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Reformist Voices of Islam: Mediating Islam and Modernity
Translation as the Instigator of a New Arabic Discourse in Islamic Intellectual History
That Arabic ever became a language of translation is one of the peculiar quirks of history, as it began life as the youngest member of the Semitic family of languages and was confined to its homeland of the Arabian Peninsula.
al-Harith al-Muhasibi and Spiritual Purification between Asceticism and Mysticism
This chapter sheds light on the contribution that al-Harith b. Asad al-Muhasibi may have played at the critical historical juncture for the development of Sufism by situating him in this critical milieu. It is noteworthy that the conceptualisations of “ascetics” and mystics” do not fit very comfortably with several figures of early Sufism.
Fintech in Islamic Finance: An Introduction
Just as we were editing this book, Malaysia introduced new subsidiary legislation to regulate cryptocurrencies in the country. The news hit global headlines, particularly among the tech communities. The law, Capital Markets and Services (Prescriptions of Securities) (Digital Currency and Digital Token) Order 2019, which regulates all initial coin offerings (ICOs) and cryptocurrencies, came into force on 15 January 2019.