The Vital Roots of European Enlightenment Author:Attar, Samar Each figure or group includes:

Each figure or group includes: (1) a list of relevant Qur'an passages

Tales are told at communal gatherings to share and pass on Beldi women's secret lore of love

and the methods of Hadith criticism (al-jarh wa al-ta'dil) and classification

Abou El Fadl explores the moral trajectory of Islam in today's world

What does the fourteenth-century North African traveler Ibn Battuta have in common with the American hip hopper Mos Def

The Vital Roots of European Enlightenment Author:Attar, Samar Each figure or group includes:The Vital Roots of European Enlightenment is a collection of essays dealing with the influence of Ibn Tufayl, a 12th century Arab philosopher from Spain, on major European thinkers. Had Edward Said known about the impact of Hayy Ibn Yaqzan on Europe throughout the 17th and 18th centuries, he might have reached different conclusions in his book Orientalism.