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https://muse.jhu.edu/article/984967
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This article initiates a series of works that will examine the concept of istiʿdād in the Sufi commentaries of Ahmed Avni Konuk (d. 1938). Istiʿdād, a term generally translated as preparedness, predisposition, or ontological aptitude, and connected with the classical concept of the fiṭra (human nature), evolved into an important Sufi metaphysical concept within the school of Ibn al-ʿArabī (d. 1240 CE). This key concept has, however, not yet received sufficient scholarly attention, unlike other central Akbarian concepts such as tajallī (theophany) or al-aʿyān al-thābita (immutable entities). This is a significant gap in contemporary scholarship on Akbarian Sufism, as istiʿdād plays a pivotal role in resolving what
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Project MUSE®https://muse.jhu.edu/2026-05-12T00:00:00-05:00https://muse.jhu.edu/journal/740/image/coversmallPreparedness (Istiʿdād) and Religious Diversity in Ahmed Avni Konuk's Fuṣūṣ and Mathnawī Commentaries2026-03-13text/htmlen-USPreparedness (Istiʿdād) and Religious Diversity in Ahmed Avni Konuk's Fuṣūṣ and Mathnawī Commentaries2026-03-132026TWOProject MUSE®1576292026-05-12T00:00:00-05:002026-03-13Modal Logic, the Qirāʾāt, and Qurʾānic Exegesis: Burhān al-Dīn al-Biqāʿī on Sūrat al-Ṭāriq Verse 4
https://muse.jhu.edu/article/984968
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The Qurʾānic project of Burhān al-Dīn al-Biqāʿī (d. 1480 CE) merits scholarly study for two reasons. He was, as Walid A. Saleh describes him, a "Qurʾān commentator, first and foremost," and his Qurʾān commentary, Naẓm al-Durar fī Tanāsub al-Āyāt wa-l-Suwar (The Arrangement of Pearls Concerning the Coherence between Qurʾānic Verses and Chapters), is "unique in the history of medieval Qurʾān commentaries."1 Having centered his life on the Qurʾān, al-Biqāʿī nevertheless participated in other sciences, among which was logic (manṭiq). We know this from Ḥājjī Khalīfa's (d. 1657 CE) Kashf al-Ẓunūn (The Removal of Doubts) in which it is recorded that al-Biqāʿī abridged Muḥammad ibn Marzūq al-Tilimsānī's (d. 1439 CE)
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Project MUSE®https://muse.jhu.edu/2026-05-12T00:00:00-05:00https://muse.jhu.edu/journal/740/image/coversmallModal Logic, the Qirāʾāt, and Qurʾānic Exegesis: Burhān al-Dīn al-Biqāʿī on Sūrat al-Ṭāriq Verse 42026-03-13text/htmlen-USModal Logic, the Qirāʾāt, and Qurʾānic Exegesis: Burhān al-Dīn al-Biqāʿī on Sūrat al-Ṭāriq Verse 42026-03-132026TWOProject MUSE®1200542026-05-12T00:00:00-05:002026-03-13Is AI Endangering Religion? Maqāṣid al-Sharīʿa as Ethics Framework for Harm Assessment and Mitigation
https://muse.jhu.edu/article/984969
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The integration of artificial intelligence (AI) into religious contexts has sparked intense debate about its ethical1 and social implications.2 AI systems now play an increasingly active role in theological interpretation, religious governance, and religious rituals, raising fundamental concerns regarding authenticity, religious authority, and epistemological legitimacy in faith-based decision-making. The emergence of AI-generated fatwās,3 robotic clergy in Christianity and Buddhism,4 and AI-based Qur'ānic exegesis5 exemplifies how automation can both democratize and destabilize religious discourse. While AI may enhance accessibility to sacred knowledge, it also presents significant risks, including doctrinal
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Project MUSE®https://muse.jhu.edu/2026-05-12T00:00:00-05:00https://muse.jhu.edu/journal/740/image/coversmallIs AI Endangering Religion? Maqāṣid al-Sharīʿa as Ethics Framework for Harm Assessment and Mitigation2026-03-13text/htmlen-USIs AI Endangering Religion? Maqāṣid al-Sharīʿa as Ethics Framework for Harm Assessment and Mitigation2026-03-132026TWOProject MUSE®2112112026-05-12T00:00:00-05:002026-03-13Inrushes of the Heart: The Sufi Philosophy of ʿAyn al-Quḍāt by Mohammed Rustom (review)
https://muse.jhu.edu/article/984970
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Inrushes of the Heart offers a comprehensive introduction to ʿAyn al-Quḍāt Hamadānī (d. 525/1131). It examines, in depth, the life and thought of this major Islamic philosopher, Sufi master, and religious judge whom the Seljuq government executed at the young age of thirty-four. He rose to great prominence during his short life, as indicated by his title of distinction "the most eminent of judges" (ʿAyn al-Quḍāt). While earning his livelihood in this profession, he also operated a Sufi lodge, where he trained his students, and taught daily classes to wider audiences in Islamic sciences. He was the direct disciple of Shaykh Aḥmad al-Ghazālī (d. 520/1126) and a resolute follower of the great Sufi martyr al-Ḥallāj (d.
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Project MUSE®https://muse.jhu.edu/2026-05-12T00:00:00-05:00https://muse.jhu.edu/journal/740/image/coversmallInrushes of the Heart: The Sufi Philosophy of ʿAyn al-Quḍāt by Mohammed Rustom (review)2026-03-13text/htmlen-USInrushes of the Heart: The Sufi Philosophy of ʿAyn al-Quḍāt by Mohammed Rustom (review)2026-03-132026TWOProject MUSE®169342026-05-12T00:00:00-05:002026-03-13Sufi Women and Mystics: Models of Sanctity, Erudition, and Political Leadership by Minlib Dallh (review)
https://muse.jhu.edu/article/984971
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Minlib Dallh's Sufi Women and Mystics: Models of Sanctity, Erudition, and Political Leadership is a valuable addition to the growing body of academic literature on gender, femininity, and Sufism. Not only does Dallh shed light on the spiritual lives of six notable women, but he also explores their intellectual and social interactions with the political and religious leadership of their time. The individuals that form the subject of his study are Fatima of Nishapur (d. 838) and Umm Ali al-Balkhi (d. c. 850) of Khorasan (Chapter 1), Aisha al-Mannubiyya (d. 1267) of Tunisia (Chapter 2), Aisha al-Baʿuniyya (d. 1517) of Mamluk Syria (Chapter 3), Jahan Ara Begum (d. 1681) of Mughal India (Chapter 4), and Nana Asmaʾu (d.
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Project MUSE®https://muse.jhu.edu/2026-05-12T00:00:00-05:00https://muse.jhu.edu/journal/740/image/coversmallSufi Women and Mystics: Models of Sanctity, Erudition, and Political Leadership by Minlib Dallh (review)2026-03-13text/htmlen-USSufi Women and Mystics: Models of Sanctity, Erudition, and Political Leadership by Minlib Dallh (review)2026-03-132026TWOProject MUSE®130052026-05-12T00:00:00-05:002026-03-13Hidden in Plain Sight: İsmāʿīl Anḳaravī's Commentary on "Book Seven" of Rūmī's Mathnawī by Eliza Tasbihi (review)
https://muse.jhu.edu/article/984972
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Eliza Tasbihi's book is a meticulously researched and compelling study which addresses an enduring controversy in Rumi scholarship: the authenticity of "Book Seven" of the Mathnawī and the role of İsmāʿīl Anqaravī's (d. 1040/1631) commentary upon it. As such, the work under review offers both a philological record and an intellectual history. In the process, Tasbihi shares her insights about the contested textual reception of Rumi's poetry and the broader cultural and theological debates taking place in seventeenth-century Ottoman Istanbul. The volume is thus a significant contribution to both Rumi studies and Ottoman intellectual history, revealing the complex interplay of mystical, theological, and
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Project MUSE®https://muse.jhu.edu/2026-05-12T00:00:00-05:00https://muse.jhu.edu/journal/740/image/coversmallHidden in Plain Sight: İsmāʿīl Anḳaravī's Commentary on "Book Seven" of Rūmī's Mathnawī by Eliza Tasbihi (review)2026-03-13text/htmlen-USHidden in Plain Sight: İsmāʿīl Anḳaravī's Commentary on "Book Seven" of Rūmī's Mathnawī by Eliza Tasbihi (review)2026-03-132026TWOProject MUSE®128002026-05-12T00:00:00-05:002026-03-13Inshallah a Boy, Drama by Amjad Al Rasheed (review)
https://muse.jhu.edu/article/984973
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Amjad Al Rasheed's directorial debut Inshallah a Boy is the first Jordanian film to be screened at Cannes.1 The film tells a liberal, secular story that depicts modern progress overcoming outdated religious traditions, especially patriarchal religious and social systems. Such a story can feel heavy-handed, preachy, or simplistic. The film demands attention and commendation for its relentless pacing and the strength of its performances; however, its narrative focus on religious and social patriarchy reveals the limits of critique in politically repressive climates such as Jordan. As a result, the audience is left with the false impression that state institutions remain patriarchal solely because of society's
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Project MUSE®https://muse.jhu.edu/2026-05-12T00:00:00-05:00https://muse.jhu.edu/journal/740/image/coversmallInshallah a Boy, Drama by Amjad Al Rasheed (review)2026-03-13text/htmlen-USInshallah a Boy, Drama by Amjad Al Rasheed (review)2026-03-132026TWOProject MUSE®284992026-05-12T00:00:00-05:002026-03-13Islamic Perspectives on Science and Religion: The Contrasting Cases of al-Ghazālī's Iḥyāʾ ʿulūm al-dīn and Ibn ʿArabī's al-Futūḥāt al-Makkiyya
https://muse.jhu.edu/article/984974
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In Islam as in Christianity the relationship between science and religion has been both tense and fruitful. On the fruitful side, as is well known, Muslim scholars, under the patronage of the caliphs, both studied and advanced the mathematical and physical sciences they inherited (chiefly through the intermediary of Syriac Christians and Iraqi Sabians) from the Hellenistic and Indo-Persian worlds of late antiquity. Animated by the cosmopolitan and universalist outlook that characterized the early Abbasid period, they embraced an entire spectrum of Greek and Indian sciences ranging from Pythagorean arithmetic, Indian algebra, Euclidean geometry, and Ptolemaic astronomy to Galenic medicine, Dioscoridean pharmacology
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Project MUSE®https://muse.jhu.edu/2026-05-12T00:00:00-05:00https://muse.jhu.edu/journal/740/image/coversmallIslamic Perspectives on Science and Religion: The Contrasting Cases of al-Ghazālī's Iḥyāʾ ʿulūm al-dīn and Ibn ʿArabī's al-Futūḥāt al-Makkiyya2026-03-13text/htmlen-USIslamic Perspectives on Science and Religion: The Contrasting Cases of al-Ghazālī's Iḥyāʾ ʿulūm al-dīn and Ibn ʿArabī's al-Futūḥāt al-Makkiyya2026-03-132026TWOProject MUSE®570202026-05-12T00:00:00-05:002026-03-13Islam and AI: Challenges and Opportunities
https://muse.jhu.edu/article/984975
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The 54th Annual Conference of the North American Association of Islamic and Muslim Studies (NAAIMS), titled "Islam and AI: Challenges and Opportunities," convened virtually on November 20, 2025. This gathering was cosponsored by the Department of Romance and Arabic Languages and Literature at the University of Cincinnati, Ohio, and was chaired by Muhammad U. Faruque (University of Cincinnati, OH). The conference sought to interrogate the ontological, theological, legal, and ethical implications of AI technologies within Islamic frameworks. The proceedings were organized into two panel sessions, featuring six presentations ranging from metaphysical inquiries into the nature of the soul to sociological studies on
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Project MUSE®https://muse.jhu.edu/2026-05-12T00:00:00-05:00https://muse.jhu.edu/journal/740/image/coversmallIslam and AI: Challenges and Opportunities2026-03-13text/htmlen-USIslam and AI: Challenges and Opportunities2026-03-132026TWOProject MUSE®277292026-05-12T00:00:00-05:002026-03-13Preface
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Welcome to the Journal of Islamic and Muslim Studies (JIMS), a publication of the North American Association of Islamic and Muslim Studies (NAAIMS). We offer the readership a publication that focuses primarily on Islam and Islamic studies which covers a broad cross-section of ethnicities and cultures across seven continents. Since the target audience of such a journal crosses over ethnic boundaries due to the large Muslim mosaic of cultures under the Islamic umbrella, JIMS would fill a vacuum in the international landscape of Muslim societies. A deeper understanding of Islam is generated through the multidisciplinary study of the diverse lived experiences of Muslims worldwide.In the last twenty years there has been
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