Islamic reform : politics and social change in late Ottoman Syria / David Dean Commins.

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Commins, David Dean

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Studies in Middle Eastern history (New York, N.Y.)Publication details: New York : Oxford University Press, 1990.Description: 1 online resource (viii, 199 pages)Content type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9780195362947
0195362942

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Islamic reform.DDC classification:

956.91/03 20

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BP63.S95 C66 1990eb

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Summary: Examines Syria's religious, intellectual and political history during a period of transformation before World War I, focusing on an attempt to reform Islamic belief and practice at the turn of the century. This book examines Syria's religious, intellectual, and political history during the period of transformation before World War I. Focusing on an attempt to reform Islamic belief and practice at the turn of the century, Commins shows how the reformers used debates over the religious law of Islam to advance their visions of a progressive Islamic state. Based on a wide variety of previously unpublished sources, the book will shed new light on a period that is of considerable importance for the modern history of the Middle East.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-193) and index.

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Examines Syria's religious, intellectual and political history during a period of transformation before World War I, focusing on an attempt to reform Islamic belief and practice at the turn of the century. This book examines Syria's religious, intellectual, and political history during the period of transformation before World War I. Focusing on an attempt to reform Islamic belief and practice at the turn of the century, Commins shows how the reformers used debates over the religious law of Islam to advance their visions of a progressive Islamic state. Based on a wide variety of previously unpublished sources, the book will shed new light on a period that is of considerable importance for the modern history of the Middle East.

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