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An online publication of the AbuSulayman Center for Global Islamic Studies at George Mason University

Exegesis

[MAYDAN PODCAST] History Speaks EP5 – Law, Education, Ethics: Tazeen Ali with Aria Nakissa

By Maydan Editors  //  April 6, 2022April 6, 2022

 The Maydan Podcast · History Speaks EP5 – Law, Education, Ethics: Tazeen Ali with Aria Nakissa In this episode of History Speaks on the Maydan Podcast, Tazeen Ali speaks with Aria Nakissa about his…

History Speaks EP5 – Law, Education, Ethics: Tazeen Ali with Aria Nakissa

April 6, 2022

In this episode of History Speaks, Tazeen Ali speaks with Aria Nakissa about his recent book, The Anthropology of Islamic Law: Education, Ethics, and Legal Interpretation at Egypt’s al-Azhar (Oxford University Press, 2019). They discuss shifting pedagogical…

[Book Review] Muslim Qur’anic Interpretation Today: Media, Genealogies and Interpretive Communities (Equinox, 2021) by Johanna Pink | Reviewed by Owais Manzoor Dar

By Owais Manzoor Dar  //  February 3, 2021February 3, 2021

Johanna Pink’s Muslim Qurʾānic Interpretation Today examines the context in which modern Qurʾānic interpretations takes place and how these contexts shape the style and contents of Qur’anic exegesis. With the goal of presenting a transregional…

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