Readings

  • Topic 1: Contexts, Origins, & Beginnings

    Name Description Status Source
    Berkey, "Introduction"
    		Required BERKEY.Intro.pdf Edit Berkey, "Introduction" Delete Berkey, "Introduction"
    Rippin, "Pre-History"
    		Required RIPPIN_Pre_History.pdf Edit Rippin, "Pre-History" Delete Rippin, "Pre-History"
    Silverstein, "The Story" (2014) Required SILVERSTEIN.The_Story (2014).pdf Edit Silverstein, "The Story" (2014) Delete Silverstein, "The Story" (2014)
    Silverstein, "The Sources" Required SILVERSTEIN.The_Sources.pdf Edit Silverstein, "The Sources" Delete Silverstein, "The Sources"
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  • Topic 2: Life of Muhammad

    Name Description Status Source
    Silverstein, "Competing Approaches" (2014) Required SILVERSTEIN.Competing_Approaches (2014).pdf Edit Silverstein, "Competing Approaches" (2014) Delete Silverstein, "Competing Approaches" (2014)
    Donner, "Muhammad and the Believers" (2010) Required DONNER.Muhammad_and_the_Believers (2010).pdf Edit Donner, "Muhammad and the Believers" (2010) Delete Donner, "Muhammad and the Believers" (2010)
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  • Topic 3: The Quran & Hadith

    Name Description Status Source
    Quran (Sura and Explanation for Class) Required Quran_Ex_with_Tafsir.pdf Edit Quran (Sura and Explanation for Class) Delete Quran (Sura and Explanation for Class)
    Hadith readings (Malik b. Anas, al-Bukhari, Ibn Hajar)
    		Required Hadith_Readings.pdf Edit Hadith readings (Malik b. Anas, al-Bukhari, Ibn Hajar) Delete Hadith readings (Malik b. Anas, al-Bukhari, Ibn Hajar)
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  • Topic 4: The Diversification of Muslim Communities

    Name Description Status Source
    Shepard, "Shi'ism" Required SHEPARD.Shi'ism.pdf Edit Shepard, "Shi'ism" Delete Shepard, "Shi'ism"
    Hoffman, "The Ibadis" Required HOFFMANN.The_Ibadis (2010).pdf Edit Hoffman, "The Ibadis" Delete Hoffman, "The Ibadis"
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  • Topic 6: Islamic Law

    Name Description Status Source
    Gleave, "Sunni Law" Required GLEAVE.Sunni_Law.pdf Edit Gleave, "Sunni Law" Delete Gleave, "Sunni Law"
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  • Topic 7: Sufism

    Name Description Status Source
    Rippin, "Sufism"
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    Ghazzali, "The Path of the Sufis" Required GHAZZALI.On_the_Sufi_Path.pdf Edit Ghazzali, "The Path of the Sufis" Delete Ghazzali, "The Path of the Sufis"
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  • Topic 8: Pilgrimage & Commerce

    Name Description Status Source
    Rippin, "Hajj"
    		Required RIPPIN_Hajj.pdf Edit Rippin, "Hajj" Delete Rippin, "Hajj"
    Ibn Jubayr, "Pilgrimage"
    		Required IBN_JUBAYR.Pilgrimage.pdf Edit Ibn Jubayr, "Pilgrimage" Delete Ibn Jubayr, "Pilgrimage"
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  • Topic 9: Modernity, Islam & the ‘Islamic State’

    Name Description Status Source
    Khumayni, "Islamic Government" & Khatami, "Dialogue between East and West"
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    Abduh, "Islam, Reason, and Civilization"
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    Mawdudi, "Nationalism and Islam"
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    Burke III, "The Invention of Moroccan Islam" Required BURKE.The_Invention_of_Moroccan_Islam (2013).pdf Edit Burke III, "The Invention of Moroccan Islam" Delete Burke III, "The Invention of Moroccan Islam"
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  • Topic 10: Ethnography

    Name Description Status Source
    Geertz, [Selection from] Islam Observed
    		Required Geertz, Chpts 1&2 Islam Observed.pdf Edit Geertz, [Selection from] Islam Observed Delete Geertz, [Selection from] Islam Observed
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  • Topic 11: Islamic Societies in Comparative Perspective

    Name Description Status Source
    Jones & Pratt, "Islam in China" Required JONES&PRATT.Islam_in_China (2014).pdf Edit Jones & Pratt, "Islam in China" Delete Jones & Pratt, "Islam in China"
    Loimeier, "Is there an African Islam?" Required LOIMEIER.Is_There_an_African_Islam (2013).pdf Edit Loimeier, "Is there an African Islam?" Delete Loimeier, "Is there an African Islam?"
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  • Topic 12: Representing & Defining Islam in the Present

    Name Description Status Source
    Ahmed, "What is Islam" (Introduction, 2016)
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  • Misc. Optional Readings

    Name Description Status Source
    Ernst, "The Word of God: The Qur'an"
    		Required ERNST.Word_of_God.pdf Edit Ernst, "The Word of God: The Qur'an" Delete Ernst, "The Word of God: The Qur'an"
    Hourani, "Shari'ah"
    		Required HOURANI.Shariah.pdf Edit Hourani, "Shari'ah" Delete Hourani, "Shari'ah"
    Hourani, "The Power and Justice of God"
    		Required Hourani.Power_and_Justice_of_God.pdf Edit Hourani, "The Power and Justice of God" Delete Hourani, "The Power and Justice of God"
    The Gold Caravan (Comic)
    		Required Gold_Caravan_Graphic_Novel_World_History.pdf Edit The Gold Caravan (Comic) Delete The Gold Caravan (Comic)
    Watt, "The Gifted Orphan"
    		Required WATT.Gifted_Orphan.pdf Edit Watt, "The Gifted Orphan" Delete Watt, "The Gifted Orphan"
    Rippin, "Theological Exposition"
    		Required RIPPIN_Theological_Exposition.pdf Edit Rippin, "Theological Exposition" Delete Rippin, "Theological Exposition"
    Ibn Hawqal, Kitab Surat al-Ard
    		Required Ibn Hawqal, Kitab Surat al-Ard (Selection).pdf Edit Ibn Hawqal, Kitab Surat al-Ard Delete Ibn Hawqal, Kitab Surat al-Ard
    Ibn Ishaq, "Sirat rasul Allah"
    		Required IBN_ISHAQ.Prophet_Muhammad.pdf Edit Ibn Ishaq, "Sirat rasul Allah" Delete Ibn Ishaq, "Sirat rasul Allah"
    Quran, "Surat Maryam"
    		Required Quran_Surat_Maryam.pdf Edit Quran, "Surat Maryam" Delete Quran, "Surat Maryam"
    Heck, "Gold Mining in Arabia and the Rise of the Islamic State"
    		Required HECK.Gold Mining in Arabia and Rise Islamic State.pdf Edit Heck, "Gold Mining in Arabia and the Rise of the Islamic State" Delete 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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    Ernst, "Gender and the Question of Veiling"
    		Required ERNST.Gender&Veiling.pdf Edit Ernst, "Gender and the Question of Veiling" Delete Ernst, "Gender and the Question of Veiling"
    Ernst, "End of the Caliphate"
    		Required ERNST.Islamic_State.pdf Edit Ernst, "End of the Caliphate" Delete Ernst, "End of the Caliphate"
    Donner, "Muhammad and the Believers' Movement"
    		Required DONNER.Muhammad_and_the_Believers_At_the_Origins_o.pdf Edit Donner, "Muhammad and the Believers' Movement" Delete Donner, "Muhammad and the Believers' Movement"
    Al-Tha'labi, "Abraha and the Elephant"
    		Required THA'LABI.Abraha__and_the_Elephant.pdf Edit Al-Tha'labi, "Abraha and the Elephant" Delete Al-Tha'labi, "Abraha and the Elephant"
    Al-Nawawi (13th c.) on Islamic Law
    		Required NAWAWI.On_Law.pdf Edit Al-Nawawi (13th c.) on Islamic Law Delete Al-Nawawi (13th c.) on Islamic Law
    al-Ghazzali, "Science of Kalam"
    		Required GHAZZALI.Theological_Reasoning.pdf Edit al-Ghazzali, "Science of Kalam" Delete al-Ghazzali, "Science of Kalam"
    Ibn Tufayl, "Alone on a desert island"
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    Al-Tarafi, "Mary Mother of Jesus"
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    Ibrahim, "9/11 As a New Temporal Phase for Islam" (2007)
    		Required 11_As_New_Temporal_Phase_for_Islam (2007).pdf Edit Ibrahim, "9/11 As a New Temporal Phase for Islam" (2007) Delete Ibrahim, "9/11 As a New Temporal Phase for Islam" (2007)
    Khalifa, "Tobacco and Coffee"
    		Required KHALIFAH.On_Tobacco&Coffee.pdf Edit Khalifa, "Tobacco and Coffee" Delete Khalifa, "Tobacco and Coffee"
    Green, "Founding the First Mosque in Japan"
    		Required GREEN.Founding_the_first_mosque_in_Japan (2016).pdf Edit Green, "Founding the First Mosque in Japan" Delete Green, "Founding the First Mosque in Japan"
    Ernst, "Greek Philosophy"
    		Required ERNST.Greek_Philosophy.pdf Edit Ernst, "Greek Philosophy" Delete Ernst, "Greek Philosophy"
    Haider, "Contesting Intoxication" (2013)
    		Required HAIDER.Alcohol_in_Islamic_law.pdf Edit Haider, "Contesting Intoxication" (2013) Delete Haider, "Contesting Intoxication" (2013)
    Zvan-Elliott, "Twenty-first century marriage"
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    Abraham, "Arab Detroit's 'American Mosque'"
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    Rumi, Musnavi (Selections)
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    Hallaj, "Crucifixion"
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    Donner, "Hagarism" (Review) Required DONNER.Hagarism_Retro_Review (2006).pdf Edit Donner, "Hagarism" (Review) Delete Donner, "Hagarism" (Review)
    Hoyland, "Earliest Christian Writings on Muhammad" Required HOYLAND.The_Earliest_Christian_Writings_on_Muhamma.pdf Edit Hoyland, "Earliest Christian Writings on Muhammad" Delete Hoyland, "Earliest Christian Writings on Muhammad"
    Ross, "Marabout Republics" Required Ross_2005_Marabout Republics to Autonomous Rural C.pdf Edit Ross, "Marabout Republics" Delete Ross, "Marabout Republics"
    Ibn Ishaq, "Sīrat" (the Life of Muhammad, Eng. Trans) Required IBN_ISHAQ_The_Life_Of_Mohammed_Guillaume (Selectio.pdf Edit Ibn Ishaq, "Sīrat" (the Life of Muhammad, Eng. Trans) Delete Ibn Ishaq, "Sīrat" (the Life of Muhammad, Eng. Trans)
    Baladhuri, Origins of the Islamic State (English trans.)
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    Tabari, "Conquest of Misr and Alexandria" (English)
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    Berkey, "The formation of Sunni traditionalism"
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    Baghdadi, "The Book of Religious Sects"
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    Baghdadi, "al-Farq" (in Arabic)
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    Haider, "Shi'ism: An Introduction" (Intro + Karbala) Required HAIDER.Shi'ism_Introduction (2014).pdf Edit Haider, "Shi'ism: An Introduction" (Intro + Karbala) Delete Haider, "Shi'ism: An Introduction" (Intro + Karbala)
    Powers, "Women and Divorce in the Islamic West: Three Cases" (2003)
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    al-Nawawi, "Fundaments [of Law]"
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    Powers, "Women & Divorce in the Islamic West: Three Cases"
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    Wansharisi, 'Mi'yar' (Arabic selections from Powers article)
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    Ibn Battuta, "The Maldives"
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    Ross, "Marabout Republics" Required Ross_2005_Marabout Republics to Autonomous Rural C.pdf Edit Ross, "Marabout Republics" Delete Ross, "Marabout Republics"
    Smith, "Islam comes to America"
    		Required SMITH.Islam_Comes_to_America__1999.pdf Edit Smith, "Islam comes to America" Delete Smith, "Islam comes to America"
    Satrapi "Persepolis" (Selections)
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    Huntington, "The Clash of Civilizations"
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    Wadud, "Rights and Roles of Women"
    		Required WADUD.Rights_and_Roles_of_Women.pdf Edit Wadud, "Rights and Roles of Women" Delete Wadud, "Rights and Roles of Women"
    Said, "Orientalism" (Introduction)
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    Jones, "Situating the Discourse" (2012) Required BAILEY-JONES.Situating_the_Discourse.pdf Edit Jones, "Situating the Discourse" (2012) Delete Jones, "Situating the Discourse" (2012)
    Rippin, "Principles of Jurisprudence" and "Relations between the schools of Law"
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    Bonner, "The Great Conquests"
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    Berkey, "Early Islam in the Near East"
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    Berkey, "Shi'ism"
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