Modern Intellectual Readings Of The Kharijites Av Hussam S. Timani

In this book, Hussam S. Timani compiles and assesses the modern literature on the Kharijites, a seventh-century Islamic sect. He discusses the importance of the Kharijites in the Islamic heritage <I>(turath)</I> and provides profiles of the <I>turath</I> scholars who have either concerned themselves with the study of the Kharijites or have incorporated the Kharijites in their work on the <I>turath</I>. This groundbreaking book makes available to Western scholars a large body of Arabic-Islamic literature that is still unknown in the Western world and shows how modern scholars have offered different interpretations and analyses of the Kharijites’ origins, religio-political beliefs, and their place in Islamic history. <I>Modern Intellectual Readings of the Kharijites</I> is essential for scholars and students of Islamic civilization and culture and is highly recommended for graduate courses in classical Islam.