Anthropology

The aim of this paper is to enlighten the Yoruba Muslims, in the light of theSharīᶜah, scales that would assist them in placing…

In South-West Nigeria, the indispensability of services of exorcists cannot be overemphasized as there were numerous instances…

The present study aims at providing a linguistic analysis of the khutba in its socio-political arena. The underlying assumption…

The paper consists of seven sub-sections namely, the introduction, a flash on the prevalence of tribal proclivity in Nigeria,…

The ancient Gaochang’s four different periods of history was told and then in every historical stage of religious belief…

This article explores the ethics of the current "War on Terrorism, asking whether anthropology, the discipline devoted to…

The aim of this article is to propose an alternative methodological approach that would serve well the constructivists purpose.…

A growing body of anthropological research has turned to study Islam as a discursive tradition that informs the attempts of…

In this peeper we would argue that it is important for Islamic and western anthropology to be seriously discussed by…

In most Muslim-majority contexts in the world, this pious formula is the customary way to begin a speech, a work, or a…

This article locates imaginative aspects of human subjectivity as a feminist issue by reviewing the concept of agency in the…

This article critically addresses recent anthropological and feminist efforts to theorize and analyse Muslim women's…

A few years ago, a friend of mine felt that her life had somehow come to a standstill. After her youngest child had moved out,…

The Anthropology of Islam is a title that raises questions and certainly expectations. What is the anthropology of Islam? Why…

Abstract Islamic Anthropology and Sociology under construction is an important aspect of the Islamisation of knowledge…

This article reviews various proposals for an "Islamic anthropology" and their relation to the "anthropology of Islam." Islamic…