The Risalat al-'Uthmaniyya of al-Jahiz, written in the tenth century, has been considered a major work, from a literary as well as from a polemical standpoint. It is an eloquent defense of the orthodox Sunni position concerning the caliphate in Islam and supports the superiority…
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The purpose of this study is to investigate the position of al-Baghdadi (d. 463/1070) as an educational theorist, and the extent to which he may have served as a source for the educational treatises of scholars who followed him, such as al-Ghazzali (d. 505/1111), as-Sam'ani (d. …
This thesis is a response to the riddle of 'Umar ibn al-Khattab in Bukhari 's Kitab al-Jami'it as-Sahi h: Namely, how is it possible for 'Umar to be at once the staunchest defender of the prophetic tradition and yet, at the same time, in disagreement with the Prophet himself? Ju…
Since the late nineteenth century, modern Palestinian resistance poetry has been an expression of the Palestinian peoples’ national culture and their historical struggle for self-determination and a homeland. This study examines Palestinian resistance poetry written during the t…