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    Month: February 2022


    Law, Politics, and Magic in Islam: The Strange Case of Mirza Muhammad Nishaburi

    University of Exeter’s Professor Rob Gleaves in a presentation to the Department of Classics & Religion UCalgary https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ilyAlJjGDDA&t=2s “Magic (and occult practice more widely) has held a debated position in Islamic law and theology. For some Muslim thinkers, the practice of magic is unequivocally condemned as unislamic, or heretical, or a sign of the magician’s […]


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