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Objectivity and Extra-Historicity in Understanding the Qur’an

M. J. Elmi
pp. 263-282
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/isl.2014.0027
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Defining the Boundaries of Sacred Space: Unbelievers, Purity, and the Masjid al-Haram in Shi‘a Exegesis of Qur’an 9:28

Linda Darwish
pp. 283-319
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/isl.2014.0029
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Thou Shalt Emulate the Most Knowledgeable Living Cleric: Redefinition of Islamic Law and Authority in Usuli Shi‘ism

Zackery Mirza Heern
pp. 321-344
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/isl.2014.0031
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The Spiritual Aspects of Hajj: A Translation of Imam Zayn al-‘Abidin’s (A) Discourse on Hajj with al-Shibli

Mohammed Ali Ismail
pp. 345-352
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/isl.2014.0033
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The Essentials of Ibāḍī Islam by Valerie J. Hoffman (review)

Jonathan Brown
pp. 353-355
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/isl.2014.0035
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Christians, Muslims and Jesus by Mona Siddiqui (review)

Khadijah Al-Hussain
pp. 356-358
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/isl.2014.0025
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Tafsir: Interpreting the Qur’an ed. by Mustafa Shah (review)

Brannon Wheeler
pp. 359-360
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/isl.2014.0026
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Fortresses of the Intellect: Ismaili and other Islamic Studies in Honour of Farhad Daftary ed. by Omar Alí-de-Unzaga (review)

Tatsuya Kikuchi
pp. 361-365
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/isl.2014.0028
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Lebanon: After the Cedar Revolution ed. by Are Knudsen and Michael Kerr (review)

Nehad Khanfar
pp. 366-368
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/isl.2014.0030
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Hizbullah’s Documents: From the 1985 Open Letter to the 2009 Manifesto by Joseph Alagha (review)

Katrin Jomaa
pp. 369-374
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/isl.2014.0032
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Transliteration

pp. 379-380
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/isl.2014.0024
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Book Notes

Amina Inloes
pp. 375-378
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/isl.2014.0034
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