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Catarina Belo
Some Considerations on Averroes’ Views Regarding Women and Their Role in Society
Journal of Islamic Studies 2009 20: 1-20; doi:10.1093/jis/etn061 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Rebecca Masterton
Islamic Mystical Readings of Cheikh Hamidou Kane's Ambiguous Adventure
Journal of Islamic Studies Advance Access published on August 8, 2008
Journal of Islamic Studies 2009 20: 21-45; doi:10.1093/jis/etn031 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

James D. Frankel
Uncontrived Concord: The Eclectic Sources and Syncretic Theories of Liu Zhi, a Chinese Muslim Scholar
Journal of Islamic Studies 2009 20: 46-54; doi:10.1093/jis/etn062 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Tahir Kamran
Contextualizing Sectarian Militancy in Pakistan: A Case Study of Jhang
Journal of Islamic Studies Advance Access published on August 8, 2008
Journal of Islamic Studies 2009 20: 55-85; doi:10.1093/jis/etn057 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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Reza Shah-Kazemi
Sufi Commentaries on the Qurrhringan in Classical Islam • BY KRISTIN ZAHRA SANDS
Journal of Islamic Studies 2009 20: 86-90; doi:10.1093/jis/etn085 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Marcus C. Milwright
Word of God, Art of Man: The Qurrhringan and its Creative Expressions: Selected Proceedings from the International Colloquium, London, 18–21 October 2003 • Edited by FAHMIDA SULEMAN
Journal of Islamic Studies 2009 20: 90-93; doi:10.1093/jis/etn076 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Venetia Porter
Coran et talismans: Textes et pratiques magiques en milieu musulman • Edited by CONSTANT HAMÈS
Journal of Islamic Studies 2009 20: 93-95; doi:10.1093/jis/etn078 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Yossef Rapoport
Ibn Taymiyya's Theodicy of Perpetual Optimism. Islamic Philosophy, Theology and Science. Texts and Studies. • BY JON HOOVER
Journal of Islamic Studies 2009 20: 95-99; doi:10.1093/jis/etn079 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

George Saliba
Ibn Sina and his Influence on the Arabic and Latin World • BY JULES JANSSENS
Journal of Islamic Studies 2009 20: 99-100; doi:10.1093/jis/etn083 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Katharina Ivanyi
Christian Criticisms, Islamic Proofs: Rashid Rida's Modernist Defense of Islam • Translation and analysis by SIMON A. WOOD
Journal of Islamic Studies 2009 20: 100-103; doi:10.1093/jis/etn074 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Elizabeth Sirriyeh
Sufism and Politics: The Power of Spirituality • Edited by PAUL L. HECK
Journal of Islamic Studies 2009 20: 103-105; doi:10.1093/jis/etn086 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

David W. Damrel
Sufism, Culture and Politics: Afghans and Islam in Medieval North India • BY RAZIUDDIN AQUIL
Journal of Islamic Studies 2009 20: 105-107; doi:10.1093/jis/etn069 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Francis Robinson
Islamic Sufism Unbound: Politics and Piety in Twenty-First Century Pakistan • BY ROBERT ROZEHNAL
Journal of Islamic Studies 2009 20: 108-109; doi:10.1093/jis/etn080 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Thomas Welsford
The Sword of Persia: Nader Shah, From Tribal Warrior to Conquering Tyrant • BY MICHAEL AXWORTHY
Journal of Islamic Studies 2009 20: 109-113; doi:10.1093/jis/etn071 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Mariam Rosser-Owen
Arts of the City Victorious: Islamic Art and Architecture in Fatimid North Africa and Egypt • BY JONATHAN M. BLOOM
Journal of Islamic Studies 2009 20: 114-118; doi:10.1093/jis/etn081 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

W. M. Edmunds
Water Sheikhs and Dam Builders: Stories of People and Water in the Middle East • BY FRANCESCA DE CHÂTEL
Journal of Islamic Studies 2009 20: 118-120; doi:10.1093/jis/etn072 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Tahir Abbas
Geographies of Muslim Identities: Diaspora, Gender and Belonging • Edited by CARA AITCHISON, PETER HOPKINS and MEI-PO KWAN
Journal of Islamic Studies 2009 20: 120-121; doi:10.1093/jis/etn063 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Christine Philliou
Ways to Modernity in Greece and Turkey: Encounters with Europe, 1850–1950 • Edited by ANNA FRANGOUDAKI and ÇAgLAR KEYDER
Journal of Islamic Studies 2009 20: 122-124; doi:10.1093/jis/etn077 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Robert Rozehnal
Muslim Communities of Grace: The Sufi Brotherhoods in Islamic Religious Life • BY JAMIL M. ABUN-NASR
Journal of Islamic Studies 2009 20: 124-127; doi:10.1093/jis/etn082 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Humayun Ansari
Islam in Europe: Diversity, Identity and Influence • Edited by AZIZ AL-AZMEH and EFFIE FOKAS
Journal of Islamic Studies 2009 20: 127-129; doi:10.1093/jis/etn065 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Hussein Ahmed
The Trans-Saharan Slave Trade • BY JOHN WRIGHT
Journal of Islamic Studies 2009 20: 130-134; doi:10.1093/jis/etn064 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Hina Azam
Muslim Women in Law and Society: Annotated translation of al-Tahir al-Haddad's Imrarhringtunafi rhringl-sharilhringa warhringl-mujtamalhring, with an introduction • BY RONAK HUSNI and DANIEL L. NEWMAN
Journal of Islamic Studies 2009 20: 134-136; doi:10.1093/jis/etn066 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Harfiyah Ball-Haleem
Chosen Among Women: Mary and Fatima in Medieval Christianity and Shi’ite Islam • BY MARY F. THURLKILL
Journal of Islamic Studies 2009 20: 136-139; doi:10.1093/jis/etn067 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Mary Hossain
Gender and Self in Islam • BY ETIN ANWAR
Journal of Islamic Studies 2009 20: 139-141; doi:10.1093/jis/etn073 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

miriam cooke
Egypt as a Woman: Nationalism, Gender and Politics • BY BETH BARON
Journal of Islamic Studies 2009 20: 141-143; doi:10.1093/jis/etn068 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Iftikhar H. Malik
Democratic Values in the Muslim World • BY MOATAZ A. FATTAH
Journal of Islamic Studies 2009 20: 143-146; doi:10.1093/jis/etn075 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

S. Abdallah Schleifer
New Media and the New Middle East • Edited by PHILIP SEIB
Journal of Islamic Studies 2009 20: 146-151; doi:10.1093/jis/etn084 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Corrigendum Back

Corrigendum
Journal of Islamic Studies 2009 20: 152; doi:10.1093/jis/etn059 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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Books Received
Journal of Islamic Studies 2009 20: 153-156; doi:10.1093/jis/etn058 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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