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David Commins
David Commins (born 1954) is an American scholar and Professor of History and Benjamin Rush Chair in the Liberal Arts and Sciences (1987) at Dickinson College. He is known for his works on Wahhabism Wahhabism ( ar, ٱلْوَهَّابِيَةُ, translit=al-Wahhābiyyah) is a Sunni Islamic revivalist and fundamentalist movement associated with the reformist doctrines of the 18th-century Arabian Islamic scholar, theologian, preacher, and .... See also * Namira Nahouza References {{DEFAULTSORT:Commins, David 1954 births American Islamic studies scholars Living people ...
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Islamic Studies
Islamic studies refers to the academic study of Islam, and generally to academic multidisciplinary "studies" programs—programs similar to others that focus on the history, texts and theologies of other religious traditions, such as Eastern Christian Studies or Jewish Studies but also fields such as (environmental studies, Middle East studies, race studies, urban studies, etc.)—where scholars from diverse disciplines (history, culture, literature, art) participate and exchange ideas pertaining to the particular field of study. Carole Hillenbrand describes Islamic studies as "a discipline that seeks to explain what the Islamic world has achieved in the past and what the future holds for it." Many academic Islamic Studies programs include the historical study of Islam, Islamic civilization, history of the Muslim world, historiography, Islamic law, Islamic theology and Islamic philosophy. Specialists in Islamic Studies concentrate on the detailed, academic study of tex ...
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Dickinson College
, mottoeng = Freedom is made safe through character and learning , established = , type = Private liberal arts college , endowment = $645.5 million (2022) , president = John E. Jones III , undergrad = 2,420 , city = Carlisle , state = Pennsylvania , country = United States , campus = College Town, , athletics_affiliations = NCAA Division III – Centennial , sports_nickname = Red Devils , mascot = , website = , academic_affiliations = Oberlin Group CLAC NAICUAnnapolis Group , faculty = 272 , colors = Red & white , embedded = Dickinson College is a private liberal arts college in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. Founded in 1773 as Carlisle Grammar School, Dickinson was chartered on September 9, 1783, making it the first college to be ...
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Wahhabism
Wahhabism ( ar, ٱلْوَهَّابِيَةُ, translit=al-Wahhābiyyah) is a Sunni Islamic revivalist and fundamentalist movement associated with the reformist doctrines of the 18th-century Arabian Islamic scholar, theologian, preacher, and activist Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab (). He established the ''Muwahhidun'' movement in the region of Najd in central Arabia as well as South Western Arabia, a reform movement that emphasised purging of rituals related to the veneration of Muslim saints and pilgrimages to their tombs and shrines, which were widespread amongst the people of Najd. Ibn ʿAbd al-Wahhab and his followers were highly inspired by the influential thirteenth-century Hanbali scholar Ibn Taymiyyah (1263–1328 C.E/ 661 – 728 A.H) who called for a return to the purity of the first three generations (''Salaf'') to rid Muslims of inauthentic outgrowths (''bidʻah''), and regarded his works as core scholarly references in theology. While being influenced by their ...
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Namira Nahouza
Namira Nahouza (born July 1979) is a French author, academic researcher, university lecturer, teacher of Arabic and religious studies, and research fellow at Cambridge Muslim College, whose research focusses on contemporary Salafi-Wahhabi theories of Qur'anic and Hadith interpretation. She is probably best known for her book ''Wahhabism and the Rise of the New Salafists: Theology, Power and Sunni Islam'', which was originally a PhD thesis submitted to Exeter University in 2009. Biography She was born in Marseille in July 1979. She graduated from the Institute of Political Studies of Rennes (France) and the University of Exeter (United Kingdom). Holder of a master's degree in Arabic (University of Rennes and INALCO) in 2004. She completed her PhD in Arab and Islamic Studies at the University of Exeter and has an MA in European Studies. During her university studies, Namira completed several internships: at the French Embassy in Cairo, at the Permanent Representation of the Com ...
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American Islamic Studies Scholars
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