Bedouin and 'Abbāsid Cultural Identities(1st Edition) The Arabic Majnūn Laylā Story (Culture and Civilization in the Middle East) by RuqayyaYasmineKhan Hardcover, 244 Pages, Published 2019 by Routledge ISBN-13: 978-0-367-33394-2, ISBN: 0-367-33394-5
"This literary-historical book draws out and sheds light upon the mechanisms of "the ideological work" that the Arabic Majnūn Laylā story performed for ‘Abbāsid urbanite, imperial audiences in the wake of the disappearance of the "Bedouin cosmos." The study focuses upon the processes of primitivizing Majnūn in the romance of Majnūn Laylā as part of the paradigm shift that occurred in the ‘Abbāsid empire after the Greco-Arabian intellec ..."
"The early twenty-first century has experienced an unrivaled dissemination of information and misinformation about Islam, its prophet Muhammad, and its followers, largely facilitated by the fact that the tragedy of 9/11 roughly coincided with the advent of the digital age. In the first collection of its kind, Ruqayya Khan has compiled essays that treat Muhammad and the core elements of Islam as focal points in an exploration of how the d ..."
Self and Secrecy in Early Islam (Studies in Comparative Religion (Hardcover)) by RuqayyaYasmineKhan Hardcover, 186 Pages, Published 2008 by Univ Of South Carolina Pr ISBN-13: 978-1-57003-754-2, ISBN: 1-57003-754-X
"This book presents an original inquiry into the meanings of concealment and revelation in early Arabo-Islamic texts. In this comparative analysis of the significance of keeping and revealing secrets in early Islamic culture, Ruqayya Yasmine Khan draws from a broad range of Arabo-Islamic texts to map interconnections between concepts of secrecy and identity. In early Islamic discourse, Khan maintains, individual identity is integrally li ..."
"The early twenty-first century has experienced an unrivaled dissemination of information and misinformation about Islam, its prophet Muhammad, and its followers, largely facilitated by the fact that the tragedy of 9/11 roughly coincided with the advent of the digital age. In the first collection of its kind, Ruqayya Khan has compiled essays that treat Muhammad and the core elements of Islam as focal points in an exploration of how the d ..."
"Nurturing Child and Adolescent Spirituality: Perspectives from the World's Religious Traditions provides a forum for prominent religious scholars to examine the state of religious knowledge and theological reflection on spiritual development in childhood and adolescence. Featuring essays from thinkers representing the world's major religious traditions, the book introduces new voices, challenges assumptions, raises new questions, and br ..."
"O'Brien, “Making (Normative) Sense of the Headscarf Debate”; Rosenberger and
Sauer, eds., Politics, Religion, and Gender. 54. Korteweg and Yurdakul, “Gender
Islam and Immigrant Integration”; Doǧan, “Is Honor Killing a 'Muslim
Phenomenon'?” 55. Ali, Brick Lane. 56. Hirsi Ali, “There Is an Alternative to
Islam's Example.” 57. Pope Benedict XVI, “Faith, Reason and the University.” 58.
Yeʾor, Eurabia. See also Schwarzer, ed., Die Gotte ..."
"Encyclopaedia of Islam, Second Edition, s.v. “'Uḍhrī,” by Renate Jacobi,
accessed May 31, 2018, http://dx.doi.org.ccl.idm.oclc.org/10.1163/1573-
3912_islam_SIM_7679. 14 Ibid. 15 It is fascinating to ponder the possibility of
literary parallels ..."
""This literary-historical book draws out and sheds light upon the mechanisms of 'the ideological work' that the Arabic Majnåun Laylåa story performed for 'Abbåasid urbanite, imperial audiences in the wake of the disappearance of the ..."
"Nurturing Child and Adolescent Spirituality: Perspectives from the World's Religious Traditions provides a forum for prominent religious scholars to examine the state of religious knowledge and theological reflection on spiritual development in childhood and adolescence. Featuring essays from thinkers representing the world's major religious traditions, the book introduces new voices, challenges assumptions, raises new questions, and br ..."