Brill's 15 most downloaded articles from Q4 2014 in the subject area of Middle East & Islamic Studies

Brill's 15 most downloaded articles from Q1 2014 in the subject area of Middle East & Islamic Studies

These articles are freely available until 30 April 2015!*
 

The Muslim Brotherhood and Democratic Transition in Egypt

Author: Carrie Rosefsky Wickham

Middle East Law and Governance, (Volume 3, No. 1-2, pp. 204-223)

 

A New Introduction Sociology of Islam: Social, Political and Economic Transformations in Muslim Societies

Authors: Gary Wood and Tugrul Keskin

Sociology of Islam, (Volume 1, No. 1-2, pp. 1-6) free sample copy

 

When Did the Bible Become an Arabic Scripture?

Author: Sidney H. Griffith

Intellectual History of the Islamicate World, (Volume 1, No. 1-2, pp. 7-23)
free sample copy

 

Avicenna's Corporeal Form and Proof of Prime Matter in Twelfth-Century Critical Philosophy: Abū l-Barakāt, al-Masʿūdī and al-Rāzī

Author: Ayman Shihadeh

Oriens, (Volume 42, No. 3-4, pp. 364-396) Open Access

 

The Doctrinal Crisis within the Salafi-Jihadi Ranks and the Emergence of Neo-Takfirism

Author: Khadiga Musa

Islamic Law and Society, (Volume 21, No. 4, pp. 419–452)

 

THE DEPICTION OF CEREMONIES IN OTTOMAN MINIATURES: HISTORICAL RECORD OR A MATTER OF PROTOCOL?

Author: Zeynep Tarim Ertuğ

Muqarnas Online, (Volume 27, No. 1, pp. 251-275)

 

EDITORIAL: QUR'ĀN, ORIENTALISTS AND WESTERN SCHOLARS

Author: M. Daneshgar

Al-Bayan: Journal of Qur'an and Hadith Studies, (Volume 10, No. 2, pp. 5-8)
Open Access

 

Ecology of Time: Calendar of the Human Body in the Pamir Mountains

Authors: Karim-Aly Kassam; Umed Bulbulshoev and Morgan Ruelle

Journal of Persianate Studies, (Volume 4, No. 2, pp. 146-170) Open Access

 

Negotiating the 'Genuine' Religion: Muslim Diaspora Communities in the Context of the Western Understanding of Religion

Author: Samuel M. Behloul

Journal of Muslims in Europe, (Volume 1, No. 1, pp. 7-26) free sample copy

 

Jamāl al-Dīn al-Qāsimī and the Salafi Approach to Sufism

Author: Mun'im Sirry

Die Welt des Islams, (Volume 51, No. 1, pp. 75-108)
 

The 'Church' of Bourguiba: Nationalizing Islam in Tunisia

Author: Edward Webb

Sociology of Islam, (Volume 1, No. 1-2, pp. 17-40) free sample copy

 

G. Banna's and A. Fadlallah's Views on Dancing

Author: Joseph Alagha

Sociology of Islam, (Volume 2, No. 1-2, pp. 60-86)

 

The Idea of jihād and Its Evolution: Ḥasan al-Bannā and the Society of the Muslim Brothers

Author: Ran A. Levy

Die Welt des Islams, (Volume 54, No. 2, pp. 139-158)

 

It's Still About the Power of Place

Author: Helga Tawil-Souri

Middle East Journal of Culture and Communication,
(Volume 5, No. 1, pp. 86-95)

 

The Role of Authentic Islam: The Way Forward for Women in Saudi Arabia

Author: Amani Hamdan

Hawwa, (Volume 10, No. 3, pp. 200-220)

 

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