Jerusalem Archives

[Book Review] Pilgrimage in Islam: Traditional and Modern Practices by Sophia Rose Arjana | Reviewed by Kenny Schmitt

By Kenny Schmitt // March 22, 2018

Arjana, Sophia Rose. Pilgrimage in Islam: Traditional and Modern Practices. London: Oneworld Academic, 2017. 228 pages, $24.99 | Reviewed by Kenny Schmitt. Sophia Rose Arjana, in her new book Pilgrimage in Islam: Traditional and Modern…

Jerusalem: The Moral Qibla

By Farah El-Sharif // January 10, 2018

After an illustrious career in public service in Jordan, a Mauritanian ʾālim by the name of Muhammad al-Amin al-Shinqiti requested that King Hussein grant him the post of Ambassador of Jordan to Saudi Arabia, so…

Jerusalem’s Haram al-Sharif: Crucible of Conflict and Control

By Nazmi Jubeh // December 14, 2017December 15, 2017

[This essay argues that Israel’s recent and recurrent violation of the status quo at Haram al-Sharif in Jerusalem is one critical episode in a decades-long series aimed at gaining control of the area. Starting in…