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Late Antique Glass Carving as Cross-Craft | Journal of Late Antique, Islamic and Byzantine Studies
Focusing on the related engraving techniques of openwork and opus sectile carving as evidence, this paper demonstrates that glass production in the Eastern Mediterranean in late Antiquity was an ex...
Professor Jim Al-Khalili - On the Shoulders of Eastern Giants: The Forgotten Legacy of Medieval Physicists - Media Hopper Create
We learn at school that Isaac Newton is the father of modern optics, that Copernicus heralded the birth of astronomy, and that it is Snell's law of refraction. But what is the debt these men owe to the physicists and astronomers of the medieval
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The Ḥadīth. Edited by Mustafa Shah. Critical Concepts in Islamic Studies. London: Routledge, 2009. Pp. 1,704. £650.00. | Journal of Qur'anic Studies
serious figure in the development of Islamic law, but his view of the elaboration of ḥadīth as a deliberate construct of learned men still commands some support. ... Pages: 110 - 112. Centre of Islamic Studies, SOAS. Published in print: April 2011.
MSc by Research in IMES | Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies | Literatures Languages and Culture
Develop your research skills and join a thriving and diverse community of research students in Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies (IMES).
Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies Research Seminar Series: Glaire Anderson | Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies | Literatures Languages and Culture
Join us on campus for a seminar by Dr Glaire Anderson (Edinburgh College of Art, University of Edinburgh) on Islamic visual art culture, video games and public impact.
The qamīṣ in Sūrat Yūsuf: A Prolegomenon to the Material Culture of Garments in the Formative Islamic Period | Journal of Qur'anic Studies
Garments both reveal and cover. The recurring appearance of Yūsuf's qamīṣ, or shirt, in the twelfth sura of the Qur'an clearly functions as a literary device unifying the plot and signifying, in th...
Anver M Emon, ISLAMIC NATURAL LAW THEORIES Oxford: Oxford University Press (www.oup.com), 2010. x + 222 pp. ISBN 9780199579006. £55. | Edinburgh Law Review
Anver M Emon, ISLAMIC NATURAL LAW THEORIES Oxford: Oxford University Press (www.oup.com), 2010. ... In sum, this is an excellently written book which sheds a world of fresh light onto Islamic philosophy and jurisprudence.
The Logic of Law Making in Islam: Women and Prayer in the Legal Tradition. By Behnam Sadeghi. Cambridge Studies in Islamic Civilization. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2013. Pp. 215+xxi. £ 64.99. ISBN 978 1 107 009097. | Journal of Qur'anic Studies
By Behnam Sadeghi. Cambridge Studies in Islamic Civilization. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2013. ... In itself, this topic is a notable contribution to the study of Islamic law.