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and philosophical theories that Muslim philosophers developed throughout the intellectual history of the Islamic tradition. The present issue of Religious Studies Archives tries to draw the attention ...

George Makdisi has brought together six of the most distinguished scholars in the field to explore the religion and culture of medieval Islam. This is an original and stimulating exchange. Makdisi's ...

are merely "defective variants" of God's best religion--Islam. This supreme confidence is bolstered by Islam's glorious early history. Then, Islamic culture was the world's most advanced.

which includes actual or alleged historical messages of Muhammad and other material on the early history of Islam. Therefore, as it is the second most important source of Islamic religion and ...

Converts lived in a world of overlapping and competing religious, cultural, social, and familial affiliations, and the effects of turning to Islam played out in every aspect of life. Conversion ...

Islam is the dominant religion in Niger, shaping the country’s social and cultural fabric. The majority of Niger’s Muslims ...

Eleven-year-old Sara gives a brief guide to her religion by describing the Five Pillars of Islam, the main rules Muslims try to live by. The Five Pillars are declaring your faith in God ...

Where does the history of Muslims in America begin? With enslaved African Muslims brought to the U.S. in the 1600s? In the 1930s, when the Nation of Islam was established by Wallace Fard Muhammad in ...