Amina Inloes
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 1204671 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Amina Inloes |
| PRENOMES | Amina |
| SOBRENOME | Inloes |
| ASSINATURA | INLOES A |
| AFILIAÇÕES | British Association for Islamic Studies |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9875-027X |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 12 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 1 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 12 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2014 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 1 |
Eclipses in Hadith
It is said that, after the Prophet’s young son Ibrāhīm died, the sun eclipsed. When the people said that the sun had eclipsed because Ibrāhīm had died, the Prophet said that eclipses do not occur due to deaths, and led eclipse prayers. This paper argues that while the hadith corpus correctly records an annular solar eclipse in 632 CE, Ibrāhīm ibn Muḥammad did not die on that day. Rather, one set of hadith records Ibrāhīm’s death and burial, and a…
The Golem, the Djinni, and ChatGPT
What do golems, talismans, and Artificial Intelligence (AI) share? How would Ibn Sīnā have classified ChatGPT? Must AI be de-mythologized, or can mythos help us navigate a strange new world? Why does AI seem occult, and is ChatGPT a pricey talisman? These questions offer insight into theological concerns about AI, including (1) human exceptionalism, (2) creating new beings, (3) objects knowing, and (4) metaphors other than a demon or demigod. Thi…
Ancient Feminine Archetypes in Shi'i Islam
This paper explores archetypes of femininity associated with Fāṭimah al-Zahrāʾ in Twelver Shi'i hagiography through consideration of a broad range of archetypes found in the study of narrative and mythology. Many archetypes associated with goddesses of antiquity recur in portrayals of Fāṭimah al-Zahrāʾ, suggesting either cultural influence or universal archetypes. For instance, Fāṭimah embodies a youthful, innocent, virginal goddess; Jung's light…
Other “Adams”
This paper presents a Twelver Shīʿī defence of human evolution. It was written in dialogue with Shoaib Ahmed Malik's, Islam and Evolution: Al-Ghāzālī and the Modern Evolution Paradigm. It synthesises classical Twelver Shīʿī exegesis, hadith, doctrines, and philosophy with contemporary exegesis and scientific thought. Rather than taking the approach of scientific exegesis, it focuses on the origins of the human being in the immaterial realm, and i…
Joseph Campbell, Shiʿism, and the Karbala Narrative
While Islam, like any major religion, should have its own mythos, the idea that Islam has myth has met with resistance. This paper utilizes the ideas of Joseph Campbell to argue that Islam does have mythos, through a study of the Karbala narrative, the story of the martyrdom of al-Husayn ibn ʿAli (d. 61 AH/680 CE), which is particularly central to Shiʿism. This narrative closely parallels Campbell’s archetypal framework of the monomyth. Using Cam…
Muhammad Abd al‐Rahman (Phillip) Barker
“Muslims” and “ Dungeons & Dragons ” are rarely discussed in the same sentence. However, one of the earliest fantasy role‐playing games, which left a lasting impact on the industry, was the brainchild of Muhammad Abd al‐Rahman (Phillip) Barker (1929‐2012), a professor of South Asian Studies, an expert in Native American languages, and an American convert to Islam. Like Tolkien, Barker created an enormous fantasy world; however, unlike Tolkien, hi…
Magic in Islam / Michael Muhammad Knight
A Muslim Reflection on Dangerous Games
Magic in Islam
What if someone wrote an introduction to Islam that was “not Sunnī-centered,or male-centered, or law-centered” (p. 4)? What if it did not focus on a theoreticalArab Muslim heartland and “let only the classical male theologians andjurists speak” (p. 4)? And what if “magic became the primary lens that informedthe author’s priorities” (p. 4)?Magic in Islam is what would happen. Through “magic,” Knight pokesholes in narratives about Islam held by Mus…
A Muslim Reflection on Dangerous Games
For over two decades, a moral panic over fantasy role-playinggames has swept America, fuelled by a minority of fundamentalistChristians who have campaigned against games such as Dungeons& Dragons on the grounds that they led youth to Satanism, suicide,and violent crime. In his 2015 book, Dangerous Games: What theMoral Panic over Role-Playing Games says about Play, Religion,and Imagined Worlds, David Laycock explores why fantasy roleplayinggames s…
Female Personalities in the Qur’an and Sunna
This seemingly modest volume is in fact the first comprehensive study ofwomen in the Twelver Shi‘i scriptural sources. While studies on womenabound, the vast majority are implicitly or explicitly grounded in the Sunnitradition; the infrequent Shi‘i expositions on women tend to be politicized,arcane, or even erroneous. In contrast, this groundbreaking work solidly introduceswhat the core Twelver Shi‘i sources say about women and integratescontempo…
Conversion to Twelver Shi'ism among American and Canadian women
Little research has been done on Western women who convert to Shi'i Islam. To fill this gap, this study was conducted on American and Canadian women who have converted to Shi'i Islam. Most of the research subjects in this study reported a moderate to severe sense of social marginalization after conversion. This marginalization resulted from membership in multiple minority groups (Shi'i, Muslim, convert, and female); Black converts reported the mo…
Conversion to Twelver Shi'ism among American and Canadian women
Little research has been done on Western women who convert to Shi'i Islam. To fill this gap, this study was conducted on American and Canadian women who have converted to Shi'i Islam. Most of the research subjects in this study reported a moderate to severe sense of social marginalization after conversion. This marginalization resulted from membership in multiple minority groups (Shi'i, Muslim, convert, and female); Black converts reported the mo…
Conversion to Twelver Shi'ism among American and Canadian women
Little research has been done on Western women who convert to Shi'i Islam. To fill this gap, this study was conducted on American and Canadian women who have converted to Shi'i Islam. Most of the research subjects in this study reported a moderate to severe sense of social marginalization after conversion. This marginalization resulted from membership in multiple minority groups (Shi'i, Muslim, convert, and female); Black converts reported the mo…
Female Personalities in the Qur’an and Sunna
This seemingly modest volume is in fact the first comprehensive study ofwomen in the Twelver Shi‘i scriptural sources. While studies on womenabound, the vast majority are implicitly or explicitly grounded in the Sunnitradition; the infrequent Shi‘i expositions on women tend to be politicized,arcane, or even erroneous. In contrast, this groundbreaking work solidly introduceswhat the core Twelver Shi‘i sources say about women and integratescontempo…
Magic in Islam / Michael Muhammad Knight
A Muslim Reflection on Dangerous Games
Magic in Islam
What if someone wrote an introduction to Islam that was “not Sunnī-centered,or male-centered, or law-centered” (p. 4)? What if it did not focus on a theoreticalArab Muslim heartland and “let only the classical male theologians andjurists speak” (p. 4)? And what if “magic became the primary lens that informedthe author’s priorities” (p. 4)?Magic in Islam is what would happen. Through “magic,” Knight pokesholes in narratives about Islam held by Mus…
A Muslim Reflection on Dangerous Games
For over two decades, a moral panic over fantasy role-playinggames has swept America, fuelled by a minority of fundamentalistChristians who have campaigned against games such as Dungeons& Dragons on the grounds that they led youth to Satanism, suicide,and violent crime. In his 2015 book, Dangerous Games: What theMoral Panic over Role-Playing Games says about Play, Religion,and Imagined Worlds, David Laycock explores why fantasy roleplayinggames s…
Muhammad Abd al‐Rahman (Phillip) Barker
“Muslims” and “ Dungeons & Dragons ” are rarely discussed in the same sentence. However, one of the earliest fantasy role‐playing games, which left a lasting impact on the industry, was the brainchild of Muhammad Abd al‐Rahman (Phillip) Barker (1929‐2012), a professor of South Asian Studies, an expert in Native American languages, and an American convert to Islam. Like Tolkien, Barker created an enormous fantasy world; however, unlike Tolkien, hi…
Joseph Campbell, Shiʿism, and the Karbala Narrative
While Islam, like any major religion, should have its own mythos, the idea that Islam has myth has met with resistance. This paper utilizes the ideas of Joseph Campbell to argue that Islam does have mythos, through a study of the Karbala narrative, the story of the martyrdom of al-Husayn ibn ʿAli (d. 61 AH/680 CE), which is particularly central to Shiʿism. This narrative closely parallels Campbell’s archetypal framework of the monomyth. Using Cam…
Other “Adams”
This paper presents a Twelver Shīʿī defence of human evolution. It was written in dialogue with Shoaib Ahmed Malik's, Islam and Evolution: Al-Ghāzālī and the Modern Evolution Paradigm. It synthesises classical Twelver Shīʿī exegesis, hadith, doctrines, and philosophy with contemporary exegesis and scientific thought. Rather than taking the approach of scientific exegesis, it focuses on the origins of the human being in the immaterial realm, and i…
Ancient Feminine Archetypes in Shi'i Islam
This paper explores archetypes of femininity associated with Fāṭimah al-Zahrāʾ in Twelver Shi'i hagiography through consideration of a broad range of archetypes found in the study of narrative and mythology. Many archetypes associated with goddesses of antiquity recur in portrayals of Fāṭimah al-Zahrāʾ, suggesting either cultural influence or universal archetypes. For instance, Fāṭimah embodies a youthful, innocent, virginal goddess; Jung's light…
The Golem, the Djinni, and ChatGPT
What do golems, talismans, and Artificial Intelligence (AI) share? How would Ibn Sīnā have classified ChatGPT? Must AI be de-mythologized, or can mythos help us navigate a strange new world? Why does AI seem occult, and is ChatGPT a pricey talisman? These questions offer insight into theological concerns about AI, including (1) human exceptionalism, (2) creating new beings, (3) objects knowing, and (4) metaphors other than a demon or demigod. Thi…
Eclipses in Hadith
It is said that, after the Prophet’s young son Ibrāhīm died, the sun eclipsed. When the people said that the sun had eclipsed because Ibrāhīm had died, the Prophet said that eclipses do not occur due to deaths, and led eclipse prayers. This paper argues that while the hadith corpus correctly records an annular solar eclipse in 632 CE, Ibrāhīm ibn Muḥammad did not die on that day. Rather, one set of hadith records Ibrāhīm’s death and burial, and a…
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