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Islam, Conflict, Peace and Security in Africa
Many countries in Africa have not experienced enduring peace and stability. Internal conflicts have bedevilled countries such as South Africa,...
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African Religion and Islam in Contemporary Religious Space
Africans value religion greatly for religion permeates all aspects of their lives. To be is to be religious. Africans do not envisage any meaningful...
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Rebb Binyamin’s Gandhi: India, Islam, and the Question of Palestine
Rebb Binyamin (pseudonym of Yehoshua Radler-Feldman; 1880–1957) was a leading figure in movements that called for the establishment of a joint...
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Aleister Crowley and Islam
Little has been written on the relationship between one of the most prominent personalities of modern Western esotericism, Aleister Crowley...
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The Piety of Health: The Making of Health in Islamic Religious Narratives
The question of health and disease is ubiquitous in classical Islamic religious writings. Motivated in part by the prophet’s history of illness,...
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Where the Two Oceans Meet: The Theology of Islam and the Philosophy of Psychiatric Medicine in Exploring the Human Self
This paper seeks to interrogate, via the notion of a mental illness, the bedrock assumptions upon which medicine and psychiatry are founded....
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Taking On the Ghazālian Challenge of Integrating Religion and Science in Islam and Biomedicine
Advances in the sciences, particularly in the biomedical and life sciences, have created a knowledge gap that leaves various Muslim lay persons...
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The Writings and Legacy of Lamin Sanneh
Lamin Sanneh (1942–2019) exerted a profound influence on the study of Christianity in Africa and, beyond that, on the study of Christianity...
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Happiness in Islam The Role of Religion and Spirituality in Muslims’ Well-Being
Positive Psychology has emerged as a movement proposing the study of the elements related to human well-being and happiness. Spirituality is one of...
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Muslims Learning Islam on the Internet
One important implication that arises from the development of the Internet in contemporary Muslim society is the emergence of Islamic learning...
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Inner Peace in Islam: General Discussion
Inner peace as a concept has not been extensively discussed in Islamic literature as inner peace per se. However, this does not mean it is a concept...
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Shi‘a Islam in Practice
To be a “Shi‘at Ali” means to follow closely in the footsteps of ‘Ali, the cousin and son-in-law of Prophet Muhammad. For Shi‘is, ‘Ali was the...
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Crop Diseases, Pests and Food Insecurity in Africa: An Islamic Perspective
Religion shapes the views of believers regarding their perceptions of nature, hence the fundamental need to understand the role of religion in...
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Transnational Progressive Islam: Theory, Networks, and Lived Experience
This chapter provided a snapshot outline of the theory, networks, and lived experiences of transnational progressive Islam and the major milestones...
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Attaining Inner Peace in Islam Said Nursi’s Perspective
This book discusses inner peace from an Islamic theological and spiritual perspective, the writings of Said Nursi, a twentieth century Muslim...
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Islamic Ethics in Engagement with Life, Health, and Medicine
Salient aspects of modern medicine pose serious intellectual and ethical challenges to the Islamic conception of life, health and general wellbeing....
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Islam in the Maghreb: Between Sufis and Salafis
This chapter examines the major Islamic groups in three North African countries, namely, Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia. It analyzes the Maghrebi...
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Covert Violence: Counting Cultural Trauma at the Intersection of ATR, Islam, and Neoliberalism in Africa
This chapter will deal with the relationship between trauma and mental health of loss of culture and will hopefully put another nail in the coffin to...
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The Personification of Nature as Mother: Motherhood in Islam with Specific Reference to Varemba Women in Mberengwa, Zimbabwe
Representing the Earth as a woman or a mother is a common personification of nature in many societies. It relates to the life-giving and nurturing...
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African Women, Religion, Climate Change and Food Security in the Context of Pandemics
Climate change, food insecurity and pandemics threaten the health and wellbeing of many people, particularly women, in Africa. Both the United...