In this thesis, an attempt will be made to understand the position of Islam towards Jewish and Christian laws as they were used in the inner- and intra-Islamic debate during the Abbasid era with respect to dietary laws. ...

No one can speak of religion in contemporary Europe without mentioning the hijab. The image of a Muslim woman with a tightly wrapped scarf covering her hair, head and neck has become one of the main symbols of Islam in ...

This work will consider a range of encounters between Christian and Muslim leaders from late antiquity through to the middle ages. As explored through a lens of political and theological theory, this work will consider ...

Late Antiquity was a time of vibrant and eclectic ritual practices, as well as witnessing Christianity’s rise from minority to majority religion. P.Oslo. I V is an apotropaic papyrus from fourth- or fifth century Egypt, ...