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Khaled Keshk
The Historiography of an Execution: The Killing of Hujr b. lhringAdi
Journal of Islamic Studies 2008 19: 1-35; doi:10.1093/jis/etm056 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Rebecca Masterton
Islamic Mystical Resonances in Fulbe Literature
Journal of Islamic Studies Advance Access published on February 1, 2007
Journal of Islamic Studies 2008 19: 36-58; doi:10.1093/jis/etl072 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Ghalib Anabsi
Popular Beliefs As Reflected in ‘Merits of Palestine and Syria’ (Fadarhringil al-Sham) Literature: Pilgrimage Ceremonies and Customs in the Mamluk and Ottoman Periods
Journal of Islamic Studies 2008 19: 59-70; doi:10.1093/jis/etm057 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Kambiz GhaneaBassiri
The Epistemological Foundation of Conceptions of Justice in Classical Kalam: A Study of lhringAbd al-Jabbar's al-Mughni and Ibn al-Baqillani's al-Tamhid
Journal of Islamic Studies 2008 19: 71-96; doi:10.1093/jis/etm058 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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Sajjad H. Rizvi
Gods and Humans in Islamic Thought: lhringAbd al-Jabbar, Ibn Sina and al-Ghazali • BY MAHA ELKAISY-FRIEMUTH
Journal of Islamic Studies 2008 19: 97-100; doi:10.1093/jis/etm074 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Jules Janssens
Chance and Determinism in Avicenna and Averroes • BY CATARINA BELO
Journal of Islamic Studies 2008 19: 100-104; doi:10.1093/jis/etm066 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Thérese-Anne Druart
The Reception of Aristotle's Metaphysics in Avicenna's Kitab al-Shifarhring: A Milestone of Western Metaphysical Thought • BY AMOS BERTOLACCI
Journal of Islamic Studies 2008 19: 104-106; doi:10.1093/jis/etm064 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Sajjad H. Rizvi
The Nature of Time and Consciousness in Islam • BY HABIBUDDIN AHMED
Journal of Islamic Studies 2008 19: 107-108; doi:10.1093/jis/etm073 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Mohammad Akram Nadwi
The Origins and Evolution of Islamic Law • BY WAEL B. HALLAQ
Journal of Islamic Studies 2008 19: 109-115; doi:10.1093/jis/etm061 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Christopher Melchert
Narrative Social Structure: Anatomy of the Hadith Transmission Network, 610–1505 • BY RECEP SENTURK
Journal of Islamic Studies 2008 19: 115-117; doi:10.1093/jis/etm069 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Mohammad Talib
Why the French Don’t Like Headscarves: Islam, the State, and Public Space • BY JOHN R. BOWEN
Journal of Islamic Studies 2008 19: 117-119; doi:10.1093/jis/etm076 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Yahya Michot
The True Description of Cairo. A Sixteenth-Century Venetian View • BY NICHOLAS WARNER
Journal of Islamic Studies 2008 19: 119-121; doi:10.1093/jis/etm070 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Hussein Ahmed
Saudi Arabia and Ethiopia: Islam, Christianity and Politics Entwined • BY HAGGAI ERLICH
Journal of Islamic Studies 2008 19: 121-128; doi:10.1093/jis/etm059 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Clement Dodd
The Emergence of a New Turkey: Democracy and the AK Parti • Edited by M. HAKAN YAVUZ
Journal of Islamic Studies 2008 19: 128-131; doi:10.1093/jis/etm063 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Shirin Akiner
Fostering Fundamentalism: Terrorism, Democracy and American Engagement in Central Asia • BY MATTHEW CROSSTON
Journal of Islamic Studies 2008 19: 131-133; doi:10.1093/jis/etm060 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Devin DeWeese
Islam after Communism: Religion and Politics in Central Asia • BY ADEEB KHALID
Journal of Islamic Studies 2008 19: 133-141; doi:10.1093/jis/etm062 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Gail Minault
Muslim Women, Reform and Princely Patronage: Nawab Sultan Jahan Begam of Bhopal • BY SIOBHAN LAMBERT-HURLEY
Journal of Islamic Studies 2008 19: 141-142; doi:10.1093/jis/etm071 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Iftikhar Malik
Islam in History and Politics. Perspectives from South Asia • Edited by ASIM ROY
Journal of Islamic Studies 2008 19: 143-145; doi:10.1093/jis/etm067 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

L. J. Newby
Islam in Traditional China: A Bibliographical Guide • BY DONALD LESLIE, YANG DAYE AND AHMED YOUSSEF
Journal of Islamic Studies 2008 19: 145-146; doi:10.1093/jis/etm072 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Aminah Beverly McCloud
A Muslim in Victorian America: The Life of Alexander Russell Webb • BY UMAR FARUQ ABD ALLAH
Journal of Islamic Studies 2008 19: 146-148; doi:10.1093/jis/etm068 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Siti Syamsiyatun
Women, Islam and Modernity: Single Women, Sexuality and Reproductive Health in Contemporary Indonesia • BY LINDA RAE BENNETT
Journal of Islamic Studies 2008 19: 148-151; doi:10.1093/jis/etm075 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Harfiyah Abdel Haleem
Women Embracing Islam: Gender and Conversion in the West • Edited by KAREN VAN NIEUWKERK
Journal of Islamic Studies 2008 19: 151-154; doi:10.1093/jis/etm065 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Books Received Back

Some of the books listed here may be reviewed in a subsequent issue.
Journal of Islamic Studies 2008 19: 155-158; doi:10.1093/jis/etm077 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Corrigendum Back

Corrigendum
Journal of Islamic Studies 2008 19: 158; doi:10.1093/jis/etm078 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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