Martin Riexinger
Biographic Data
| ID | 713782 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Martin Riexinger |
| GIVEN NAMES | Martin |
| FAMILY NAME | Riexinger |
| SIGNATURE | RIEXINGER M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Aarhus University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 6 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 13 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2007 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Research on Sunni-Shiʿi Relations
Matthiesen’s The Caliph and the Imam, a global history of Sunni-Shiʿi relations, is an encyclopedic work with striking differences of quality. While the detailed treatment of the last decades contextualizes the development of Sunni-Shiʿi relation regarding competing, non-Islamic ideologies, geopolitical conflicts and social change, moreover with due consideration of transnational networks, the passages on colonialism overstate the importance of c…
Ruud Koopmans
Det er usædvanligt, at en anmeldelse har fire forfattere. Denne anmeldelse har da også en lidt usædvanlig baggrund. Da den nederlandske sociolog Ruud Koopmans’ bog Het vervallen huis van de islam. Over de crisis van de islamitische wereld (2019 ) i 2020 udkom i dansk oversættelse, blev den læst ”med stor interesse” af udlændinge- og integrationsminister Mattias Tesfaye. Faktisk fik den en så begejstret modtagelse ikke mindst af Socialdemokratiets…
Islamic Responses to the Covid-19 pandemic in India and Pakistan
India’s and Pakistan’s governments, like most of the world’s governments, responded to the spread of the COVID-19 virus with lockdowns, which in principle also affected religious institutions and rituals. However, Sunni mosques in Pakistan were not closed, as the government has no authority over autonomous religious organizations. In contrast, the Islamic organizations and institutions in India complied with government orders, and tried to presen…
L'islam a débuté étranger et étranger il redeviendra
Parmi les œuvres de Muḥammad b. ʿAbd al-Wahhāb, on trouve une biographie du Prophète intitulée Résumé de la vie du Prophète (Muḫtaṣar sīrat ar-rasūl). Seuls deux islamologues occidentaux se sont jusqu’à présent confrontés à cet ouvrage, bien qu’il soit bien connu que le fondateur du wahhabisme eût pris grand soin de modeler son activité sur la vie de Muḥammad. Chase Robinson fait remarquer dans une courte note d’Islamic Historiography la structur…
Sophia Vasalou, Ibn Taymiyya's Theological Ethics
Late Modern Transformation of Islam or Islamic Transformation of Late Modern Religiosity
The Turkish author Muhammed Bozdağ, who has no formal religious education, has been popular since the late 1990s because of his self-help seminars and self-help books. Though they are based on the adaptation of Western New Age-inspired models, Bozdağ uses many of the models’ parascientific concepts while carefully eliminating other elements that could undermine Islamic normativity. Furthermore, he emphasizes that worldly success must not be sough…
Al-Shāṭibīs sufismekritik
The faqīh (Islamic legal scholar) al-Shāṭibī (d. 1388) from Granada is primarily known for his innovative approach within the field of legal theory (uṣūl al-fiqh). However, he dedicated much attention to the criticism of sufism. But like other Islamic scholars who opposed Sufism he did not primarily attack infringements on the ‘rights of God’. Instead he highlighted that the ascetic practices propagated by the Sufis are detrimental to the welfare…
Der Islam begann als Fremder, und als Fremder wird er wiederkehren
Muḥammad b. ʿAbd al-Wahhāb embeds in his Mukhtaṣar sīrat al-rasūl the biography of Muḥammad in an overarching vision of history that begins with Adam and ends in the Mongol period. In this cyclical concept the promulgation of Islam is followed by a relapse into shirk due to misdirected piety. But whereas until the time of Muḥammad God himself reinstalled Islam with the help of prophets and miracles, the true Muslims are obliged to fight aberratio…
Rendering Muḥammad Human Again
Muḥammad b. ʿAbd al-Wahhāb (1703–1792), the founder of the puritan Wahhābī movement in Islam, has written a biography of the prophet that differs markedly from other later works of this genre. He passes over many episodes that are supposed to elevate the status of Muḥammad beyond that of an ordinary human, whereas he includes episodes that show him as human, or even fallible, such as the controversial “Satanic verses.” The purpose of this selecti…
Damian Howard. Being Human in Islam
"Turkey,Completely Independent!" Contemporary Turkish left-wing Nationalism (ulusal sol/ulusalcilik)
analysis of the ideological roots (Kemalism, Marxism, Tiersmondism, Turanism)and political practice of the Türl Solu (Turkish Left)-group and İşçi partisi (Workers Party) with special reference to their agitation against religious groups, Kurds and liberals
Responses of South Asian Muslims to the Theory of Evolution
Of all scientific theories the theory of evolution arguably poses the greatest challenge to theistic religions because it threatens to undermine teleology and the central position of mankind in nature. Nevertheless, modernist thinkers among South Asian Muslims like Sayyid Aḥmad Khān and Abū l-Kalām Āzād strove to demonstrate its compatibility with the Qur’ān. Their efforts were rejected by Islamists like Mawdūdī and more traditional scholars writ…
Nasserism Revitalized. A Critical Reading of Hasan Hanafī's Projects "The Islamic Left" and "occidentalism" (and their Uncritical Reading)
Hasan Hanafī is often described as leading and original reformer of Arab thought, renovator of the Islamic cultural heritage (turāth) and advocate of political freedom. But these categorizations are based on insufficient analyses of his writings on both the Islamic and the Western intellectual heritage as well as his statements on current political issues. A critical reading of the first unveils that Hanafī misrepresents religious and philosophic…
Der Islam begann als Fremder, und als Fremder wird er wiederkehren
Muḥammad b. ʿAbd al-Wahhāb embeds in his Mukhtaṣar sīrat al-rasūl the biography of Muḥammad in an overarching vision of history that begins with Adam and ends in the Mongol period. In this cyclical concept the promulgation of Islam is followed by a relapse into shirk due to misdirected piety. But whereas until the time of Muḥammad God himself reinstalled Islam with the help of prophets and miracles, the true Muslims are obliged to fight aberratio…
"Turkey,Completely Independent!" Contemporary Turkish left-wing Nationalism (ulusal sol/ulusalcilik)
analysis of the ideological roots (Kemalism, Marxism, Tiersmondism, Turanism)and political practice of the Türl Solu (Turkish Left)-group and İşçi partisi (Workers Party) with special reference to their agitation against religious groups, Kurds and liberals
Late Modern Transformation of Islam or Islamic Transformation of Late Modern Religiosity
The Turkish author Muhammed Bozdağ, who has no formal religious education, has been popular since the late 1990s because of his self-help seminars and self-help books. Though they are based on the adaptation of Western New Age-inspired models, Bozdağ uses many of the models’ parascientific concepts while carefully eliminating other elements that could undermine Islamic normativity. Furthermore, he emphasizes that worldly success must not be sough…
Responses of South Asian Muslims to the Theory of Evolution
Of all scientific theories the theory of evolution arguably poses the greatest challenge to theistic religions because it threatens to undermine teleology and the central position of mankind in nature. Nevertheless, modernist thinkers among South Asian Muslims like Sayyid Aḥmad Khān and Abū l-Kalām Āzād strove to demonstrate its compatibility with the Qur’ān. Their efforts were rejected by Islamists like Mawdūdī and more traditional scholars writ…
Nasserism Revitalized. A Critical Reading of Hasan Hanafī's Projects "The Islamic Left" and "occidentalism" (and their Uncritical Reading)
Hasan Hanafī is often described as leading and original reformer of Arab thought, renovator of the Islamic cultural heritage (turāth) and advocate of political freedom. But these categorizations are based on insufficient analyses of his writings on both the Islamic and the Western intellectual heritage as well as his statements on current political issues. A critical reading of the first unveils that Hanafī misrepresents religious and philosophic…
Responses of South Asian Muslims to the Theory of Evolution
Of all scientific theories the theory of evolution arguably poses the greatest challenge to theistic religions because it threatens to undermine teleology and the central position of mankind in nature. Nevertheless, modernist thinkers among South Asian Muslims like Sayyid Aḥmad Khān and Abū l-Kalām Āzād strove to demonstrate its compatibility with the Qur’ān. Their efforts were rejected by Islamists like Mawdūdī and more traditional scholars writ…
"Turkey,Completely Independent!" Contemporary Turkish left-wing Nationalism (ulusal sol/ulusalcilik)
analysis of the ideological roots (Kemalism, Marxism, Tiersmondism, Turanism)and political practice of the Türl Solu (Turkish Left)-group and İşçi partisi (Workers Party) with special reference to their agitation against religious groups, Kurds and liberals
Damian Howard. Being Human in Islam
Rendering Muḥammad Human Again
Muḥammad b. ʿAbd al-Wahhāb (1703–1792), the founder of the puritan Wahhābī movement in Islam, has written a biography of the prophet that differs markedly from other later works of this genre. He passes over many episodes that are supposed to elevate the status of Muḥammad beyond that of an ordinary human, whereas he includes episodes that show him as human, or even fallible, such as the controversial “Satanic verses.” The purpose of this selecti…
Der Islam begann als Fremder, und als Fremder wird er wiederkehren
Muḥammad b. ʿAbd al-Wahhāb embeds in his Mukhtaṣar sīrat al-rasūl the biography of Muḥammad in an overarching vision of history that begins with Adam and ends in the Mongol period. In this cyclical concept the promulgation of Islam is followed by a relapse into shirk due to misdirected piety. But whereas until the time of Muḥammad God himself reinstalled Islam with the help of prophets and miracles, the true Muslims are obliged to fight aberratio…
Al-Shāṭibīs sufismekritik
The faqīh (Islamic legal scholar) al-Shāṭibī (d. 1388) from Granada is primarily known for his innovative approach within the field of legal theory (uṣūl al-fiqh). However, he dedicated much attention to the criticism of sufism. But like other Islamic scholars who opposed Sufism he did not primarily attack infringements on the ‘rights of God’. Instead he highlighted that the ascetic practices propagated by the Sufis are detrimental to the welfare…
Sophia Vasalou, Ibn Taymiyya's Theological Ethics
Late Modern Transformation of Islam or Islamic Transformation of Late Modern Religiosity
The Turkish author Muhammed Bozdağ, who has no formal religious education, has been popular since the late 1990s because of his self-help seminars and self-help books. Though they are based on the adaptation of Western New Age-inspired models, Bozdağ uses many of the models’ parascientific concepts while carefully eliminating other elements that could undermine Islamic normativity. Furthermore, he emphasizes that worldly success must not be sough…
L'islam a débuté étranger et étranger il redeviendra
Parmi les œuvres de Muḥammad b. ʿAbd al-Wahhāb, on trouve une biographie du Prophète intitulée Résumé de la vie du Prophète (Muḫtaṣar sīrat ar-rasūl). Seuls deux islamologues occidentaux se sont jusqu’à présent confrontés à cet ouvrage, bien qu’il soit bien connu que le fondateur du wahhabisme eût pris grand soin de modeler son activité sur la vie de Muḥammad. Chase Robinson fait remarquer dans une courte note d’Islamic Historiography la structur…
Islamic Responses to the Covid-19 pandemic in India and Pakistan
India’s and Pakistan’s governments, like most of the world’s governments, responded to the spread of the COVID-19 virus with lockdowns, which in principle also affected religious institutions and rituals. However, Sunni mosques in Pakistan were not closed, as the government has no authority over autonomous religious organizations. In contrast, the Islamic organizations and institutions in India complied with government orders, and tried to presen…
Ruud Koopmans
Det er usædvanligt, at en anmeldelse har fire forfattere. Denne anmeldelse har da også en lidt usædvanlig baggrund. Da den nederlandske sociolog Ruud Koopmans’ bog Het vervallen huis van de islam. Over de crisis van de islamitische wereld (2019 ) i 2020 udkom i dansk oversættelse, blev den læst ”med stor interesse” af udlændinge- og integrationsminister Mattias Tesfaye. Faktisk fik den en så begejstret modtagelse ikke mindst af Socialdemokratiets…
Research on Sunni-Shiʿi Relations
Matthiesen’s The Caliph and the Imam, a global history of Sunni-Shiʿi relations, is an encyclopedic work with striking differences of quality. While the detailed treatment of the last decades contextualizes the development of Sunni-Shiʿi relation regarding competing, non-Islamic ideologies, geopolitical conflicts and social change, moreover with due consideration of transnational networks, the passages on colonialism overstate the importance of c…
Islamic Studies and History (10 works) · Philosophy (10 works) · Islam (9 works) · Theology (8 works) · Art (7 works) · Religious studies (6 works) · Law (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Education and Islamic Studies (3 works)