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DIETARY RULES

DIETARY RULES. Islamic prescriptions concerning food and drink keep Muslims mindful in their everyday lives of God’s will and of their membership in a global […]

DHIMMI

DHIMMI. In Islamic law one who is in the covenant of protection (dhimmah) with the Muslim power is considered dhimmi. In principle, the covenant could […]

DHIKR

DHIKR. Most commonly associated with Sufism, dhikr (“remembrance, reminder, evocation”) is both a concept and a meditative practice. It is also a unifying theme across […]

DEVOTIONAL POETRY

DEVOTIONAL POETRY. The creation of religious verse seems to be a latecomer in the Islamic world. An aversion to poetry, especially religious poetry, is palpable […]

DEVOTIONAL MUSIC

DEVOTIONAL MUSIC. The most characteristic sounds of devotional expression in Muslim communities may be the call to prayer (adhan) and the recitation of the Qur’an […]

DESTOUR

DESTOUR. At the beginning of the twentieth century an organization known as the Young Tunisians cradled a new sense of Tunisian nationalism. Drawn primarily from […]