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The Greek-Turkish Rapprochement of 1930 and the Repercussions of the Ankara Convention in Turkey

Demirozu, D. — 2008-08-26

The Greek–Turkish rapprochement of the 1930s aimed to sort out some problems that Greece and Turkey had to deal with after the Lausanne Treaty and also to bring peace to the ‘Near East’. Not much is known about the discussions that took place in Turkey during the rapprochement. This article aims to give some information about how this period was experienced in Turkey, in Turkey's vox populi and in the Parliament.

Divorce, Hadith-Scholar Style: From al-Darimi to al-Tirmidhi

Lucas, S. C. — 2008-08-26

This article analyzes the jurisprudence of six prominent third/ninth–century hadith scholars by examining the chapters on divorce in their compilations. This comparative study shows that only six legal topics on divorce were common to the books of al-Darimi, al-Bukhari, Muslim, Ibn Maja, Abu Dawud, and al-Tirmidhi. It also demonstrates that: 1) Some hadith scholars regularly expressed their personal legal opinions; 2) hadith scholars developed three distinct utility for certain fields of jurisprudence in the early Abbasid period.

Continuity and Change in Qurrhringanic Readings: A Study of the Qurrhringanic MS. Garrett 38

Ibrahim, Y. S. — 2008-08-26

This article presents an analysis of a Quranic manuscript in the Garrett collection of Princeton University. The unusual feature of this MS is that it has been tampered with, most likely by a later scribe, aiming to change the original ‘Quranic reading’ into another by adding or taking out letters and vocalization marks. The paper describes the kind of changes MS Garrett 38 underwent and then attempts to discern the original reading of the manuscript in the light of the available sources on Quranic readings (qiraat) and art of recitation (tajwid). In addition, the study of this Quranic manuscript, attributed to the fourteenth century, reveals a degree of inconsistency with the theoretical works on qiraat, which strictly distinguish different readings. However, analysis of Garret 38 shows that both the original and the later scribes deviated from the dictates of the theoretical description of the reading to which they intended to align the manuscript.

Encyclopedia of Canonical Hadith * BY G. H. A. JUYNBOLL

Brown, J. A. C. — 2008-08-26

Breaking with Athens: Alfarabi as Founder, Applications of Political Theory * BY CHRISTOPHER A. COLMO

Netton, I. R. — 2008-08-26

Scripturalist Islam: The History and Doctrines of the Akhbari Shilhringi School * BY ROBERT GLEAVE

Madelung, W. — 2008-08-26

A Concise Dictionary of Koranic Arabic * BY ARNE A. AMBROS and STEPHAN PROCHAZKA * The Nouns of Koranic Arabic Arranged by Topics: A Companion Volume to the 'Concise Dictionary of Koranic Arabic' * BY ARNE A. AMBROS and STEPHAN PROCHAZKA

Haleem, H. B. — 2008-08-26

Writing and Representation in Medieval Islam: Muslim Horizons * Edited by JULIA BRAY

Butterworth, C. E. — 2008-08-26

Cities in the Pre-Modern Islamic World: The Urban Impact of Religion, State and Society * Edited by AMIRA K. BENNISON and ALISON L. GASCOIGNE

Gordon, S. — 2008-08-26

The Turks in the Early Islamic World ['The Formation of the Classical Islamic World'] * Edited by C. EDMUND BOSWORTH

Jackson, P. — 2008-08-26

Honored by the Glory of Islam: Conversion and Conquest in Ottoman Europe * BY MARC DAVID BAER

Kunt, M. — 2008-08-26

The Early Modern Ottomans: Remapping the Empire * Edited by VIRGINIA H. AKSAN and DANIEL GOFFMAN

Miller, R. A. — 2008-08-26

Legitimizing the Order: the Ottoman Rhetoric of State Power * Edited by HAKAN T. KARATEKE and MARIUS REINKOWSKI

Kunt, M. — 2008-08-26

The Emergence of the Turkish Nation from 1789 to the Present * BY SINA AKsIN * Turkey Beyond Nationalism: Towards Post-Nationalist Identities * By HANS-LUKAS KIESER

Yavuz, H. — 2008-08-26

Secular and Islamic Politics in Turkey: The making of the Justice and Development Party * Edited by UMIT CIZRE

Hale, W. — 2008-08-26

Ethno-Nationalism, Islam and the State in the Caucasus: Post-Soviet Disorder * Edited by MOSHE GAMMER

Kemper, M. — 2008-08-26

Madrasas in South Asia: Teaching Terror? * Edited by JAMAL MALIK

Talib, M. — 2008-08-26

Asian Islam in the 21st Century * Edited by JOHN L. ESPOSITO, JOHN O. VOLL and OSMAN BAKAR

Feener, R. M. — 2008-08-26

Islamic Narrative and Authority in Southeast Asia: From the 16th to the 21st Century. * BY THOMAS GIBSON

Sidel, J. T. — 2008-08-26

Muslim Legal Thought in Modern Indonesia * BY R. MICHAEL FEENER

Azra, A. — 2008-08-26

Fighting the Greater Jihad: Amadu Bamba and the Founding of the Muridiyya of Senegal, 1853-1913 * BY CHEIKH ANTA BABOU

Masterton, R. — 2008-08-26

Culture and Identity in a Muslim Society * BY GARRY S. GREGG

Talib, M. — 2008-08-26

Schooling Islam: The Culture and Politics of Modern Muslim Education * Edited by ROBERT W. HEFNER and MUHAMMAD QASIM ZAMAN

Talib, M. — 2008-08-26

Politics of the Veil * BY JOAN WALLACH SCOTT

Hossain, M. — 2008-08-26

Ghazal as World Literature I: Transformations of a Literary Genre * BY THOMAS BAUER and ANGELIKA NEUWIRTH

Shackle, C. — 2008-08-26

Staging Islam in England: Drama and Culture, 1640-1685 * BY MATTHEW BIRCHWOOD

Matar, N. — 2008-08-26

The Origins and Evolution of Islamic Law: A Response * BY WAEL B. HALLAQ

Hallaq, W. B. — 2008-08-26

Books Received

2008-08-26