Table of Contents
Frontmatter — Contents — Part 1. On early and mediaeval Islam — Quran and Quran exegesis — The Denizens of Paradise — The Hanbali School and Sufìsm — Mamluke painting at the time of the 'Lusignan Crusade', 1365-70: A study of the Chester Beatty Nihayat al-Su'l wa'l-Umniya... etc., Ms of 1366 — 'The Parrot and the Merchant': Adapted from the Persian poem 'Hekayat Tuti va Bazargan' by Rumi (1207-1273) — Part 2. On modern Islam — Nagīb Maḥfūẓ and secular man — Islam and Christianity: A study of Muhammad Abduh's view of the two religions — Some new al-Muwailiḥī materials or the unpublished Ḥadīth ‘Īsa ibn Hishām — Glimpses from the life of Mawjūd 'Abd al-Mawjūd — Part 3. Reflections — On 'citizenship' in the Near East — Part 4. Methodology. On history and anthropology in the study of Islam — Islam as a religion — Islam and the impact of the French colonial system in Morocco. A study in historical anthropology — The politics of Islamic egalitarianism — Religious experience, sacred symbols, and social reality. An illustration from Egypt — Islam studied as a symbol and signification system — Notes and comments — Index — Backmatter
