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Issue 13

What is Islamic Art?

What is Islamic Art?

[Headnote] Is there a difference between Islamic Art and Art of the Islamic World? According to the ever fickle art mark...
THE JOURNEY TO QALBIYYA

THE JOURNEY TO QALBIYYA

[Headnote] Invited by Morocco's American Language Center, author Daniel Abdal-Hayy Moore travels the mystical towns of i...
SUFI POEMS A Mediaeval Anthology

SUFI POEMS A Mediaeval Anthology

Abstract (Summary) [...] Lings explicitly states this in a note to his introduction to Hallaj's poems, which occurs in ...
Poverty to Profit

Poverty to Profit

[Headnote] Using Islamic microfinance to alleviate poverty...
Occupied Voices: Hearing the Human Side of Conflict

Occupied Voices: Hearing the Human Side of Conflict

[Headnote] While pundits and pedants pay more attention to game theories and conflict resolution paradigms in the ongoin...
MOSQUE

MOSQUE

Abstract (Summary) "How did they build that gravity-defying dome?" or "How did they make stairs inside that towering mi...
Mawlana Jalal al-Din Rumi and Islamic Spirituality

Mawlana Jalal al-Din Rumi and Islamic Spirituality

[Headnote] In ecstasy but with perfect control, the dervishes in their white tunics and tall felt hats spin round and ro...
Kalam and Islam: Traditional Theology and the Future of Islam

Kalam and Islam: Traditional Theology and the Future of Islam

[Headnote] Most of us have met dedicated and otherwise intelligent Muslims who have made themselves "'aqida police" to c...



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