GEOMANCY

GEOMANCY. The term geomancy comes from medieval Latin geomantia, first used in Spain in the twelfth century as a translation of the Arabic `ilm al-raml […]

GAZA

GAZA. See West Bank and Gaza.

GASPRINSKII, ISMAIL BEY

GASPRINSKII, ISMAIL BEY (1851-1914), Crimean Tatar reformer, educator, and publicist, regarded as an architect of modernism among Muslim Turkic subjects of the Russian Empire. Born […]

GARDENS AND LANDSCAPING

GARDENS AND LANDSCAPING. [This entry comprises two articles. The first considers the history and development of traditional forms of the Islamic garden and assesses the […]

GAMES AND SPORT

GAMES AND SPORT. Islam recognizes that human beings need to eat, drink, relax, and enjoy themselves. Hanzalah, a companion and scribe of the Prophet, said […]

GAMBIA

GAMBIA. The history of Islam in the present Republic of the Gambia goes back to the days of the medieval empires of Ghana and Mali. […]

FYZEE, ASAF ALI ASGHAR

FYZEE, ASAF ALI ASGHAR (1899-1981), Indian educator, public official, and internationally known writer on Islamic law. Fyzee was born at Matheran near Bombay on 10 […]

FUTUWAH

FUTUWAH. Based on the word fata (“youth”) as representing an ideal of manhood and chivalry, futuwah is linked to the idealized figure of `Ali ibn […]

FUNJ SULTANATE

FUNJ SULTANATE. In about 1500, after several turbulent centuries of transition in Nubia, a new Islamic government reunited much of the northern Nile-valley Sudan in […]

FUNERARY RITES

FUNERARY RITES. [To articulate religious values and traditions reflected in funerary rites in modern Islamic societies, this entry comprises two articles: Legal Foundations and Modern […]