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MOHAMMED RUSTOM

Carleton University

College of the Humanities

2A61 Paterson Hall 1125 Colonel By Drive Ottawa, ON K1S 5B6

(613) 520-2600, ext. 1954 mrustom@connect.carleton.ca www.mohammedrustom.com

EDUCATION

2009 PhD Islamic Thought, University of Toronto

2004 Hon. BA Islamic Studies and Philosophy, University of Toronto

PROFESSIONAL HISTORY

2013-Present Associate Professor, Carleton University, College of the Humanities

2010 Research Associate, Iranian Institute of Philosophy

2009-2013 Assistant Professor, Carleton University, College of the Humanities

2008 Visiting Scholar, Stony Brook University, Department of Asian and AsianAmerican Studies

2007-2009 Lecturer, University of Toronto, Department of Near and Middle Eastern

Civilizations and the Department for the Study of Religion

RESEARCH INTERESTS

SufismIslamic PhilosophyIslamic TheologyQuranic Studies

LANGUAGES

Arabic (reading, writing, speaking)Persian (reading, writing, speaking)French (reading)German (reading)Gujarati (speaking)

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PUBLICATIONS

Books

Sufi Metafizii [Sufi Metaphysics]. A collection of eight previously-published articles(with a new preface and introduction) translated into Turkish by Abdulkadir Filiz.Istanbul: Nefes Yaynevi, in press.

The Triumph of Mercy: Philosophy and Scripture in Mull adr. Albany: State University of New York Press, 2012, xii + 243 pp.

Translations of The Triumph of Mercy

Turkish translation by Abdulkadir Filiz. Istanbul: NefesYaynevi, forthcoming.Reviews of The Triumph of Mercy

Peter Adamson, Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenlndischen Gesellschaft,forthcoming.

Abdessamad Belhaj,Journal of Shia Islamic Studies6, no. 3 (2013): 363-365. David Burrell,Modern Theology29, no. 3 (2013): 413-416. Yousef Casewitt,Islam and Christian-Muslim Relations, forthcoming. Rose Deighton,Islamic Sciences, forthcoming. Janis Esots, Philosophy East and West65, no. 1 (2015): forthcoming. Jari Kaukua, Oxford Journal of Islamic Studies24, no. 3 (2013): 363-366. Ali Lakhani, Sacred Web, forthcoming. Sayeh Meisami,Iranian Studies, forthcoming. Joel Richmond, Journal of the Muhyiddin Ibn Arabi Society 52 (2012): 149-

154.

Sajjad Rizvi,Journal of the American Oriental Society, forthcoming. Anonymous online review: Midwest Book Review 7, no. 11 (2012):

www.midwestbookreview.com/wbw/nov_12.htm

Edited Volumes

Assistant editor of The HarperCollins Study Quran. Edited with Seyyed Hossein Nasr (Editor-in-chief), Caner Dagli, Maria Dakake, and Joseph Lumbard (Associate editors). San Francisco: HarperOne, in press.

Main editor of William C. Chittick, In Search of the Lost Heart: Explorations in Islamic

Thought. Edited with Atif Khalil and Kazuyo Murata. Albany: State University ofNew York Press, 2012, xiv + 397 pp.

Translations ofIn Search of the Lost Heart

Albanian translation by Sokrat Amataj: Krkime pr zemrn e humbur:eksplorime n mendimin islamik. Tirana: AlbPAPER, 2013.

Persian translation by Amir Hossein Asghari forthcoming.

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Reviews ofIn Search of the Lost Heart

Rose Deighton,Iranian Studies46, no. 6 (2013): 1010-1013. American Journal of Islamic Social Sciences, forthcoming. Ali Lakhani, Sacred Web, forthcoming Joel Richmond, Journal of the Muhyiddin Ibn Arabi Society 51 (2012): 133-

137. Axel Takcs,Islamic Sciences, forthcoming. Muhammad Isa Waley,Mawlana Rumi Review5 (2014): forthcoming. Book note: Amina Inloes,Journal of Shia Islamic Studies6, no. 2 (2013): 253.

Translations

Abmid al-Ghazl, The Condemnation of Pride and Conceit (Kitb dhamm al-kibrwal ujb: Book XXIX of TheRevival of the Religious Sciences). Cambridge:Islamic Texts Society, contracted for publication in 2015.

MullRajab AlTabrz, On the Necessary Being(Ithbt-i wjib). InAn Anthology ofPhilosophy in Persia, edited by Seyyed Hossein Nasr and Mehdi Aminrazavi.Vol. 5. London: I. B. Tauris in association with The Institute of Ismaili Studies, inpress.

MullRajab AlTabrz, The Fundamental Principle(al-Al al-al). InAn Anthology ofPhilosophy in Persia, edited by Seyyed Hossein Nasr and Mehdi Aminrazavi.Vol. 5. London: I. B. Tauris in association with The Institute of Ismaili Studies,in press.

Articles in Journals and Collective Volumes

Story-Telling as Philosophical Pedagogy: The Case of Suhraward. In Knowledge and Education in Classical Islam, edited by Sebastian Gnther. Leiden: Brill. Accepted, forthcoming.

A Philosophers Itinerary for the Afterlife: Mulladron Paths to Felicity. In Roadsto Paradise: Eschatology and Concepts of the Hereafter in Islam, edited bySebastian Gnther and Todd Lawson. Leiden: Brill, forthcoming.

Philosophical Sufism. In The Routledge Companion to Islamic Philosophy, edited by Richard Taylor and Luis Xavier Lpez-Farjeat. New York: Routledge, in

press.

Ibn Arabs Letter to Fakhr al-Dn al-Rz: A Study and Translation. Oxford Journalof Islamic Studies, in press.

The Ocean of Nonexistence.Mawlana Rumi Review4 (2013): 188-199.

Turkish translation published in Sufi Metafizii, chapter 5.

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The Nature and Significance of Mulladrs Qurnic Writings. Journal of Islamic Philosophy 6 (2010): 109-130.

The Sufi Teachings of Dhul-Nun. Sacred Web24 (2009): 69-79.

Approaching Mull adr as Scriptural Exegete: A Survey of Scholarship on His

Quranic Works. Comparative Islamic Studies4, no. 1-2 (2008): 75-96.

Equilibrium and Realization: William Chittick on Self and Cosmos.American Journalof Islamic Social Sciences25, no. 3 (2008): 52-60. Reprinted inJvdn-khirad1, no. 4 (2009): 5-18. Slightly modified version published inIqbal Review50, no. 4 (2009). Persian translation by Sayeh Meisami: Tadul wa-taqq: Ddgh-i Wliym

Chtk dar bb-i nafs wa-jahn. Kitb-i mh-i dn 145 (2009): 82-88. Spanish translation by Alberto Martin: Equilibrio y Realizacin: William

Chittick sobre el s y el Cosmos: www.webislam.com/articulos/61636-equilibrio_y_realizacion8206_william_chittick_sobre_el_si_y_el_cosmos.html

Turkish translation published in Sufi Metafizii, chapter 8.The Metaphysics of the Heart in the Sufi Doctrine of Rumi. Studies in Religion37, no.

1 (2008): 3-14.

Modified version published as Rumis Metaphysics of the Heart. MawlanaRumi Review1 (2010): 69-79.

Turkish translation of modified version published in Sufi Metafizii, chapter 4.Mulladrs Prolegomenon to theMaftal-Ghayb.Journal of Quranic Studies9,

no. 1 (2007): 128-133.

Psychology, Eschatology, and Imagination in MulladrShrzs Commentary on theadthof Awakening.Islam & Science5, no. 1 (2007): 9-22.

Turkish translation published in Sufi Metafizii, chapter 7.Approaches to Proximity and Distance in Early Sufism. Mystics Quarterly33, no. 1-2

(2007): 1-25.

Ibn Arabon Proximity and Distance: Chapters 260 and 261 of the Futt.Journal ofthe Muhyiddin Ibn Arabi Society41 (2007): 93-107.

Turkish translation published in Sufi Metafizii, chapter 3.Is Ibn al-Arabs Ontology Pantheistic? Journal of Islamic Philosophy2 (2006): 53- 67.

Modified version published in The Quran and Intellect: Proceedings of theSecond Al-Mustafa University Short Term Course, edited by Sayyed MohsenMousawi. Tehran, forthcoming.

Turkish translation of modified version published in Sufi Metafizii, chapter 2.

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Dwd al-Qayar: Notes on His Life, Influence and Reflections on the MuammadanReality.Journal of the Muhyiddin Ibn Arabi Society38 (2005): 51-64.

Modified version published as The Cosmology of the Muhammadan RealityinIshraq: Islamic Philosophy Yearbook4 (2013): 540-545.

Modified version reprinted in The Proceedings of the Second International adral-Dn QnawSymposium, edited by Dilaver Grer. Konya: Meram Publishing,forthcoming.

Turkish translation published in Sufi Metafizii, chapter 6.Forms of Gnosis in Sulams Sufi Exegesis of the Ftia.Islam and Christian-Muslim

Relations 16, no. 4 (2005): 327-344. Reprinted in Tafsir: Interpreting the Quran (Critical Concepts in Islamic

Studies), edited by Mustafa Shah. London: Routledge, 2012, 4: ch. 63. Turkish translation published in Sufi Metafizii, chapter 1.

Book Reviews

Seyyed Hossein Nasr and Mehdi Aminrazavi (eds.), An Anthology of Philosophy inPersia, Volume 4: From the School of Illumination to Philosophical Mysticism.Islam and Christian-Muslim Relations, forthcoming.

Firoozeh Papan-Matin, Beyond Death: The Mystical Teachings of Ayn al-Qut al- Hamadhn.Journal of Sufi Studies2, no. 2 (2013): 213-216.

Ibrahim Kalin, Knowledge in Later Islamic Philosophy: Mull adr on Existence, Intellect, and Intuition.Iranian Studies 45, no. 3 (2012): 457-461.

Sajjad Rizvi, Mull adr and Metaphysics: Modulation of Being. Oxford Journal of

Islamic Studies22, no. 3 (2011): 409-412.

Fazlur Rahman, The Philosophy ofMull adr. Translated into Persian by Muaf Amr. Kitb-i mh-i falsafa 205 (2009): 85-86.

Kristin Sands, f Commentaries on the Qurn in Classical Islam. Studies in Religion 36, no. 3-4 (2007): 627-629.

Seyyed Hossein Nasr, An Introduction to Islamic Cosmological Doctrines. Parabola 31, no. 3 (2006): 120-124.

Tom Cheetham, The World Turned Inside Out: Henry Corbin and Islamic Mysticism.The Muslim World Book Review26, no. 2 (2006): 26-27.

Michel Chodkiewicz, An Ocean without Shore: Ibn Arabi, the Book and the Law:www.muslimphilosophy.com/ip/MR-Chodkiewicz.pdf

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Michel Chodkiewicz,Seal of the Saints: Prophethood and Sainthood in the Doctrine ofIbn Arabi: www.fonsvitae.com/OnlineStore/tabid/58/pid/182/0886-Seal-of-the-

Saints-Prophethood-and-Sainthood-in-the-Doctrine-of-Ibn-Arabi.aspx

Paul Walker, amd al-Dn Kirmn: Ismaili Thought in the Age of al-kim:www.muslimphilosophy.com/ip/MR-Walker.pdf

Farhad Daftary (ed.), Ismaili Literature: A Bibliography of Sources and Studies.American Journal of Islamic Social Sciences 22, no. 4(2005): 110-112.

Book note: Ibn Arabi and Modern Thought: The History of Taking MetaphysicsSeriouslyby Peter Coates. Studies in Religion34, no. 3-4 (2005): 608.

Nar al-Dn s, Paradise of Submission: A Medieval Treatise on Ismaili Thought, trans. S. J. Badakhchani. The Muslim World Book Review 26, no. 1 (2005): 32-34.

Martin Lings,Sufi Poems: A Mediaeval Anthology.Islamica 16 (2005): 114-115.

David Waines,An Introduction to Islam.American Journal of Islamic Social Sciences21, no. 4 (2004): 131-133.

Other

Commentaries upon Quranic chapters 10-15 and 20. In The HarperCollins Study Quran,edited by Seyyed Hossein Nasr (Editor-in-chief), Caner Dagli, Maria Dakake,Joseph Lumbard (Associate editors), and Mohammed Rustom (Assistant editor).San Francisco: HarperOne. In press.

Editorial.Journal of Islamic Philosophy6 (2010): 1-3.

In Memoriam: Michael E. Marmura, 1929-2009. Arabic Sciences and Philosophy 20,no. 1 (2010): 177-184; obituary by Mohammed Rustom (pp. 177-180),bibliography of Marmuras works by Thrse-Anne Druart (pp. 181-184).

CONFERENCE PAPERS AND INVITED LECTURES

The End of Islamic Philosophy.Rediscovering the Sacred in Our Lives and Our Times.

Vancouver, Canada, April 26-27

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, 2014.

The Proximity of Proximity is the Distance of Distance. Proximity within Distance:The Hazrat Uftade International Symposium. Bursa, Turkey, April 18-20th, 2014.

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Mysticism and Rational Inquiry in the School of Ibn Arab. 7. HannoveranerSymposium zur Philosophie des Mittelalters. Leibniz Universitt Hannover.Hannover, Germany, February 25th-27th, 2014.

Of Aspiration and Poverty: Ibn Arabs Letter to Fakhr al-Dn al-Rz. The AnnualMeeting of the American Academy of Religion. Baltimore, USA, November 23

rd,

2013.

The Water and Fire of Love. The HacBayram-Veli International Symposium.Ankara, Turkey, December 16th, 2012: www.vimeo.com/63815855

Mercy Triumphant: On the Relationship between the Quran and Philosophy. Publiclecture and book launch for The Triumph of Mercy. Carleton University. Ottawa,Canada, November 2nd, 2012.

Ontology and Cosmogony in Mull adrs Scriptural Hermeneutics. The BiennialMeeting of the International Society for Iranian Studies. Istanbul, Turkey, August

3rd, 2012.

On Aspiration and Poverty. The Annual Symposium of the MuhyiddinIbn ArabiSociety. University of Oxford (Worcester College). Oxford, UK, May 6th, 2012:www.ibnarabisociety.org/podcasts/index.html

Mull adr on the Link Between Scripture and Idolatry. The Institute of IsmailiStudies. London, UK, May 4

th, 2012.

Death and Awakening in Islamic Philosophy. Department of Philosophy Colloquium Series. Carleton University. Ottawa, Canada, November 25th, 2011.

Mull adr on Idol-Smashing. The Annual Meeting of the American Academy ofReligion. San Francisco, USA, November 20

th, 2011.

The Role of Philosophy in the School of Ibn Arab. The Second International adr al- Dn QnawSymposium. Konya, Turkey, October 8th, 2011.

Story-Telling as Philosophical Pedagogy: The Case of Suhraward. Knowledge and Education in Classical Islam: Historical Foundations and Contemporary Impact.

University of Gttingen. Gttingen, Germany, October 4th, 2011.

Rmon the Ocean of Nonexistence. Carleton University. Ottawa, Canada, July 29th,2011.

The Role of Love in the Sufi Poetry of Rm. University of Lethbridge. Lethbridge, Canada, March 21st, 2011.

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Mulladrs Cosmology of Praise. The Annual Meeting of the American Oriental Society. Chicago, USA, March 11th, 2011.

A Seventeenth Century Persian Philosopher on Smashing Idols. CarletonUniversity. Ottawa, Canada, February 4th, 2011.

The Word Made Book: Mull adrs Qurnic Hermeneutics in Context. New Approaches to the Qurn and Exegesis. George Mason University. Fairfax,

USA, October 24th, 2010: www.youtube.com/watch?v=gybXO3Zhq3s

Beyond Idol Worship: Mulladrs Critique of Mental Constructs of God. Gttinger Orient-Symposium. University of Gttingen. Gttingen, Germany, April 26th,

2010.

From Philosophic Language to Mythic Discourse: Mulladrs Anthropology of theAfterlife. The Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Religion. Montreal,Canada, November 7th, 2009.

The Expanse of Gods Mercy in Later Islamic Thought. Carleton University. Ottawa,Canada, December 8

th, 2008.

Symbolism and Autology in a Medieval Persian Tale. The Second American MuslimSocial Scientists Canada Conference. Toronto, Canada, November 4th, 2006.

SEMINARS AND WORKSHOPS

The Heart of Islam. The Ottawa School of Theology and Spirituality. Ottawa, Canada,

January 13th-March 17

th, 2014.

Mull adrs Scriptural Hermeneutics as a Model for Contemporary Engagementwith the Quran. Transcendent Philosophy and Contemporary Learning. Al-

Mustafa International University (Tehran Branch). Tehran, Iran, January 1-2nd,2014.

The Islamic Intellectual Heritage and Contemporary Worldviews. The Intellect in the

Quran and Islamic Civilization. Al-Mustafa International University (Tehran

Branch). Tehran, Iran, February 16th-17th, 2013.

Aspects of Ibn Arabs Letter to Fakhr al-Dn al-Rz. The Annual Symposium of theMuhyiddinIbn Arabi Society. University of Oxford (Worcester College). Oxford,UK, May 6th, 2012.

Participant in the Scriptural Reasoning Group. University of Cambridge. Cambridge, UK,July 18th-20th, 2011.

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Dimensions of Islam. Borden, Canadian Forces Chaplain School and Centre. Borden,Canada, October 29th, 2008.

INTERVIEWS

Philosophical Sufism for theHistory of Philosophy without any Gaps(hosted by PeterAdamson). Winter 2014: www.historyofphilosophy.net/

The Triumph of MercyforNew Books in Islamic Studies(hosted by Kristian Petersen).October 30th, 2013: www.newbooksinislamicstudies.com/2013/10/30/mohammed

-rustom-the-triumph-of-mercy-philosophy-and-scripture-in-mulla-sadra-suny- press-2012/

Classical Islamic Pedagogical Theories for a documentary on Islamic education to beproduced by Al-Mustafa International University (Tehran Branch). Kashan, Iran,February 18th, 2013.

Sufi Teachings for a documentary on Hac Bayram- Veli to be produced byTURKKAD (Istanbul). Ankara, Turkey, December 16th, 2012.

AWARDS AND HONOURS

2013 Carleton Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences Junior Faculty ResearchAward ($7,500)

2013 The Triumph of Mercy nominated by State University of New York Press

for the 21

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World Prize for the Book of the Year (Iran), decision pending2013 The Triumph of Mercy nominated by State University of New York Pressfor the American Academy of Religion Book Award (Textual Study ofReligion category)

2013 The Triumph of Mercy nominated by State University of New York Pressfor the Albert Hourani Book Award (Middle East Studies Association)

2013 Capital Educators Award, nominee2011 Capital Educators Award, nominee2010 Foundation for Iranian Studies Dissertation Award, honorable mention2010 Malcolm H. Kerr Dissertation Award, nominee2010 Governor General Academic Gold Medal, nominee

2006-2008 Mary H. Beatty Fellowship ($8,000)2006-2008 Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada Fellowship($40,000)

2006-2007 Ontario Graduate Scholarship, declined ($20,000)2006-2007 University of Toronto Outstanding Teaching Award, nominee2005-2006 University of Toronto Deans Essay Prize, nominee2005-2006 Ontario Graduate Scholarship ($20,000)

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2004-2009 University of Toronto Doctoral Fellowship ($50,000)2004 University of Toronto Hon. BA Conferred with High Distinction2004 George Thaniel Memorial Fellowship ($1,200)2004 University of Toronto Faculty of Arts and Science Deans List Scholar2000 C. L. Burton Open Scholarship ($500)

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

MuhyiddinIbn Arabi SocietyAmerican Academy of ReligionInternational Society for Islamic Philosophy

OTHER PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

Advisory/Editorial Roles and Committees

2013 Panel Judge, Muhyiddin Ibn Arabi Societys Young Writer Award2013-2015 Associate Member, School of Graduate Studies, University of Lethbridge2013-2014 Member, Tenure and Promotion Committee, Carleton University2012-2014 Member, Religion MA Selection Committee, Carleton University2011-2012 Member, Ontario Graduate Scholarship Committee2010-Present Advisory Board Member, Fons Vitae2010-Present Editorial Board Member,Journal of Islamic Philosophy2010-2011 Member, McMartin Lecture Committee, Carleton University2009-Present Editorial Board Member, TheJournal of Medieval Religious Cultures

2009-2012 Board Member, Centre for the Study of Islam, Carleton University2009-2011 Member, Religion Curriculum Committee, Carleton University2009-2010 Member, Davidson Lecture Committee, Carleton University

Peer-Reviewed Scholarly Assessments

Book Manuscripts

2013 Oxford University Press2013 University of California Press2012 State University of New York Press

2012 Fons Vitae2011 Oxford University Press2009 Routledge

Article Manuscripts

2013 Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society

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2013 Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy2013 Brill (for an edited volume)2013 Journal of Islamic Philosophy2011 The Journal of Medieval Religious Cultures2011 Studies in Religion2010 Journal of the History of Philosophy

2010 Comparative Islamic Studies2010 Iranian Studies2009 Journal of Islamic Philosophy2007 American Journal of Islamic Social Sciences

GRADUATE ADVISORY ROLES

Thesis Committees (2013-Present)

Doctoral Thesis Committees

Waleed Ahmed, Intertextuality in the Qurn [working title]. Seminar frArabistik, University of Gttingen. Gttingen, Germany, in progress. Othercommittee members: Sebastian Gnther (supervisor) and Todd Lawson.

Masters Thesis Committees

Hany Talat Ibrahim, Ibn Arabon Love. Department of Religious Studies, Universityof Lethbridge. Lethbridge, Canada, in progress. Other committee members: AtifKhalil (supervisor) and Hilary Rodrigues.

TEACHING

Carleton University (2009-Present)

Graduate Course

RELI 5851 Islamic Cosmology (also an undergraduate course, RELI 4851)

Undergraduate Courses

RELI 1710 Judaism, Christianity, IslamRELI 1730 Interpretations of ReligionRELI 2310 Introduction to IslamRELI 2320 Islam in the Modern WorldRELI 2330 Introduction to the QuranRELI 2713 Mysticism

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RELI 3320 Classical Islamic Thought IRELI 3321 Classical Islamic Thought IIRELI 3322 Shii Islam IRELI 3323 Shii Islam IIRELI 3325 Contemporary Islamic ThoughtRELI 3330 Sufism

RELI 3340 The Life and Image of MuhammadRELI 3843 Al-GhazalisNiche of LightsRELI 4740 Theory and MethodRELI 4851 The Thought and Poetry of RumiRELI 4851 Islamic Cosmology (also a graduate course, RELI 5851)HUMS 4904 The Metaphysics of Ibn Arabi

Directed Reading Undergraduate Courses

RELI 4840 Persian Sufi TextsRELI 4840 Islam and Buddhism

RELI 4840 Sufi Quranic ExegesisRELI 4840 Islamic MysticismRELI 4840 Readings in AvicennaRELI 4840 Reason and Revelation in IslamRELI 4840 Images of the Divine, East and WestRELI 4840 Readings in Classical ArabicRELI 4840 Topics in Metaphysics and Cosmology

McGill University, Institute of Islamic Studies (2013)

Directed Reading Graduate Course

Quranic Exegetical Literature

University of Toronto (2007-2009)

Undergraduate Courses

NMC 185 Introduction to IslamRLG 204 The Islamic Religious TraditionRLG 351 The Quran: An Introduction

NMC 388 Shii Islam INMC 389 Shii Islam II