Middle Eastern Studies Theses: Recent submissions
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The concept of the collective ądāla of the Prophet Muhammad's Companions
(University of St Andrews, 2003) - ThesisThis study seeks to investigate the concept of the collective ta'dil of the Prophet Muhammad's Companions as presented in the Sunni sources. According to this concept, all the Companions are considered trustworthy transmitters ... -
Political imagination and the struggle for power : Algerian Islamism as a case study
(University of St Andrews, 2002) - ThesisThis dissertation is concerned with the case study of Algerian political Islam in the contemporary era. The central research question addressed here is two fold. First, the question of whether political Islam ... -
Conflict of law and the methodology of Tarjīẖ : a study in Islamic legal theory
(University of St Andrews, 1993-11) - ThesisIslamic law never achieved unity but expressed itself in, at least, four surviving schools. More interestingly, contemporary Muslim communities are still divided among themselves on a number of issues related to their ... -
Commercial relations between the Arab world and India (3rd and 4th/9th and 10th centuries)
(University of St Andrews, 1987) - ThesisThe present work is mainly concerned with the commercial relations between the Arab world and India in the 3rd and 4th / 9th and 10th centuries. The thesis consists of an Introduction and five chapters. The introduction ... -
The theory, practice and administration of waqf with special reference to the Malayan state of Kedah
(University of St Andrews, 1971) - Thesis