What's New in Oxford Islamic Studies Online
A variety of regular updates and site enhancements are scheduled for Oxford Islamic Studies Online. In previous updates, we've added maps and entries from the Atlas of the World's Religions as well as the entire text of the acclaimed resource Teaching Islam. Articles and images have been loaded from the award-winning Grove Encyclopedia of Islamic Art & Architecture, making the site more comprehensive by expanding its coverage of the arts. Lesson plans developed by noted scholars have also been added to the Learning Resources area of the site, part of a growing collection offered to help instructors utilize the site's content to its best advantage in the classroom.
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Fall 2018
New Articles
This update includes new entries on Islam and Law (edited by Jonathan Brown), as well as more articles in an ongoing series on Islam, gender, and sexuality, edited by Samar Habib.
Islam and Law
Fasting
Ḥaqq
Ḥiyal
Modern Sharīʿah Courts
Sanhūrī, ʿAbd al-Razzāq al-
Rahman, Fazlur
Taʿzīr
Gender and Sexuality
Veiling and Sexuality
Lesson Plan: Islam and LGBTQ+ Issues
Letter from the Editor
In this update we feature a special Letter from the Editor by John Esposito, in which he shares an audio interview he did with the Toledo Society.
Focus On Essay
Telling Our Own Stories: Changing Representations of Islam in Popular Culture, by Faiza Hirji.
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Interview
Mobashra Tazamal (The Bridge Initiative, Georgetown University) interviews bestselling novelist Samira Ahmed, author of Love, Hate & Other Filters and Internment.
