Longing for the Lost Caliphate: A Transregional History michael eidenmuller Orange Blossom

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A number of Rumi's English translators over the past century were not speakers of Persian and they based their sometimes very free interpretations on earlier translations

The contributors include John Esposito

Kamali controversially questions whether Islam is as much of a law-based religion as it has often been made out to be

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Longing for the Lost Caliphate: A Transregional History michael eidenmuller Orange BlossomIn the United States and Europe, the word "caliphate" has conjured historically romantic and increasingly pernicious associations. Yet the caliphate's significance in Islamic history and Muslim culture remains poorly understood. This book explores the myriad meanings of the caliphate for Muslims around the world through the analytical lens of two key moments of loss in the thirteenth and twentieth centuries. Through extensive primary source research,