Aal al-Bayt Institute for Islamic Thought, The Royal Reference library
Joseph A. Kéchichian
The Oxford Encyclopedia of Islam and Politics
The Royal Aal al-Bayt Institute for Islamic Thought is an independent non-governmental institute headquartered in Amman, Jordan, whose ultimate purpose
Abangan Reference library
William E. Shepard
The Oxford Encyclopedia of Islam and Politics
The term Abangan is applied to Javanese who identify as Muslims but do not strictly follow the prescribed Islamic practices.
ʿAbbāsid Caliphate Reference library
Hugh Kennedy and Ken Burnside
The Oxford Encyclopedia of Islam and Politics
The rise of the ʿAbbāsid caliphate was the first fissure in Islamic culture; it would eventually result in the Shīʿī
ʿAbd al-Rāziq, ʿAlī (1888–1966) Reference library
Laith Saud
The Oxford Encyclopedia of Islam and Politics
ʿAbd al-Rāziq's contribution to Islamic political thought is his most enduring, as well as ambiguous, legacy. In 1925, his
ʿAbduh, Muḥammad (1849–1905) Reference library
Scott Morrison
The Oxford Encyclopedia of Islam and Politics
whose opinions and convictions were firmly based in the possibility of synthesizing Islam and modernity.
The historical, intellectual, and political
Abdülhamid II Reference library
Engin Deniz Akarli
The Oxford Encyclopedia of Islam and Politics
Abdülhamid II, (1842–1918), was the thirty-fourth Ottoman sultan (r. 1876–1909). A profound political and economic crisis brought
Abū Bakr Reference library
Asma Afsaruddin
The Oxford Encyclopedia of Islam and Politics
The first caliph (khalīfah), or successor to the Prophet Muḥammad, ruled for only two years (632–634), but his
Abū Yūsuf, Yaʿqūb ibn Ibrāhīm al-Anṣārī (731–798) Reference library
Abdessamad Belhaj
The Oxford Encyclopedia of Islam and Politics
Yaʿqūb b. Ibrāhīm b. Ḥabīb b. Khunays al-Anṣārī, (c. 731–798), known as Abū Yūsuf al-qāḍī, was a preeminent Ḥanafī
Abū Zahrah, Muḥammad (1898–1974) Reference library
Kelly Al-Dakkak
The Oxford Encyclopedia of Islam and Politics
He was born in El-Mahalla El-Kubra and attended elementary school at the Ahmadi School. He later studied at the Madrasat
Adalet ve Kalkinma Partisi Reference library
Hazem Kandil
The Oxford Encyclopedia of Islam and Politics
The Adalet ve Kalkınma Partisi (Justice and Development Party; AKP) is a Turkish political party that was formed in 2001
Administration Reference library
Ovamir Anjum
The Oxford Encyclopedia of Islam and Politics
Despite its diversity in different times and places, premodern Islamic governance was based on a number of distinctive administrative institutions
Afghānī, Jamāl al-Dīn al- (1838/1839–1897) Reference library
Nikki R. Keddie and Nael Shama
The Oxford Encyclopedia of Islam and Politics
Controversial during his lifetime, al-Afghānī has become since his death one of the most influential figures in the Muslim world.
Afghanistan Reference library
M. Nazif Shahrani and Elaheh Rostami-Povey
The Oxford Encyclopedia of Islam and Politics
This entry contains two subentries: Overview and Afghanistan, 2001 U.S. Invasion of.
Africa Muslim Party Reference library
Abdin Chande
The Oxford Encyclopedia of Islam and Politics
The Africa Muslim Party (AMP) of South Africa was founded in 1994, with Gulam Sabdia as its chairman and
Aḥbāsh, al- Reference library
Mustafa Kabha, Haggai Erlich, and Joseph A. Kéchichian
The Oxford Encyclopedia of Islam and Politics
Officially registered as the Association of Islamic Philanthropic Projects (Jamʿīyat al-Mashariʿ al-Khayrīyah al-Islāmīyah), al-Aḥbāsh was established in Beirut in 1983
Ahl al-Ḥall wa-al-ʿAqd Reference library
Wael B. Hallaq
The Oxford Encyclopedia of Islam and Politics
Those who are qualified to act on behalf of the Muslim community in electing a caliph are known as ahl
Aḥmad Khān, Sayyid Reference library
Hafeez Malik
The Oxford Encyclopedia of Islam and Politics
The family of Sir Sayyid Aḥmad Khān (1817–1898), an Indian Islamic modernist writer and political activist, claimed lineal descent from
Ahmad, Eqbal Reference library
Emran Qureshi and John Trumpbour
The Oxford Encyclopedia of Islam and Politics
A critical thinker on world politics and the contemporary Arab-Islamic world, Eqbal Ahmad (1933–1999) wrote prolifically on the rise of
Ahmad, Israr (1932–2010) Reference library
Rizwan Hussain
The Oxford Encyclopedia of Islam and Politics
of the Pakistani Sunnī Islamist organization Tanzīm-i Islāmī (Islamic Organization). He advocated Islamic revival and the establishment of an Islamic
Ahmadinejad, Mahmoud Reference library
Joseph A. Kéchichian and Nael Shama
The Oxford Encyclopedia of Islam and Politics
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (Ahmadi Nejad) was popularly elected as the sixth president of Iran on 24 June 2005 to serve a
