2.1.5 Ibn Khaldun and Islamic History and Polities
Ibn Khaldun traced the importance of geography on state power and Islam's spread. CC BY-NC 4.0 CA (Khamseh of Nizami/"Sultan Sanjar and the Old Woman")
Ibn Khaldun traced the importance of geography on state power and Islam's spread. CC BY-NC 4.0 CA (Khamseh of Nizami/"Sultan Sanjar and the Old Woman")
Religion isn’t a native term used by ordinary religious people, it is a term created by scholars. (Remedios/"Archway at the Alhambra Palace")
What is the role of humanity in the Islamic worldview? (Riza `Abbasi/"Hunters at a Stream, ca. 1625")
How can we integrate critical and scientific and rational thought with traditional Islamic sciences? (Larry Koester/"Zaytuna Mosque")
In the context of British colonialism, how did South Asian Muslim scholars grapple with the possibilities and dangers of Hindu-Muslim friendship?
Classical and contemporary exegetes have turned a limited instruction into a justification of pervasive male authority over women. (Jaguar MENA/"World Driving Day")
Gender equality means laws that permit women to enjoy dignity, security and respect in the family and full participation in society. (UN Women/"Musawah")
When embodied experiences of injustice come up against religious texts that produce gendered injustice, it may be necessary to move "beyond" the text. (Stefanie Eisenschenk/"Isfahan Women's Mosque")
Since God is just and all-knowing, how should we confront "the possibility that the Qur'an may not be reconcilable with contemporary values of male-female equality"? (Michał Huniewicz/"Library")
How can feminist pedagogy shift or expand the way we understand religious texts? (Jim Boud/”Colorful Family”)