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Guardians of Faith in Modern Times: ʿUlamaʾ in the Middle East
This collective volume provides an integrative historical and contemporary discussion of Sunni ʿulamaʾ in the Middle East in both an urban and a semi-tribal context. The various chapters reinforce a renewed interest in the position of the ʿulamaʾ in modern times and offer new insights as to their ideological vitality and contribution to the public discourse on moral and sociopolitical issues
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Obituary: Michael Winter, 1934β2020
Professor Michael Winter, a widely known scholar in the field of the intellectual, social, and political history of the Middle East, passed away on September 1, 2020, at the age of 86