76 results for “political”
... to Islam: not purely theological but economic, social, and political — a defense of the existing order against a message that wa...
...lowed within weeks. Together, these losses removed both the political anchor and the domestic anchor of the Prophet's ﷺ life in M...
...bn Firas noting that accepting the Prophet ﷺ would transfer political leadership to the Quraysh, not to them. An older member rep...
...g, gifted with speech, personally magnetic, and free of the political edge that might have created friction with Yathrib's tribal...
...ond Pledge of Aqabah was the moment at which Islam became a political entity with a territorial base — the compact that made Medi...
...t another, I would go with the Ansar.' These words were not political — they expressed a personal love for a community that had m...
...is the earliest written constitutional document in recorded political history. Its approximately forty-seven clauses established ...
...H — in the months after the Treaty of Hudaybiyyah created a political ceasefire with Mecca — the Prophet ﷺ dispatched formal lett...
...' Khalid came accompanied by Amr ibn al-As, one of the most politically astute figures in Arabia, and Uthman ibn Talha, the custo...
... stands as one of the most studied events in the history of political governance — scholars including W. Montgomery Watt have not...
...ayn had removed the last major military obstacles to Muslim political authority in Arabia, the calculus for every remaining tribe...
...sage — though his public declaration was constrained by his political situation. The Prophet's ﷺ prayer over him is read by schol...
...ent to the fact that divine favor, extraordinary gifts, and political authority can be combined with deep personal piety and cons...
...ne revelation with human speculation, shaped by the social, political, and philosophical pressures of the Greco-Roman world.
...ng which texts to include in an official canon was itself a political and ecclesiastical act, not a divine one. Many texts that c...
...seeking to recover the pure teaching of a prophet; it was a political convocation called by an emperor seeking religious unity fo...
...ious belonging is also family loyalty, social identity, and political membership. His father's chains were not mere obstruction —...
...shed the theological precedent that companions could err in political matters.
...he capital from Kufa to Damascus, establishing Syria as the political and military heartland of the new empire. His administrativ...
...e day of Ashura retained as a day of voluntary fasting. The political and theological repercussions of Karbala reverberated acros...
... Dome is not a mosque but a shrine housing the sacred rock. Politically, some classical historians noted that Abd al-Malik may ha...
... medieval period, blocking the further expansion of Islamic political authority into southeastern Europe along this route.
...ance capable of stopping the subsequent Muslim advance. The political structure of the Visigothic kingdom, which had been central...
...assical sources and reveals a sophisticated theological and political mind. He died after only two and a half years in office (99...
...olution (al-dawla al-'Abbasiyya) was the most consequential political upheaval in early Islamic history, toppling the Umayyad dyn...
...dalus through a combination of military campaigns and adept political management, defeating a series of challenges from local Ara...
...he great mosque at its center, Baghdad was conceived as the political, economic, and intellectual capital of the Islamic world. I...
... marked one of the most humiliating periods for Sunni Islam politically, as the symbolic heart of the caliphate was ruled by Shia...
...ousting the Buyid dynasty and ending over a century of Shia political dominance over the Abbasid caliphate. The Abbasid caliph al...
...religious legitimacy to the Mamluk sultans but held no real political power. It nonetheless preserved the symbolic continuity of ...
...fourteen Muslims were martyred. The victory established the political credibility of the Muslim state in Medina, demonstrated tha...
...Sunnah regards all parties as sincere Muslims in error on a political question, and refrains from cursing any companion.
...n independent Umayyad emirate there. The battle shifted the political centre of the Muslim world eastward, with the new capital B...
...tian population escaped by sea. The fall ended the Crusader political project in Palestine and Syria definitively. The Mamluks sy...
...profound consequences for the Islamic world's religious and political geography that persist to this day. Shah Ismail I had rapid...
... medieval history, permanently altering the demographic and political map of Anatolia. The Seljuk Sultan Alp Arslan faced the Byz...
...nquest marked the effective end of the Sassanid Empire as a political entity, though resistance continued in Iran for another dec...
...ed in Damascus. He made fundamental contributions to logic, political philosophy, and music theory.
... and 1025 CE. These campaigns significantly expanded Muslim political influence in South Asia, brought enormous wealth to Ghazni,...
...ing the Ottoman-Safavid border and deepening the Sunni-Shia political divide.
...mal al-Din al-Afghani, the influential Islamic reformer and political activist, died in Istanbul. He promoted Pan-Islamic unity a...
...ile. This left the Muslim world without a central religious-political authority for the first time in 1,300 years.
...mic republic under Ayatollah Khomeini. While a Twelver Shia political event, it had profound implications for the entire Muslim w...
...d, toppling several authoritarian regimes and reshaping the political landscape of the Muslim world.
...rael and the UAE, Bahrain, Sudan, and Morocco, reshaping geopolitical alliances in the Middle East.
Conqueror of Egypt and a shrewd political and military leader.
Shafi'i jurist and political theorist who authored al-Ahkam as-Sultaniyyah, the foundati...
Pan-Islamic political activist and Islamic modernist who traveled across the Musl...
Philosopher, poet, and political thinker who inspired the creation of Pakistan.
Indonesian Islamic scholar, author, and political figure, known for his major Quran commentary 'Tafsir al-Azh...
Chief Hanbali judge of Baghdad and systematizer of Hanbali theology, author of 'al-Ahkam as-Sultaniyyah' and 'al-Mu'tamad fi Usul ad-Din.'
The Byzantine Emperor who received the Prophet's letter inviting him to Islam and privately acknowledged the signs of prophethood.
...xchange with Abu Hanifah, whom he pressured to authenticate political documents. Abu Hanifah's principled refusal at personal ris...
...yy, remains an unparalleled primary source for 14th-century political, social, and religious history across three continents.
...ic for Arabic-speaking world and integrated it with Islamic political thought.
Prominent companion known for political acumen; governor of Basra and Kufa under Umar and Uthman.
Pakistani Islamic thinker and founder of Jamaat-e-Islami; controversial modernist-Islamist ideologue.
Tunisian Islamic thinker and political leader, founder of the Ennahda Movement.
...anion, a reliable narrator who participated actively in the political affairs of early Kufa.
...ohesion), examining economics, education, urbanization, and political power. The work transcended Islamic scholarship and influen...
...first systematic treatise on Islamic constitutional law and political governance. Al-Mawardi discusses the caliphate, its conditi...
...an al-Mawardi. The most important classical work on Islamic political theory and constitutional law.
...he Prophet Muhammad examining his character, relationships, political decisions, and lasting legacy.
...ble to divine command — with major implications for Islamic political philosophy and the basis of human rights.
...principles can be integrated into intellectual, social, and political life. Addresses how Muslims in secular or non-Muslim-majori...
...reatment of Jews and other groups, and its significance for political thought.
...ions of a leader, the principle of shura, and how classical political theory applies to modern contexts.
...sed through the lineage of Ali and Fatimah. Theological and political positions range widely — from the relatively moderate Zaydi...
...than audible group dhikr. Has historically been involved in political resistance movements.
...response to British colonial rule and the decline of Muslim political power. Follows the Hanafi madhab in fiqh and is primarily M...
...m al-Muslim, ikhlas al-niyyah, and dawah — largely avoiding political and controversial topics.
A pan-Islamist political and social movement founded in Egypt in 1928 CE by Hasan al...
A major Islamist political movement founded in British India in 1941 CE by Sayyid Abul...
A pan-Islamist political party founded in Jerusalem in 1953 CE by Taqiuddin al-Nabha...
...ideology combining Salafi theological language with Qutbist political theory (from Sayyid Qutb's late works Milestones and In the...
An African-American political and religious organization founded in Detroit, Michigan in ...