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Mosques in the United States
Mosques in the United States
In the Muslim world, mosques function as places of worship rather than “congregations” or community centers. Muslims pray in any mosque that is convenient, since they are not consi...
Women and Religious Patronage in the Timurid Empire
Women and Religious Patronage in the Timurid Empire
This chapter sheds light on the foundational Timurid period in Afghan history during the fifteenth century that saw important and enduring religious institutions founded in the cap...
Place of the Mosque
Place of the Mosque
The Place of the Mosque: Genealogies of Space, Knowledge, and Power extends Foucault’s analysis, Of Other Spaces, and the “ideological conflicts which underlie the controversies of...
Churches, temples, mosques
Churches, temples, mosques
International conference "Churches, temples, mosques : places of worship or museum?" (2012 Florence, Italy)...
Imagining Religion and Culture at Webb
Imagining Religion and Culture at Webb
This chapter examines how the Webb community imagines itself as an alternative to practices of ethnic particularism in Chicago’s mosques. In particular, the community offers a thir...