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Ascetic And Devotional Elements In The Mu'tazilite Tradition: The Sufi Mu'tazilites
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The Mutazilite thinkers are most often defined as rationalist, individualist, liberal and eccentric figures. To the above qualities, one should add ascetic and devotional aspects. Among the Mutazilite famous ascetics are Abu Musa al-Murdar and his followers, Ja'far b. Harb, Ja'far b. Mubashshir and 'Isa b. al-Haytham. The accounts about these figures vigorously reflect the Mutazilite outlook of the ascetic life and practices. As a matter of fact, one can see the ascetic prope...
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Ascetic And Devotional Elements In The Mu'tazilite Tradition: The Sufi Mu'tazilites
The Muslim World
; Abstract: The Mutazilite thinkers are most often defined as rationalist, individualist, liberal and eccentric figures. To the above qualities, one should add ascetic and devotional aspects. Among the Mutazilite famous ascetics are Abu Musa al-Murdar and his followers, Ja'far b. Harb, Ja'far b.
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A Traditional Mu'tazilite Qur'an Commentary: The Kashshaf of Jar Allah al-Zamakhshari (d. 538/1144).(Book review)
The Journal of the American Oriental Society
; A Traditional Mu'tazilite Qur'an Commentary: The Kashshaf of Jar Allah al-Zamakhshari (d. 538/1144). By ANDREW LANE. Texts and Studies in the Qur'an, vol. 2. Leiden: BRILL, 2006. Pp. xxiv + 418. $183. One of the problems facing scholars of tafsir and theology is that al-Zamakhshari's acknowledged
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Andrew J. Lane: A Traditional Mu'tazilite Qur'an Commentary: The Kashshaf of Jar Allah al-Zamakhshari.(Book review)
Islam & Science
; Andrew J. Lane: A Traditional Mu'tazilite Qur'an Commentary: The Kashshaf of Jar Allah al-Zamakhshari Leiden*Boston: Brill 2006, xxiii+418 pp., HC $183.00 ISBN 90 04 14700 4 Divided into five chapters, a brief conclusion, and eight appendices, this book initially began, as the author tells us in
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(book reviews)
The Journal of the American Oriental Society
; Al-Jubba i (d. 303/915) is commonly held to be the greatest of the Mu tazilite exegetes. His present reputation in this regard is due in large part to the fact that he was not merely the founder of what proved to be the predominant school of the Mu tazila in Sunni Islam, but also because he was
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Correction to JAOS 124.4.(Correction notice)
The Journal of the American Oriental Society
; On p. 677, five lines from bottom, of Gabriel Said Reynolds' article, A Reflection on Two Qur'anic Words, the sentence reading: Meanwhile, the Mu'tazilite doctrine of the un-createdness of the Qur'an discouraged scholars from finding temporal or secular qualities therein. should read: Meanwhile,
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Iran Claims Sovereignty Over Small, Oil-Producing Gulf Island
The Washington Post
; ... from Abu Musa's small, offshore oil field, according to Arab news reports. Under the accord between Iran and the Emirates, the ... Amid Arab anger over Abu Musa, for example, Iran's state-run news agency, IRNA, filed a story from the island quoting an Iranian ...
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Iran, UAE Break Off Talks Over Disputed Island
The Washington Post
; ... continue discussing other issues at this meeting," the UAE statement said, according to Reuter. A source at the UAE's official news agency said, however, that the statement used the word "difficult," not "impossible." The UAE also displayed a more assertive ...
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Reasoned and Inspired Beliefs: A Study of Islamic Theology
The Muslim World
; Abstract: In most cases, Islamic theology has been examined as a sub-field of Islamic legal studies. Ignaz Goldziher and Joseph Schacht for instance, see a link between Islamic law and theology. However, Islamic materials from the formative period of Islamic thought show that Muslim scholars
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IRAN IS SAID TO BUILD NEW MISSILE SITES ISLAND LAUNCH PADS WOULD PUT GULF SHIPS WITHIN CLOSER RANGE
The Boston Globe
; MANAMA, Bahrain - Iran is building launch pads for Silkworm missile batteries on Abu Musa Island just off the coast of United Arab Emirates, according to sources. One source said that though the missile sites are being constructed, no missiles have been detected on the island. "But it's significant
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The Three Occupied UAE Islands: The Tunbs and Abu Musa.(Book review)
Middle East Policy
; The Three Occupied UAE Islands: The Tunbs and Abu Musa, by Thomas R. Mattair. Abu Dhabi: The Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research, 2005. 591 pages. In the fall of 1971, when Britain withdrew from the Persian Gulf after more than a century of being the dominant power there, outside
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