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Fragmentation and Compilation: Abstracts

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Fragmentation and Compilation: Biographies

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Fragmentation and Compilation: Workshop Programme

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Fragmentation and Compilation: Workshop Description

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New Publications

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Sufi Master and Qur’an Scholar, Abu’l-Qasim al-Qushayri and the Lata’if al-Isharat

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Divine Law / Divine Command: The Ground of Ethics in the Western Tradition-Muslim Perspectives

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The article posits that the ethical roots of the pre-modern Western tradition are not just based in biblical norms. The author delves into the origins and roots of Muslim ethics from revelation to the shaping of Muslim law, suggesting a strong connection between western and Muslim values based on linkages developed in medieval times through Latin appropriation of Arabic studies of Classical philosophy. The article also traces the need to address common, contemporary concerns, such as poverty, through a shared ethical stance.

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Forthcoming Publications

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IIS Research Associate Presents at a Qur'an Conference at SOAS

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Dr Karen Bauer, Research Associate in the Qur’anic Studies Unit at the IIS, presented at the Seventh Biennial Conference on The Qur’an: Text, Society & Culture held at SOAS.

Muslim Ethics: Emerging Vistas

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(Adapted from Preface)

The study of Muslim ethics cannot be confined to scripture and its attendant normative regime, even as it extends to scholarly commentaries in disciplines ranging from law and philosophy to the natural sciences. The foundational importance of these elements is axiomatic, for they offer tenets, arguments and stories that can be timeless in their potency. Yet, the central role for Muslim ethics at large of the Qur’an and the body of prophetic guidance and conduct, the Sunna, is accompanied by a key principle, one that underlies the oft-repeated assertion about Islam being ‘a way of life’. It is the idea of the historical locus of the life of Muhammad, with its series of well-documented struggles to fulfil a prophetic mission in which the pursuit of ethical ideals is not an abstraction but a practical matter.

Upcoming Workshop

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This workshop will explore various questions linked to the textual history of religions... More

SPI 2012: FAQs

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The Summer Programme on Islam 2012

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Showcase

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A gallery of Images from the Meet & Greet 2012

Faculty and Staff

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Additions to the Site

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Seminars & Public Lectures

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Qur'anic Studies

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Qur'anic Studies: Workshops, Seminars and Conferences

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IIS Update

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