Sultan Bayezid II Külliyesi was constructed by Architect Hayrettin between 1484 and 1488. Alongside the Mosque, Külliye (complex) includes primarily Darüşşifa (hospital), Madrasah (university), Tabhane, İmaret (poorhouse), Bathhouse, Treadmill, Bridge, Mehterhane, Sıbyan Mektebi and Muvakkithane. The foundation of Sultan Bayezid II Külliyesi has been a key point both in Ottoman architecture and...

Abstract The present paper examines the place of non-Islamic justice in two medieval Islamic political texts, Abū Bakr al-Ṭurṭūshī’s (d. 1126) Lamp Kings ( Sirāj al-Mulūk ) and ʿAbd al-Raḥmān Ibn Khaldūn’s 1406) Prolegomena Muqaddima ). By attempting to derive principles through reason, by repudiating claims that normative values are solely derived from revelation, both thinkers commit thorough...

The allusive (ishārī) method of exegesis is the name given to process interpreting Qurʾān depending on particular type knowledge called maʿrifah, which accepted be based spiritual experience. In ishārī exegesis, meanings verses are revealed Sufi’s mind, and then, Sufi expresses those senses through symbols signs by employing an implicit style. Comprehensive advanced works have been written over...

This paper analyzes the reception of decolonial and neo-Marxist thought in a jihadist critique modern state. The author argues that study Abū Qatāda al-Filisṭīnī, prominent theorist Jihadism Salafism, reveals his nuanced interaction with theories hegemony, ideology, decolonization. An examination Qatāda’s state institutions ideology shows he engages philosophical critiques sovereignty, capitali...

Résumé Le décret émis par la chancellerie de l’Imam-calife fatimide al-Muʿizz li-Dīn Allāh en 343/954 nomme Abū Ḥanīfa al-Nuʿmān b. Muḥammad (m. 363/974) aux plus hautes charges judiciaires l’État Ifrīqiya. Al-Nuʿmān copia ce dans son Kitāb Iḫtilāf uṣūl al-maḏāhib ( La divergence des principes juridiques écoles droit ), un ouvrage polémique juridique où l’auteur fustige les autres doctrinales d...

Man’s individual responsibility is a very central notion in Muslim theology. Rational foundations for moral responsibility presuppose, however, that man has in some way control over his actions. It was therefore of central concern to theologians to formulate theories of action that were coherent enough to account for human selfdetermination. This article examines al-Bāqillānī’s reflections on h...

Abstract The concept of ḥākimiyya (sovereignty), as understood by its leading proponents, refers to the notion that it is God, rather than humans, Who possesses prerogative make laws. A concomitant this Muslims with political power and authority must recognise supremacy Islamic law. This notion, perhaps most notably articulated in modern times Abū al-Aʿlā Mawdūdī, may be viewed rearticulation i...