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islam
Articles on Islam: the Qur’an, the Prophet, worship and law, and Islam’s view of the earlier faiths. Browse the articles.
40 articles carry this tag.
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Apostasy in the Abrahamic traditions
Rabbinic law, Christian empire, classical Islamic jurisprudence and modern reconsideration: how each tradition has treated those who leave.
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Jesus across the traditions
Lord and Saviour, prophet and Messiah, or a pupil of John who departed from his teaching: how three traditions see Jesus.
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Mary across the traditions
The only woman named in the Qur’an and the mother of God incarnate in Christian doctrine: Mary in scripture.
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Al-Ghazali, Ibn Rushd and the limits of reason
The medieval argument over whether philosophy could be trusted, and why it mattered more in Europe than in Islam.
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The Amman Message and A Common Word
Two landmark declarations: a modern Muslim consensus on who is a Muslim, and an open letter to Christian leaders.
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The Cairo Genizah
A synagogue storeroom in Cairo yielded 400,000 medieval fragments and reshaped the study of Jewish history.
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John the Baptist in four traditions
The prophet of the Jordan in the Gospels, in Jewish memory, in the Qur’an and in Mandaean tradition.
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Interfaith dialogue in the modern era
How Jews, Christians and Muslims have sought understanding across religious lines since the nineteenth century.
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Faith and reason in medieval Jewish, Christian and Muslim thought
How medieval thinkers in all three traditions used Greek philosophy to reason about God.
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Prayer across the Abrahamic traditions
Daily prayer in Judaism, Mandaeism, Christianity and Islam: times, forms and meanings.
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Kedar, the Arabs and the prophets
Kedar in the Hebrew Bible, the Arab tribes of the north, and the figure the oracles point to.
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Jerusalem in three traditions
Why one city holds a central place in Judaism, Christianity and Islam.