Neoplatonism and emanationism--Plotinus, the key--Emanation explained--Neoplatonism
spreads--Arab neoplatonism to Ibn Arabi--Arab neoplatonism--The first sufis--Sufi classics …

Mulids, festivals in honor of Muslim" friends of God," have been part of Muslim religious and
cultural life for close to a thousand years. While many Egyptians see mulids as an …

Kishwar Rizvi, drawing on the multifaceted history of the Middle East, offers a richly
illustrated analysis of the role of transnational mosques in the construction of contemporary …

Sufism, the mystical or aesthetic doctrine in Islam, has occupied a very specific place in the
Islamic tradition, with its own history, literature and devotional practices. Its development …

This book takes a fresh look at the foundations of modern Islam. Scholars often locate the
origins of the modern Islamic world in European colonialism or Islamic reactions to …

How to approach the complex intellectual legacy of a modern Muslim thinker like
Muhammad'Abduh (1849-1905)? This book offers an answer to this question by providing a …

While Turkey is beginning its membership negotiations with the European Union, Turkish
Alevis try to capitalize on the European pressure for reform. 1 Most Alevis welcome the …

Sufism is commonly called mysticism, the mysticism of Islam, but is it mysticism and what is
its relation to Islam? Despite diverse expressions and modernist and reformist attempts to …

In the context of the vivid activity of Muslim individuals and groups on the Internet and the
recent technological developments in the field of computer mediated communication …

Muhammad 'Abduh (1849-1905) was one of the key thinkers and reformers of modern Islam
who has influenced both liberal and fundamentalist Muslims today.'Abdul-Baha (1844-1921) …