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Toggle Topic 1: Contexts, Origins, & Beginnings
Topic 1: Contexts, Origins, & Beginnings
Berkey, "Introduction"
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Berkey, "Introduction"
Rippin, "Pre-History"
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Rippin, "Pre-History"
Silverstein, "The Story" (2014)
(.pdf, 1912K)
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Silverstein, "The Story" (2014)
Silverstein, "The Sources"
(.pdf, 430K)
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Silverstein, "The Sources"
Toggle Topic 2: Life of Muhammad
Topic 2: Life of Muhammad
Silverstein, "Competing Approaches" (2014)
(.pdf, 464K)
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Silverstein, "Competing Approaches" (2014)
Donner, "Muhammad and the Believers" (2010)
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Donner, "Muhammad and the Believers" (2010)
Toggle Topic 3: The Quran & Hadith
Topic 3: The Quran & Hadith
Quran (Sura and Explanation for Class)
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Quran (Sura and Explanation for Class)
Hadith readings (Malik b. Anas, al-Bukhari, Ibn Hajar)
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Hadith readings (Malik b. Anas, al-Bukhari, Ibn Hajar)
Toggle Topic 4: The Diversification of Muslim Communities
Topic 4: The Diversification of Muslim Communities
Shepard, "Shi'ism"
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Shepard, "Shi'ism"
Hoffman, "The Ibadis"
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Hoffman, "The Ibadis"
Toggle Topic 6: Islamic Law
Topic 6: Islamic Law
Gleave, "Sunni Law"
(.pdf, 675K)
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Gleave, "Sunni Law"
Toggle Topic 7: Sufism
Topic 7: Sufism
Rippin, "Sufism"
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Rippin, "Sufism"
Ghazzali, "The Path of the Sufis"
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Ghazzali, "The Path of the Sufis"
Toggle Topic 8: Pilgrimage & Commerce
Topic 8: Pilgrimage & Commerce
Rippin, "Hajj"
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Rippin, "Hajj"
Ibn Jubayr, "Pilgrimage"
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Ibn Jubayr, "Pilgrimage"
Toggle Topic 9: Modernity, Islam & the ‘Islamic State’
Topic 9: Modernity, Islam & the ‘Islamic State’
Khumayni, "Islamic Government" & Khatami, "Dialogue between East and West"
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Khumayni, "Islamic Government" & Khatami, "Dialogue between East and West"
Abduh, "Islam, Reason, and Civilization"
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Abduh, "Islam, Reason, and Civilization"
Mawdudi, "Nationalism and Islam"
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Mawdudi, "Nationalism and Islam"
Burke III, "The Invention of Moroccan Islam"
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Burke III, "The Invention of Moroccan Islam"
Toggle Topic 10: Ethnography
Topic 10: Ethnography
Geertz, [Selection from] Islam Observed
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Geertz, [Selection from] Islam Observed
Toggle Topic 11: Islamic Societies in Comparative Perspective
Topic 11: Islamic Societies in Comparative Perspective
Jones & Pratt, "Islam in China"
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Jones & Pratt, "Islam in China"
Loimeier, "Is there an African Islam?"
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Loimeier, "Is there an African Islam?"
Toggle Topic 12: Representing & Defining Islam in the Present
Topic 12: Representing & Defining Islam in the Present
Ahmed, "What is Islam" (Introduction, 2016)
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Ahmed, "What is Islam" (Introduction, 2016)
Toggle Misc. Optional Readings
Misc. Optional Readings
Ernst, "The Word of God: The Qur'an"
(.pdf, 365K)
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Ernst, "The Word of God: The Qur'an"
Hourani, "Shari'ah"
(.pdf, 289K)
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Hourani, "Shari'ah"
Hourani, "The Power and Justice of God"
(.pdf, 254K)
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Hourani, "The Power and Justice of God"
The Gold Caravan (Comic)
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The Gold Caravan (Comic)
Watt, "The Gifted Orphan"
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Watt, "The Gifted Orphan"
Rippin, "Theological Exposition"
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Rippin, "Theological Exposition"
Ibn Hawqal, Kitab Surat al-Ard
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Ibn Hawqal, Kitab Surat al-Ard
Ibn Ishaq, "Sirat rasul Allah"
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Ibn Ishaq, "Sirat rasul Allah"
Quran, "Surat Maryam"
(.pdf, 45K)
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Quran, "Surat Maryam"
Heck, "Gold Mining in Arabia and the Rise of the Islamic State"
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Heck, "Gold Mining in Arabia and the Rise of the Islamic State"
Ibn Dhakwan, "Sira"
New Version added 21 Feb 2017 (original was missing first page in Arabic)
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Ibn Dhakwan, "Sira"
Ernst, "Gender and the Question of Veiling"
(.pdf, 380K)
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Ernst, "Gender and the Question of Veiling"
Ernst, "End of the Caliphate"
(.pdf, 321K)
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Ernst, "End of the Caliphate"
Donner, "Muhammad and the Believers' Movement"
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Donner, "Muhammad and the Believers' Movement"
Al-Tha'labi, "Abraha and the Elephant"
(.pdf, 132K)
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Al-Tha'labi, "Abraha and the Elephant"
Al-Nawawi (13th c.) on Islamic Law
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Al-Nawawi (13th c.) on Islamic Law
al-Ghazzali, "Science of Kalam"
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al-Ghazzali, "Science of Kalam"
Ibn Tufayl, "Alone on a desert island"
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Ibn Tufayl, "Alone on a desert island"
Al-Tarafi, "Mary Mother of Jesus"
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Al-Tarafi, "Mary Mother of Jesus"
Ibrahim, "9/11 As a New Temporal Phase for Islam" (2007)
(.pdf, 219K)
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Ibrahim, "9/11 As a New Temporal Phase for Islam" (2007)
Khalifa, "Tobacco and Coffee"
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Khalifa, "Tobacco and Coffee"
Green, "Founding the First Mosque in Japan"
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Green, "Founding the First Mosque in Japan"
Ernst, "Greek Philosophy"
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Ernst, "Greek Philosophy"
Haider, "Contesting Intoxication" (2013)
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Haider, "Contesting Intoxication" (2013)
Zvan-Elliott, "Twenty-first century marriage"
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Zvan-Elliott, "Twenty-first century marriage"
Abraham, "Arab Detroit's 'American Mosque'"
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Abraham, "Arab Detroit's 'American Mosque'"
Rumi, Musnavi (Selections)
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Rumi, Musnavi (Selections)
Hallaj, "Crucifixion"
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Hallaj, "Crucifixion"
Donner, "Hagarism" (Review)
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Donner, "Hagarism" (Review)
Hoyland, "Earliest Christian Writings on Muhammad"
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Hoyland, "Earliest Christian Writings on Muhammad"
Ross, "Marabout Republics"
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Ross, "Marabout Republics"
Ibn Ishaq, "Sīrat" (the Life of Muhammad, Eng. Trans)
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Ibn Ishaq, "Sīrat" (the Life of Muhammad, Eng. Trans)
Baladhuri, Origins of the Islamic State (English trans.)
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Baladhuri, Origins of the Islamic State (English trans.)
Tabari, "Conquest of Misr and Alexandria" (English)
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Tabari, "Conquest of Misr and Alexandria" (English)
Berkey, "The formation of Sunni traditionalism"
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Berkey, "The formation of Sunni traditionalism"
Baghdadi, "The Book of Religious Sects"
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Baghdadi, "The Book of Religious Sects"
Baghdadi, "al-Farq" (in Arabic)
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Baghdadi, "al-Farq" (in Arabic)
Haider, "Shi'ism: An Introduction" (Intro + Karbala)
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Haider, "Shi'ism: An Introduction" (Intro + Karbala)
Powers, "Women and Divorce in the Islamic West: Three Cases" (2003)
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Powers, "Women and Divorce in the Islamic West: Three Cases" (2003)
al-Nawawi, "Fundaments [of Law]"
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al-Nawawi, "Fundaments [of Law]"
Powers, "Women & Divorce in the Islamic West: Three Cases"
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Powers, "Women & Divorce in the Islamic West: Three Cases"
Wansharisi, 'Mi'yar' (Arabic selections from Powers article)
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Wansharisi, 'Mi'yar' (Arabic selections from Powers article)
Ibn Battuta, "The Maldives"
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Ibn Battuta, "The Maldives"
Ross, "Marabout Republics"
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Ross, "Marabout Republics"
Smith, "Islam comes to America"
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Smith, "Islam comes to America"
Satrapi "Persepolis" (Selections)
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Satrapi "Persepolis" (Selections)
Huntington, "The Clash of Civilizations"
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Huntington, "The Clash of Civilizations"
Wadud, "Rights and Roles of Women"
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Wadud, "Rights and Roles of Women"
Said, "Orientalism" (Introduction)
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Said, "Orientalism" (Introduction)
Jones, "Situating the Discourse" (2012)
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Jones, "Situating the Discourse" (2012)
Rippin, "Principles of Jurisprudence" and "Relations between the schools of Law"
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Rippin, "Principles of Jurisprudence" and "Relations between the schools of Law"
Bonner, "The Great Conquests"
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Bonner, "The Great Conquests"
Berkey, "Early Islam in the Near East"
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Berkey, "Early Islam in the Near East"
Berkey, "Shi'ism"
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Berkey, "Shi'ism"
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