Prophets of Medicine and Medicine of the Prophet: Debates on Medical Theory…
Starting from the twelfth and thirteenth centuries, an expanding corpus of medical treatises produced by scholars of religion of…
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Mathematics and the Islamic Architecture of Córdoba
10th-century Córdoba, mathematics—and particularly geometry—was applied to architectural design in new ways, constituting a…
Byzantine–Early Islamic agricultural systems in the Negev Highlands: Stages…
An extensive survey followed by OSL (optically stimulated luminescence) dating of loess accumulation in agricultural terraces at…
The Arab Agricultural Revolution and Its Diffusion, 700-1100
THE rapid spread of Islam into three continents in the seventh and eighth centuries was followed by the diffusion of an equally…
Recovering Minority Pasts: New Writings on Muslims in South Asia
Muslim identity politics in colonial India has been a subject of rich scholarly debate. Existing studies have contributed…
THE KINGDOM AND THE CALIPHATE: Duel of the Islamic States
Since late 2014 the Islamic State has declared war on Saudi Arabia and launched a series of terrorist attacks on Saudi soil…
Reasons for and Forms of Radicalization of Young Muslims in Germany
In the context of radicalization of Muslims in Europe, Salafism plays a crucial role. Thus, the focus of our research is on the…
Ansar Al-Sharia in Tunisia and the Cost of Terrorism
After the Tunisian Revolution (17 December 2010 - 14 January 2011), the issue of a general legislative amnesty was proposed,…
Radical Islamist movements in Egypt
It was widely believed that the fall of President Mohamed Morsi on 3 July 2013 constituted an important stop in the history of…
The Islamic State in Iraq and Al-Sham: Integrating the Sunni Policy in the…
Following the Sunni Arab tribal militias operations – the Sahwa (Awakening), which was planned and supervised by the US forces…
Salafi Jihadism in Lebanon
There are no Salafi Jihadi traditions rooted in Lebanon, nor well-known sheikhs or preachers that have left significant trace.…
Popular Revolutions and the Rise of Religious Radicalism in the Arab World
To many observers, it appeared that the Arab revolutions had created an appropriate atmosphere for the launch of a process to…
Is It “Al Qaeda Spring”?
In contrast to the initial expectations and indications that emerged with the beginning of the democratic Arab Spring…
The Socioeconomic Dimension of Islamist Radicalization in Egypt and Tunisia
Based on a comprehensive study of both academic publications and grey literature and informed by social movement theory, this…
The rise of islamism in contemporary Syria: from Muslim Brotherhood to…
The present research aims to present the growth of political and militant Islam and its main representatives in Syria, starting…
Muslim Networks and Movements in Western Europe
Over the past two decades, the number of Muslims living in Western Europe has steadily grown, rising from less than 10 million…
Islamic Pop Culture in Indonesia
Since the late 1990s the development of an Islamic pop culture in Indonesia has taken place. One of the most conspicuous symbols…
The Potential Industry of Islamic Tourism in ASEAN Countries
ASEAN countries are rich with natural resources and historical heritage. The high number of Muslim populations in ASEAN…
Female religious agents in Morocco: Old practices and new perspectives
In order to discuss female Moroccan sainthood in Chapter Four, I first will explore some contexts. In this chapter, I will…