In my book 'Quranic Arabic' I argue that if you look closely at the Quranic rasm you can deduce that the text has been composed in Hijazi Arabic (and later classicized into more mixed forms in the reading traditions). Can we identify dialects in poetry?

I suspect a senior scholar has plagiarized my work during peer review. They rejected my submission but published an article with similar arguments. What can I do? This isn't the first time this senior scholar has plagiarized my work. Meanwhile, my article kept getting rejected...

No doubt the one theological concept that escapes both my Christian and Muslim students the most is the Church. Muslims understand Jesus as a prophet who taught Islamic teachings (in his own key) and set an example to be followed. My Christian students often think of Jesus (in a

Oğuzhan Duru (Adamlık Mücadelesi) I think some of the mushrikūn likely did seek forgiveness from Allāh and prayed to Him. What distinguished the mushrikūn from mu’minūn was unbelief in Hereafter, some cultic practices that entailed serving beings other than Allāh, and rejecting Muḥammad’s status as Prophet.

1/10 What is the difference between islām & īmān—or between aslama & āmana, mentioned in Q 49:14–17?

TL;DR: islām means to accept monotheistic worship, manifest in ṣalāt & zakāt. This should not be conflated with genuine faith, which is manifest in readiness to fight for God.

But there has been far less outrage and headlines about the actual shutting down by police of an international conference on Palestine in Berlin, having already barred one speaker, Ghassan Abu Sitta, rector of Glasgow University, entering Germany... aljazeera.com/news/2024/4/12… 2/

My dad went to a Catholic boarding school, in Lebanon, alongside Muslim and Jewish boys. Daily mass (in Latin!) was compulsory for all and nobody had any issue with that. They were there for a quality education and only had to participate, not believe. One of my fave anecdotes:

7. The “Mayan Revival” Fisher Theatre, Detroit (1928 - 1961)

This theater still stands (inside the Fisher Building in Detroit), but it was gutted in the 1960s so it could be 'modernized'.

A critical review of Sherman Jackson’s article on his main thesis of “The Islamic Secular”

Sherman Abdul Hakim Jackson is an American convert and academic of Islamic studies. Recently, has has been quite the controversial figure for his idea of Islamic secular although it

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I love living in Istanbul's old Jewish/Christian quarter. The streets are medieval, dotted with Greek/Armenian churches, synagogues, and mosques from centuries ago.

Sounds of life, like the cries of babies or children playing, waft into your house with the morning breeze.

As a side note, I have recently stopped using the term 'fire-altar' for the ātašdān. This very western label has led to too many misunderstandings - especially by scholars who come from a Jewish or Christian background. It's simply not an altar and is in fact antithetical to it.

If people genuinely care about gender inequalities, they should openly engage with empirical evidence, recognise the biggest drivers, and at least try to address them.

Western demand for oil has enabled Saudi Arabia to export Salafism, & become seen as blessed by God.

This is the filthy corner of Muslim Twitter: abuse a guy for his call towards pluralism and then everyone joins in and start a sort of online lynching forum.

Excited to be teaching a new seminar, The Qur’an & the Bible, next fall. A first & ongoing task will be to complicate the reason some students will have thought they signed up—the parallel that “Both religions have a holy book, so… let’s compare.” Well, kind of, but… 1/🧵

1/ I’m an Israeli academic. My community is still too silent about the war in Gaza. Following my viral tweet last month, this is the updated & expanded version of how I see things based on >1000 articles and 1000s of videos/images of the war. 🧵of summary conclusions:

In fact, he said “Many as are the virtues of the Moon Under Water, I think that the garden is its best feature, because it allows whole families to go there instead of Mum having to stay at home and mind the baby while Dad goes out alone.”

A new book. Excellent work from Chinese scholars very well translated into English.

Tax revenue in Roman provinces minus defense spending on the legions. The Western Roman Empire is a net fiscal negative while the East is a positive, Egypt is the most profitable province in the empire.

My favorite behavioral experiment covered in The WEIRDest People in the World:

“You are riding in a car driven by a close friend. He hits a pedestrian. You know that he was going at least 35 mph in an area of the city where the maximum allowed speed is 20 mph. There are no

Good discussion of the history and current situation of the Christian communities in the Middle East by Joseph Amar.
commonwealmagazine.org/christianity-m…