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Introduction: Eschaton and Civility in Islamic History
This chapter addresses the historical and theoretical aspects of the tensions created by the binary of eschaton and civility. It looks closely at Taha’s ‘second message of Islam’ and Ibn Khaldun’s theory of ci...
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Islam Divided: The Underlying Political Culture of the Conflict Between the Sunni and the Shi‘a
Though commonplace to speak about Islams in view of benign multiple identities, there remains a deep-seated conflict running throughout Islamic history, represented by Sunni and the Shi‘a divergence. Division ...
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The Quandary of Modernity: Islam and Civility
This chapter investigates the relationship of Islam to the modern condition of civility. It argues civility to be absent from the project of early Islamic revelationism and therefore an issue in modern Islamic...
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The Paradox of Gendered Holiness in Islamic Mysticism
This chapter examines the paradox of gendered holiness as found in Islamic mysticism. The role and status of women is further problematised in order to demonstrate the complexity of gender relations in Islam, ...