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Who defines islam critical perspectives on islamic studies, 1. introduction.

In Germany, an epistemic community within the study of Islam trans- formed from a low institutionalized network of Muslim scholars into an autonomous aca- demic discipline that combines epistemic and social insiderism in its studies: Islamic Theology. In the US, the epistemic community works as a network of scholars based mainly on an epistemic-normative research framework within the existing structure of disciplines dealing with Islam—primarily Islamic Studies. This different institutional development shows that science systems may react in various ways to the emergence of insiderism within the study of Islam, by either establishing a separate discipline or allowing insiderism to take place within the existing disciplines. ( Engelhardt 2016, pp. 740–41 )

2. Who Defines Islam?: A Question of Religious and Epistemic Authority

2.1. texts and caretakers, 2.2. western researchers and universities between politics and identity.

The last 20 years has seen chairs, programs, and centers established in Islamic Studies, quite a few with funding from Muslim rulers and organizations. This funding has raised the question, in Britain, Germany, the United States of America, and Australia—are strings attached that might compromise academic integrity? Britain’s Centre for Social Cohesion published a report in 2009 called A Degree of Influence on the funding of “strategically important subjects in British universities,” which focuses on Islamic Studies. Government interest in the subject or field of Islamic Studies, alongside A Degree of Influence, suggests that Islamic Studies cannot be pursued in isolation from politics, actual or perceived national interests, culture war, even from how the media covers Islam. ( Bennett 2013, pp. 4–5 )

This redefinition of Islamic studies and what gets to count (or not count) as valid scholarship creates real epistemological problems. What role, for example, do non-Muslims or even Muslims who are interested in historical and critical scholarship have to play in this new Islamic studies? Islamic Religious Studies, to reiterate, risks becoming a form of liberal Muslim theology...this “progressive” identity is something that is manufactured by scholars of Islamic Religious Studies. And that is precisely what they do: seek one another out, read each other’s works, write blurbs for each other’s books, and invite one another to their conferences, where religious studies and overt (not even crypto-) theology intermingle. ( Hughes 2012, p. 112 )

3. Islamic Studies: A Diversity of Models and Approaches

3.1. models of islamic studies in europe, 3.2. approaches to islamic studies, 4. the need for multiple critiques, 4.1. practices of critique, 4.2. islamic studies between power, hegemonic epistemology, and competence, 4.3. from self-criticism to multiple critiques, 5. conclusions, institutional review board statement, informed consent statement, data availability statement, conflicts of interest.

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Journal of Islamic Studies and Culture is a peer reviewed international scholarly journal published by The Brooklyn Research and Publishing Institute. The journal is dedicated to the scholarly study of all aspects of Islam and of the Islamic world. Particular attention is paid to works dealing with history, geography, political science, economics, anthropology, sociology, law, literature, religion, philosophy, international relations, environmental and developmental issues, as well as ethical questions related to scientific research. The journal is committed to the publication of original research on Islam as culture and civilization. It particularly welcomes work of an interdisciplinary nature that brings together history, religion, politics, culture and law. The Journal has a special focus on Islam in Africa, and on contemporary Islamic Thought. Contributions that display theoretical rigor especially work that link the particularities of Islamic discourse to the enterprise of knowledge and critique in the humanities and social sciences, will find Journal of Islamic Studies and Culture to be receptive to such submissions.

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• Series in Islam - Oxford University Press:
• The Oxford Encyclopedias of the Islamic World: Digital Collection
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• Encyclopaedia of Islam [Online] Current— 

(EI Online) sets out the present state of knowledge of the Islamic World and is a unique reference tool, an essential key to understanding the world of Islam. It includes biographical articles on distinguished Muslims of every age and land, on tribes and dynasties, on the crafts and sciences, on political and religious institutions, on the geography, ethnography, flora and fauna of the various countries and on the history, topography and monuments of the major towns and cities. In its geographical and historical scope it encompasses the old Arabo-Islamic empire, the Islamic countries of Iran, Central Asia, the Indian sub-continent and Indonesia, the Ottoman Empire and all other Islamic countries.

• Encyclopedia of Islam and the Muslim World  [Online] & [print: Olin Library Reference (Non-Circ.) Oversize BP40 .E525x 2004 +]

Looks at Islam's role in the modern world, doing so in context of the religion's history and development over the last 13 centuries. Contains thematic articles, biographies of key figures, definitions, illustrations, maps and more.

• Encyclopaedia Islamica [Online]

Based on the abridged and edited translation of the Persian Dāʾirat al-Maʿārif-i Buzurg-i Islāmī, one of the most comprehensive sources on Islam and the Muslim world. A unique feature of the Encyclopaedia lies in the attention given to Shiʿi Islam and its rich and diverse heritage; offers the Western reader an opportunity to appreciate the various dimensions of Shiʿi Islam, the Persian contribution to Islamic civilization, and the spiritual dimensions of the Islamic tradition. (Projected 16-volume. New content will be added every year in alphabetical order, with an expected completion in 2023.)

• Encyclopædia Iranica Online     The most renowned reference work in the field of Iran studies. Founded by the late Professor Ehsan Yarshater and edited at the Ehsan Yarshater Center for Iranian Studies at Columbia University, this monumental international project brings together the scholarship about Iran of thousands of authors around the world.
• eShia Library   A large digital library of religious, historical and legal texts focused primarily on Shia Islam. It contains over six thousand titles with  information and extracts from quite recent or contemporary scholars and theologians which may not be seen elsewhere.  Individual titles have have been transcribed not digitized but a random check on few titles seem to indicate that the publication and edition information is retained.  Download is limited to 30 pages only.
• Index Islamicus 1906- present-  [Online]

An international bibliography of publications in European languages covering all aspects of Islam and the Muslim world, including history, beliefs, societies, cultures, languages, and literature. The database includes material published by Western orientalists, social scientists and Muslims.

• Oxford Bibliographies Online: Islamic Studies

Offers peer-reviewed annotated bibliographies on the range of lived experiences and textual traditions of Muslims as they are articulated in various countries and regions throughout the world. Bibliographies are browseable by subject area and keyword searchable. Contains a "My OBO" function that allows users to create personalized bibliographies of individual citations from different bibliographies. [In Persian, Arabic, Urdu, English, Turkish English, Arabic, Persian, Turkish, and Urdu.]

Subject Reference Guides & Handbooks

• The Bloomsbury Companion to Islamic Studies [Online] 2014. Ed. Bennett, Clinton. London : Bloomsbury Publishing,

A reference guide covering important aspects of study of Islam. An accessible source of information to the wide range of methodologies and theoretical principles involved. Presenting Islam as a variegated tradition, key essays demonstrate how it is subject to different interpretations, with no single version privileged. Islam is treated as a lived experience, not only as theoretical ideal or textual tradition. Featuring a series of indispensable research tools, including a substantial A-Z of key terms and concepts, chronology and a detailed list of resources.

• Blackwell Companion to Contemporary Islamic Thought [Online] [Print: Olin Library Oversize BP161.3 .B56 2006 +]

Reflects the variety of trends, voices, and opinions in the contemporary Muslim intellectual scene. It challenges Western misconceptions about the modern Muslim world, demonstrating that it is far from being a monolithic religious, cultural and intellectual phenomenon. The companion consists of 36 essays written by contemporary Muslim writers and scholars. These essays revolve around such issues as Islamic tradition, modernity, globalization, feminism, the West, the USA, reform, and secularism. They explore the history, range, and future of these issues in contemporary Muslim societies. Furthermore, they help readers to situate Islamic intellectual history in the context of Western intellectual trends and issues.

• Blackwell Companion to the Qur'an [Online] [Print: Olin Library Oversize BP130.4 .B57 2006 +]

A reader’s guide to read and understand the Qur’an as a text and as a vital piece of Muslim life. Comprises over 30 original essays by leading scholars. Provides exceptionally broad coverage - considering the structure, content and rhetoric of the Qur’an; how Muslims have interpreted the text and how they interact with it; and the Qur’an’s place in Islam. Features notes, an extensive bibliography, indexes of names, Qur’an citations, topics, and technical terms.

• Dictionary of Qurʾanic Usage is the first comprehensive, fully-researched and contextualised Arabic-English dictionary of Qur'anic usage. The work is based on Classical Arabic dictionaries and Qur'an commentaries with cross-references. This online version full-text searchable in Arabic and English.

Encyclopaedia of the Qurʾān is an encyclopaedic dictionary of Qur’ānic terms, concepts, personalities, place names, cultural history and exegesis extended with essays on the most important themes and subjects within qur’ānic studies.

Qurʾān Concordance is a unique finding aid which allows users to identify and localize text fragments, or even snippets, of the Qurʾān. The use of the Qurʾān Concordance (QC) requires some understanding of its underlying concepts, as described in the “How To.”

• Encyclopedia of Women and Islamic Cultures [Online] [Print: Olin Library Reference (Non-Circ.) HQ1170 .E53 2003+]

An interdisciplinary, trans-historical, and global project embracing women and Islamic cultures in every region where there have been significant Muslim populations. It aims to cover every topic for which there is significant research, examining these regions from the period just before the rise of Islam to the present. The Encyclopedia of Women and Islamic Cultures Online crosses history, geographic borders and disciplines to create a groundbreaking reference work reflecting the very latest research on gender studies and the Islamic world. v. 1. Methodologies, paradigms and sources for studying women and Islamic cultures. v. 2. Family, law, and politics. v. 3. Family, body, sexuality, and health. v. 4. Economics, education, mobility, and space.

• Conflict and conquest in the Islamic world : a historical encyclopedia [Online]

Documents the extensive military history of the Islamic world between the 7th century and the present (wars, revolutions, sieges, institutions, leaders, armies, weapons, and other aspects of wars and military life). Includes over 600 A–Z entries, many with accompanying images. Provides a convenient glossary of commonly used Islamic military terms. This reference work covers relevant historical information regarding Islam in Middle Eastern regions and countries, North Africa, Central Asia, Southeastern Asia, and Oceania.

• Twentieth century religious thought : Volume II, Islam [Online] [2015]- (English)

Multivolume, cross-searchable online collection that brings together the seminal works and archival materials related to worldwide religious thinkers from the early 1900s until the first decade of the 21st century. Focuses on modern Islamic theology and tradition and details Islam's evolution from the late 19th century by examining printed works and rare documents by Muslim writers, both non-Western and Western voices.

• World almanac of Islamism 2014 [Online] / American Foreign Policy Council.

The first comprehensive reference work to detail the current activities of radical Islamist movements worldwide. The contributions, written by subject experts, provide annual updates on the contemporary Islamist threat in all countries and regions where it exists.

• Historical Atlas of Islam - Brill Reference [Online] & [Olin Reference (Non-Circulating) Oversize G1786.S1 R9 2004+]

A cartographic overview of the Islamic world. From linguistic regions of the Islamic world to Iran under the Caliphate and the Greater Delhi Sultanate, a broad variety of topics is covered. Maps include: Yemen and the Hadramaut, Central Arabia and the Wahhabi expansion, Iran in the era of the Il-Khans and Timurids, environmental regions of the Muslim world, the fertile crescent in early Ottoman times, the Caucasus in early Islamic times, the Maghrib in the age of Almoravids and Almohads and many other regional groups. A wide variety of new city maps including Sanaa, Damascus, Aleppo, Mosul, Baghdad, Cairo, Isfahan, Shiraz, Bukhara, Samarkand, Cordoba, Granada and Delhi.

• Theology and Society Online [Middle East and Islamic Studies]

The most comprehensive study of Islamic intellectual and religious history, focusing on Muslim theology. With its emphasis on the eighth and ninth centuries CE, it remains the most detailed study of scholarly networks in the early phase of the formation of Islam. Originally published in German between 1991 and 1995, Theology and Society is a monument of scholarship and a unique scholarly enterprise which has stood the test of the time as an unparalleled reference work.

Online Collections & Aggregated Sources

• Islamic Library "Worlds Largest Free Online Islamic Books Library."
•   المكتبة الشاملة – Maktabah Shamilah – Islamic Library A library on the various Islamic sciences [only Arabic]
• Islamic Library | Shia Islamic PDFs * Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books * مكتبة الشيعة * Shia Library (A Great Collection Of Books From Shia Sect)
• BRILL Collections:  Middle East and Islamic Studies E-Books Online, Collection

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What is Islam?  Check the Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary  for a definition and the Encyclopedia Britannica for information on the history, principles and practices of Islam.

Sunnis and Shia: Islam's ancient schism - BBC, UK.

Islam vs Muslim: When and why do we use the different terms?   

Muslim vs Moslem: Why do people say Muslim now instead of Moslem?

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Muslims vs. Islamists Washington Institute for Near East Policy.

Critical Concepts in Islamic Studies - Taylor & Francis Concepts in Islamic Studies series spans a number of subject areas that are closely linked to the religion.

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Intro to Islam Research Paper                 /  Lynette White,                   ....

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American Religion Data Archive  The ARDA collection includes data on USA religious groups (individuals, congregations and denominations). The collection consists of individual surveys covering various groups and topics.

Religions of the book - faculty.fairfield.edu Three world religious traditions have their origins in the Middle East-Judaism, Christianity, and Islam-but there are also a number of more highly localized traditions. These include Zoroastrianism (primarily in Iran); the Druze of Lebanon, Syria, and Israel; and the Kurdish-speaking Yazidi-s of northern Iraq, each with their own traditions of religious identity and practice. [ WORLD RELIGIONS -The Middle East and Central Asia: an anthropological approach ].

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As befits a topic that is global in scope, increasingly controversial in nature, and the focus of academic inquiry for more than half a century, the literature on political Islam is voluminous. The readings presented here represent some of the most important efforts to study contemporary Islamism using the tools, methodologies, and academic rigor associated with the humanities and social sciences. Though hardly exhaustive, this list will provide the reader with a sense of how the study of political Islam—in major publications either written or available in English—as an object of academic inquiry has evolved over the years.

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This issue, which is the regular issue of October 2024, has been available online since 2 August 2024. All articles in this issue (6 original research articles) were authored/co-authored by 18 authors from four countries (Indonesia, Malaysia and India ).

Child-Friendly School Management: A Study of Ukhuwah Wathoniyah at Ma'arif Nahdlatul Ulama

Sunnah as a bridge between theological and practical dimensions, the historicity of islamic education: tracing the traces of al-irsyad and jami'at khair.

Dirasah International Journal of Islamic Studies  is a double-blind peer-reviewed international journal published by Perkumpulan Dosen Tarbiyah Islam Indonesia ( PDTII ). The journal publishes research articles, conceptual articles, reports on field studies, and book reviews of Islamic studies (See Focus and Scope). The articles of this journal are published every six months (2 issues per year)

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Dirasah International Journal of Islamic Studies is a journal published by Perkumpulan Dosen Tarbiyah Islam Indonesia ( PDTII ). KEPUTUSAN MENTERI HUKUM DAN HAK ASASI MANUSIA REPUBLIK INDONESIA NOMOR AHU-0007936.AH.01.07.TAHUN 2022 Sekretariat: Jl. Raya Taman Safari No.30 Prigen Pasuruan Jawa Timur (67157). Email: [email protected]

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Al-Asr International Research Journal of Islamic Studies

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Al-Irfan Research Center (SMC-Private) Limited Lahore, Pakistan launched  “Al-Asr International Research Journal of Islamic Studies” , in 2020 vide online ISSN 2790-7694, print ISSN 2790-7686 consists of tri-lingual, peer-reviewed, double-blind and open-access research journal. This journal is a great initiative that provides a platform for authors, faculty members, and researchers to publish their research work on the topics of Islamic Legislation, and related subjects such as Qur'anic Studies, Hadith Literature, Islamic Philosophy, Islamic Law, Islamic History, Theology, Islamic Thought, Religious Education, Islamic Art, Islamic Origins, Islamic Civilization, Muslim Societies, Oriental Studies in the Context of Islam.  The Chief Editor of the journal is Dr. Muhammad Sarwar.

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Studying the Unique Aspects of the Prophet's Biography مطالعہ سیرت النبیﷺ کی متفردانہ جہات

Da’wah and reformation of society by social media, beloved god's remembrance and thoughts of reformation (in light of the discovery of veiling) محبوبان خدا کے تذکار اور اصلاح احوال کے افکار (کشف المحجوب کی روشنی میں), the practical accounts and theoretical observations of the companions of the messenger of god صحابہ کرامؓ کے تعلق بالرسالت کے عملی احوال اور نظری مشاہدات, introduction, formation of islamic society, make a submission.

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This article examines how the Qur'an transforms self, family and society; discusses oppression of oneself and others; and demonstrates how the problems it causes can be prevented by constant self-awareness and self-accountability. In addition, it addresses various issues including the Qur'an's view of oppression's spiritual roots, the origin of human relations, and taqwā's relationship with selfdevelopment. In addition, and most importantly, it identifies the oppressor and the oppressed; explains how oppressors can transform themselves; why God holds people accountable; and how to evaluate our strategies' success or failure in dealing with oppression. The methodology used is that of reading the Qurʾan intra-textually as one structural unity (al-waḥda al-binā'iyya li-l-Qur'ān). This involves cross-examining and integrating the sacred text's linguistic, structural, and conceptual elements. The overarching goal of this approach is to prevent injustice and promote peace through justice, mercy, and mutual accountability.

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