The Muslim World back issues from January 2004:
Al-Farabi's Harmonization of Plato's and Aristotle's Philosophies
Jan 01, 2004; ... The objective of this paper is to introduce students of Islamic philosophy to an important treatise by one of medieval Islam's foremost philosophers, Abu Nasr al-Farabi (hereinafter referred to as Farabi, ca. 870-950). The Arabic title of this treatise is Kitab al-Jarabayna Ra'yaiyy al-Hakimayn ...
On Beginning a New System of Islamic Philosophy
Jan 01, 2004; ... The past two decades have seen many valuable studies and translations of the Islamic philosophical, mystical, and theological tradition. The English reader now has access to the writings of such seminal thinkers as Ghazzali (d. 1111), Avicenna (d. 1037), Ibn al-'Arabi (d. 1240), SuhrawardI (d ....
The Soul as Barzakh: Substantial Motion and Mulla Sadra's Theory of Human Becoming
Jan 01, 2004; ... The problem of the nature of the human soul, its connection to both the physical and spiritual realms, and its apparently asymmetrical existence as an entity that is both created in time and eternally subsistent, has exercised the minds of nearly all the great theologians and philosophers of ...
Does Zayd Have the Power Not to Travel Tomorrow? A Preliminary Analysis of al-Farabi's Discussion on God's Knowledge of Future Human Acts
Jan 01, 2004; ... Although al-Farabi (d. 338/950) does not take up the issue of divine knowledge of particulars in his metaphysical works and does not expound his views on the subject in depth, a close investigation and the reconstruction of his scattered views concerning God's essence and knowledge will reveal ...
Avicenna's Position Concerning the Basis of the Divine Creative Action*
Jan 01, 2004; ... Avicenna maintains that God's creative action is similar to the actions of natural things. This interpretation of Avicenna's position is supported by his denial of intention to God in creation and by his claim that the universe is necessary. Despite the above, Avicenna argues that creation is a ...
Mulla Sadra's Realist Ontology of the Intelligibles and Theory of Knowledge
Jan 01, 2004; ... Sadra's concept of knowledge is based on two fundamental premises of his ontology, which are the primacy (asalah) and gradation of being (tashkik al-wujud). Sadra's relentless effort to define knowledge as a mode of being (nahw al-wujud) represents a rather new perspective within the Islamic ...
Modernist and Fundamentalist Debates in Islam
Jan 01, 2004; ... Modernist and Fundamentalist Debates in Islam By Mansoor Moaddel and Kamran Talattof, eds. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2002 This book consists of an introduction and thirty-four essays written by prominent thinkers from different Muslim countries. The editors focus on a ...
Syria and the Palestinians: The Clash of Nationalisms
Jan 01, 2004; ... Syria and the Palestinians: The Clash of Nationalisms By Ghada Talhami Gainsvitte: University Press of Florida, 2001 In her book, Ghada Hashem Talhami, the D.K. Pearsons Professor of Politics at Lake Forest College in Illinois, presents a scholarly study of the clash ...
Structuralism Reconsidered: Ibn al-'Arabi and Cultural Variation in Muslim Societies
Jan 01, 2004; ... While attempting to make sense of my participant-observation data on the diversity of the religious beliefs and practices of Yemeni Muslims, I employed a structuralist theory of culture, which I then modified using the ideas of Ibn al-Arabi (d. 1240 AD). Here I present this framework and then ...
Ethnic Conflict and Civic Life. Hindus and Muslims in India
Jan 01, 2004; ... Ethnic Conflict and Civic Life. Hindus and Muslims in India By Ashutosh Varshney New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2002 This is a remarkably good book. The empirical research is impeccable, the analysis is careful, and the argument is persuasive. The issue is ...
Two Hours That Shook The World: September 11, 2002: Causes and Consequences
Jan 01, 2004; ... Two Hours That Shook The World: September 11, 2002: Causes and Consequences By Fred Halliday London: Saqi Books 2002 Fred Halliday is a well-known expert on modern Iran and other parts of the Middle East with an impressive list of publications and a lifetime of ...
The Formation of Islam, Religion and Society in the Near East, 600-1800
Jan 01, 2004; ... The Formation of Islam, Religion and Society in the Near East, 600-1800 By Jonathan P. Berkey Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2003 The author examines the emergence and formation of Islam and its subsequent fundamental institutions, focusing on Muslim identity as ...
Daughters of Abraham: Feminist Thought in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam
Jan 01, 2004; ... Daughters of Abraham: Feminist Thought in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam By Yvonne Yazbeck Haddad and John L. Esposito, eds. Gainesville: University Press of Florida, 2001 This collection of half a dozen essays covers a lot of territory, from general methodology to ...
September 11: Religious Perspectives on the Causes and Consequences
Jan 01, 2004; ... September 11: Religious Perspectives on the Causes and Consequences By Ian Markham and Ibrahim M. Abu-Rabic, eds. Oxford: Oneworld Publications, 2002 As expected, the monumental changes that the events of September 11, 2001, wrought on the world are beginning to attract ...