Ahab Bdaiwi איהאבּ ܐܝܗܐܒ
Early Islam & Late Antiquity| Medieval Philosophy & Theology| Medieval Shiʿism| Manuscripts| Assistant Professor in Islamic Thought and History @UniLeidenNews
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Described in popular & academic writings as ‘scientific academy, institution of knowledge, premodern centre of learning, or univ-library,’ the House of Wisdom (بيت الحكمة) in medie...
"Then I will become non-existent [then] non-existence says to me like an organ, 'Truly, to Him [God] is our return'", thus spoke Jalal al-Din Rumi, arguably the most celebrated Per...
In his الكشف عن مناهج الادلة, Averroes, dedicates a chapter to the various proofs for the demonstrability of God’s existence in which he surveys and critiques the viewpoints of the...
The Satanic Verses controversy has a long and recent past. The incident reached global fame after the 1988 publication of Salman Rushdie’s novel. Long before, however, the topic wa...
Are we alone? Does life exist elsewhere in our universe? Some responses from medieval Muslim authorities. A short thread. 1/ https://t.co/WbBG8tBSXi
1/Right. Finished with the family picnic in Cambridge, so let's pick this topic up again. But before I start, a facetious note is in order. I found it hilarious that less than 24 h...
1/Recent days have shown that the origins and development of ḥadīth studies in the secular, western academy is misunderstood by the laity, mischaracterised or misconstrued by tradi...
Some of the reformist takes on later Islamic thought are wilfully ignorant, especially the new lot that recycles the old canard that post-classical Islamic thought went into declin...
1/A thread on Ali b. Abi Talib in medieval Muslim memory. The 19 of Ramadan holds special significance for Shii Muslims. It marks the death of Ali in 661 AD. For Shiis, Ali is the...