The site of Al‐Qurainiyah: Topography and phases of an early Islamic coastal settlement on Failaka Island

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrea Di Miceli
Keyword(s):  
Failaka Island ◽  
Early Islamic ◽  
Coastal Settlement

The Early Islamic Pottery from the Monastery at al-Qusur

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 21-38 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julie Bonnéric
Keyword(s):  
Persian Gulf ◽  
Gulf War ◽  
Islamic Period ◽  
Cultural Proximity ◽  
Failaka Island ◽  
Early Islamic Period ◽  
Early Islamic

The pottery discovered at al-Qusur (Failaka Island, Kuwait) is of first importance to clarify thedating of the Christian settlements of the Arab-Persian Gulf. Firstly attributed to the Sasanianperiod by their excavators on the base of pottery and stucco studies, theses sites were thenattributed to the Early Islamic period by other scholars according to the artefacts published.Complete catalogues of the materiel unearthed on these sites are still lacking. This article offers afirst overview of the pottery discovered at al-Qu??r by the French Mission in Kuwait in 1988–1989and in 2007–2009 in two buildings identified as two churches (A1 and A2), two courtyard houses(B1 and B8), and seven isolated buildings (B2–B7 and B9). The corpus was incomplete due to theloss of sherds from 1988 and 1989 campaigns during the Gulf war and to the treatment of partof the pottery discovered from 2007 to 2009. If quantification was meaningless and petrographyimpossible, this corpus reflects the cultural proximity of the site with Mesopotamia and Persiaand diagnostic sherds such as pitchers with gouged lines or pointed circles with incised lines andgouged motifs, stamped sherds, carinated turquoise-glazed cups, attest that the main occupationof the site is related to an Early Islamic period. This dating is consistent with other Christian sitesin the region, contradicting both Arabic and Syriac sources that propounded the disappearanceof Christianity as soon as the beginnings of Islam.

Christian settlement at Failaka, Qusur site (Kuwait): excavations in 2011 and 2013

2016 ◽  
Vol XXIV (1) ◽  
pp. 529-546
Author(s):  
Magdalena Żurek
Keyword(s):  
Islamic Period ◽  
Failaka Island ◽  
Early Islamic Period ◽  
The University ◽  
Early Islamic

Excavations of the Qusur complex in the center of Failaka Island in Kuwait commenced in 2011 and were continued in 2013, carried out by a team from the University of Warsaw. A magnetic prospection preceded the fieldwork. In the course of two seasons three of nine units in the northernmost part of the site were investigated. Stone enclosures and small houses with white mortar floors were discovered and dated provisionally to the late pre-Islamic and early Islamic period. The settlement was cleared of practically all finds save for some refuse pottery in the courtyards.

Encountering Ambiguity: Muʿtazilī and Twelver Shīʿī Approaches to the Qur'an's Ambiguous Verses

2016 ◽  
Vol 18 (3) ◽  
pp. 91-115 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tehseen Thaver
Keyword(s):  
Eleventh Century ◽  
Arabic Language ◽  
Conceptual Approach ◽  
Islamic Jurisprudence ◽  
Primary Determinant ◽  
Linguistic Challenges ◽  
Qur'anic Exegesis ◽  
Exegetical Tradition ◽  
Qur'an Commentaries ◽  
Early Islamic

Within the broader discipline of Qur'anic exegesis, the sub-genre of the mutashābihāt al-Qurʾān (the ambiguous verses of the Qur'an) is comprised of works dedicated to the identification and explication of those verses that present theological or linguistic challenges. Yet, the approach, style, and objective of the scholars who have written commentaries on the ambiguous verses are far from monolithic. This essay brings into focus the internal diversity of this important exegetical tradition by focusing on the Qur'an commentaries of two major scholars in fourth/eleventh-century Baghdad, al-Sharīf al-Raḍī (d. 406/1016) and Qāḍī ʿAbd al-Jabbār (d. 415/1025). Al-Raḍī was a prominent Twelver Shīʿī theologian and poet while ʿAbd al-Jabbār was a leading Muʿtazilī theologian during this period; al-Raḍī was also ʿAbd al-Jabbār's student and disciple. Through a close reading of their respective commentaries on two Qur'anic verses, I explore possible interconnections and interactions between Shīʿī and Muʿtazilī traditions of exegesis, and demonstrate that while ʿAbd al-Jabbār mobilised the language of Islamic jurisprudence, al-Raḍī primarily relied on early Islamic poetry and the etymology of the Arabic language. Methodologically, I argue against a conceptual approach that valorises sectarian and theological identity as the primary determinant of hermeneutical desires and sensibilities.

Theorizing Charismatic Authority in Early Islamic Law*

2007 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 129-158
Author(s):  
Jonathan E. Brockopp
Keyword(s):  
Dynamic Model ◽  
Islamic Law ◽  
Religious Traditions ◽  
Islamic Studies ◽  
Long Line ◽  
Charismatic Authority ◽  
Early Islamic ◽  
Do So

In Islamic Studies, charisma has usually been reserved for the study of marginalized individuals. I argue here that charisma may also be applied to leadership among legal scholars. To do so, I join a long line of scholars who have modified Max Weber’s initial insights, and put forth a new, dynamic model of charismatic authority. The purpose of my model is to account for the fact that religious histories emphasize the uniqueness of the originating charismatic event, be that Prophet Muhammad’s revelations, Jesus’ theophany or the Buddha’s enlightenment, while at the same time recognizing that the charismatic cycle never quite ends. In contrast with Weber, I argue that charismatic authority in religious traditions is best understood as a network of influence and interaction through which the routinization of charisma reinterprets and redefines the meaning of the originating charismatic event.

Islam and War: Tradition versus Modernity

2010 ◽  
Vol 4 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 181-212
Author(s):  
Joseph S Spoerl
Keyword(s):  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
Islamic Law ◽  
Classical Scholar ◽  
Law Of War ◽  
Critical Method ◽  
Entire World ◽  
Modernist Project ◽  
Early Islamic ◽  
Muslim Scholars

Islamic thinking on war divides roughly into two main schools, classical and modern. The classical (or medieval) view commands offensive war to spread Islamic rule ultimately across the entire world. The modernist view, predominant since the nineteenth century, limits war to defensive aims only. This paper compares the views of two important Muslim scholars, the classical scholar Ibn Ishaq (d. 767) and the modernist scholar Mahmud Shaltut (d. 1963). This comparison reveals that the modernist project of rethinking the Islamic law of war is a promising though as-yet-unfinished project that can benefit from the insights of Western scholars applying the historical-critical method to the study of early Islamic sources.

STUDI KOMPARASI TENTANG NIKAH MUT’AH PERSPEKTIF ULAMA SUNNI DAN SYI’AH

2017 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 385
Author(s):  
Wagiyem Wagiyem
Keyword(s):  
Early Islamic ◽  
Temporary Marriage

This study is aimed at revealing, elaborating, and comparing the thought of Sunni scholars (Hanafiyah, Malikiyah, Syafi’iyah, and Hanabillah) on temporary marriage (mut’ah marriage) to Syi’ah scholars. It also compares the laws that Sunni and Syi’ah scholar used as reference for their argument. The study describes the thought of Sunni and Syi’ah scholars on mut’ah marriage. According to the findings of this study, Sunni scholars ban mut’ah marriage; they refer to Surah of Al-Qur’an: An-Nisa’ (4): 24, al-Mu’minun (23): 5-7, and ath-Thalaq (65):1. Besides, they state that there are some hadits and ijma’ that also prohibit mu’tah marriage. Meanwhile, Syi’ah scholars argue, by referring to Surah of An-Nisa, that mut’ah marriage is permitted. Further, they explain that mut’ah marriage was allowed at the early Islamic era, and was accepted either by Qur’an or by prophet PBUH. They say that mut’ah marriage was banned by Umar bin Khatab, and it was only his ijtihad. Keywords: Mut’ah marriage, sunni scholars, syi’ah scholars.

Sign in / Sign up

Export Citation Format

Share Document