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Ahab Bdaiwi איהאבּ ܐܝܗܐܒ
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Ibn Taymiyyah (1263-1328) is without a doubt a dynamic intellectual figure that left an indelible mark on the Muslim intellectual world. But was his influence in medieval times exaggerated? A
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What is love? In a symposium apparently taking place in eight-century AD Iraq a bunch of Muslim intellectuals and Greek sages get together to define “love”. A summary & loose
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Arguably the earliest expression of Shi’i religiosity was the concept of walayah (الولاية), oftentimes translated “sanctity” among other renderings. Walayah is a designation carrying different but interconnected meanings. Short
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Today Leiden University (@UniLeiden) celebrates its 446 birthday (est. 1575 AD). Leiden is especially renowned for its dedication to teach and promote Arabic and Islamic studies. A thread on the
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1/What is the nature of the Qur’an? Was it created in time? Or has it always been (قديم)? A thread on how medieval Muslim thinkers, theologians, philosophers, and jurists understood
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1/The new religious movement brought by the Prophet Muḥammad was not always called Islam. Over the course of Muḥammad public preaching in the 23 year period, we can detect more
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Did the Prophet Muḥammad follow an Arabian religion or religiosity before Islam, that is, before what Muslim accounts label the "Call to Prophecy"? A short thread based on notes for
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1/17 Short thread on Sunnism. A common mistake made by non-specialists would have us believe that the events following the death of Muḥammad in 632 AD precipitated the Shiʿi-Sunni divide.
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1/The Prophet Muḥammad died in AD 632. The question of his succession, the right to inherit the mantle of leadership, was an epochal moment in early Islam which led to
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1/Following up on an interesting point raised by Jonathan AC Brown about Avicenna & wine-drinking, I'd like to offer a few cursory remarks. One: Avicenna drank wine. His penchant for
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1/Millions of Shiʿi Muslims around the world will be celebrating what they consider the appointment and designation of ʿAlī b. Abī Ṭālib as the legitimate successor to the Prophet Muḥammad.
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1/Yesterday Sean (@shahanSean) briefly mentioned the doctrine of muḥādatha (محادثة). Typically the medieval literature describes non-prophetic person who converses with angels as muḥaddath (محدث). The prominent caliph ʿUmar
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