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Qurʾānic studiesThree kinds of work sit here.602 works Hadith studiesModern writing on hadith keeps returning to two questions: how reliable are the reports attributed to the Prophet, and who has the right to say so.394 works Islamic lawThis section collects what modern authors say about fiqh and its sources: how the schools worked, what happened to Islamic law under colonial rule and state codification, and whether it can be revived, reformed or has to be rethought.556 works Islam and modernityThis is the question that most of the archive is about.1369 works Colonialism and decolonisationWriting under empire often begins by trying to explain defeat: Sayyid Ahmad Khan on the 1857 revolt in India, al-Afghani and Abduh from Paris.109 works Women and genderWriting on women ranges from handbooks on rights and dress to historical studies of how patriarchal readings settled and new readings of the Qur'an itself.139 works Philosophy and theologyTheology here means kalām, doctrine (ʿaqīda) and metaphysics as modern authors reread them.860 works Political thoughtFor most of this section the starting point is the end of the caliphate, abolished in 1924.909 works SufismAuthors come to Sufism from several directions.409 works EconomicsIslamic economics took shape as a discipline in the 1940s, partly as an answer to socialism and capitalism.134 works Slavery and raceThis section follows how Muslim scholars have dealt with slavery in law and history and with race and anti-Blackness in the community.25 works EducationFrom al-Tahtawi's mission to Paris in the 1820s to the madrasa reforms of the late nineteenth century, Muslim writers have returned to schools: what to teach, in what language, and who should run them.413 works Psychology and mental healthMost of the entries are papers on mental health from the Yaqeen Institute, dealing with anxiety, shame, doubt and trauma.129 works Science and religionEarly authors such as al-Afghani, Abduh and Sayyid Ahmad Khan argued over whether Islam is compatible with modern science and how far the Qur'an should be read in its light.155 works Family and societyFamily law is covered under Islamic law and gender under women and gender.373 works Sira and historyBiographies of the Prophet are the biggest part of this section, written for different audiences: Shibli Nomani's Sirat al-Nabi (completed after his death by Sulayman Nadwi), Martin Lings's Muhammad, Hamidullah's edition of Ibn Ishaq, and Nasr's Muhammad: Man of Allah.255 works