Ibn Taymiyya’s Fatwas on Polygamy in Medieval Islam

Female patients and practitioners in medieval Islam.

Children of Islam: concepts of childhood in medieval Muslim society

AVNER GIL'ADI, Children of Islam: concepts of childhood in medieval Muslim society, St Antony's/Macmillan Series, Basingstoke and Oxford, Macmillan in association with St Antony's College, 1992, pp. xii, 176, £40.00 (0-333-55598-8). This volume is a collection of eight studies by the author on various aspects of the history of childhood in medieval Islamic society. A useful introduction surveys...

Pharmacy in medieval Islam and the history of drug addiction.

DRUG ADDIcTIoN, especially through the use of poppy (Papaver somniferum Linn.) and hemp (Cannabis sativa Linn.), is the main concern of this paper. Although the use of these two plants in medieval Islam was extensive, yet little has been written on this timely subject by historians of medicine and pharmacology. Consulting contemporary original sources, it is my hope to sketch a history of their...

The Construction of Gender Symbolism in Ibn S|r|n's and Ibn Sha≠h|n's Medieval Arabic Dream Texts

INTRODUCTORY AND METHODOLOGICAL REMARKS It was years ago when I first bought my Bulaq edition of Arabic dream texts authored by the three canonical interpreters: Ibn S|r|n, Ibn Sha≠ h|n, and al-Na≠ bulus|. In the eighties it was a favorite pastime among some Cairene intellectuals to read such popular classics, a way to converse with and learn more about the past. But what began as a pastime dev...

Gairdner’s medieval approach to characterization of prophet of Islam

In this research, the Gairdner’s new strategy in characterization of Prophet of Islam is being explored. The research question is how a biased approach to description of Prophet of Islam, despite its scientific and academic appearance, has presented a distorted account of the Prophet’s life. The ideas produced by this approach don’t aim to show features of Islam and its prophet to the west, but...