collections treat the precedent of the Companions as a significant source of law, yet in time some of the most distinguished thinkers of Islamic history would categorically deny the legal authority of the Companions. How did reliance on a legal source that wa…
This dissertation examines Muslim reformers' interpretation of a number of difficult passages in the Qur'an that have often been regarded as obstacles to inter-religious relations. As is known, several passages of the Qur'an are polemical in nature, especially against Jews and C…
In this study, I examine some Qur'anic stories from a narratological perspective and develop a sustained discussion of Qur' anic narrative. I focus on the following sections in the Qur' an: Surat Al `Imran 3:33-62, Surat Maryam 19:1-58, Surat Y usuf , Surat T[dotbelow]aha and Su…
This dissertation studies the transmission of the variant readings of the Qur'an, the canonization of the system Readings, and the emergence of the non-canonical (shawadhdh ) readings. I argue that Ibn Mujahid and the Muslim scholars before him had different criteria from the la…
Sufis have long been known for their talk of "love and beauty." While there is much scholarship on love in Sufism, there has been very little scholarly attempt at a systematic analysis of the significance of beauty in Sufi worldview. One of the reasons for this is that while Suf…
This dissertation focuses on one of the most popular medieval Muslim figures in modern times, Ibn Kathir. I argue that Ibn Kathir's work reflects a critical theological struggle in the history of Islam between those who emphasized the original sources of the Qur'an and prophetic…
Despite the central place of tawba in Islamic faith and practice, tawba has to date been the subject of very little serious academic research. The purpose of this study is to fill something of this scholarly lacuna by examining early Sufi approaches to this concept with a partic…
This thesis is an attempt to study the Quran as a literary work using two of the recently proposed approaches: thematic coherence of the Quran, and Semitic rhetoric. To effectively conduct this study, surah structure and literary devices are investigated, and a deep study is con…
Bible translators in Muslim contexts approach the importance of recipient context and Muslim understanding of the translated texts differently in determining whether a translation is effective. I have used a theoretical model of hermeneutics developed by Shaw and Van Engen as th…
The story of Adam and Eve, their creation and transgression, constitutes an enduring presence in world history, literature and art, especially for those who claim the legacy of Genesis as their own primordial history. Across religious traditions, interpretations of creation narr…
This dissertation addresses the question of whether or not Christians in Arabic-speaking milieus are justified in making positive apologetic use of qur'anic points of contact in their explanations of the Bible and Christian doctrines. Chapter one situates this topic within the h…
This dissertation explores the application of narrative analysis to five Qur'anic stories in Surat al-Kahf, the eighteenth chapter of the Qur'an. Traditional Qur'anic exegesis treats the narratives atomistically, giving great attention to the historical details, whilst contempor…