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[Book Review Essay] Brannon D. Ingram, Revival from Below: The Deoband Movement and Global Islam | Reviewed by Andrew Booso

By Andrew Booso  //  October 3, 2019October 3, 2019

[Book Review Essay] Brannon D. Ingram, Revival from Below: The Deoband Movement and Global Islam (Oakland, California: University of California Press, 2018). 315 pages. Paperback $26.03. Hardcover $61.81. | Reviewed by Andrew Booso Barbara Metcalf’s…

Scientific Literacy for Madrasa Graduates: A Project for Religious Renewal at the University of Notre Dame

By Mahan Mirza  //  September 18, 2018September 18, 2018

  The ink of scholars is holier than the blood of martyrs. -Attributed to the Prophet Muhammad Beneath the rule of men entirely great, the pen is mightier than the sword. -Edward Bulwer-Lytton Peace cannot…

Education, Administrative Discipline, and the Rise of the Modern State in the Ottoman Empire

By Seyfi Kenan  //  January 24, 2017January 24, 2017

Ottoman history unveils certain characteristics similar to the early modern or modern European history, as leading Ottoman historians, including figures such as, Mehmet Genç, and the late Halil İnalcık and Rifaat Abou-El-Haj, affirm. For instance,…

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