Name: Ibn 'Asakir of Damascus By Suleiman A. Mourad (Associate Professor of Religion, Smith College.)
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Ibn 'Asakir of Damascus: Champion of Sunni Islam in the Time of the Crusades by Suleiman A. Mourad (Associate Professor of Religion, Smith College.)

'Ali ibn 'Asakir (1105-1176) was one of the most renowned experts on Hadith and Islamic history in the medieval era. His was a tumultuous time: centuries of Shi'i rule had not long ended in central Syria, rival warlords sought control of the capital, and Crusaders had captured Jerusalem.

Seeking the unification of Syria and Egypt, and the revival of Sunnism in both, Ibn 'Asakir served successive Muslim rulers, including Nur al-Din and Saladin, and produced propaganda against both the Christian invaders and the Shi'is. This, together with his influential writings and his advocacy of major texts, helped to lay the foundations for the eventual Sunni domination of the Levant - a domination which continues to this day.

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'Hyperbole notwithstanding, to understand the Levant's sense of self and perception of history, one should look no further than Ibn 'Asakir, whose intellectual efforts rehabilitated the past to canonise a blessed Sunni and Crusader-free Bilad al-Sham. Suleiman Mourad garners his intimate knowledge of the scholar, his numerous and voluminous works, and the contemporary intellectual and political context to expose the significance and extent of the phenomenon of Ibn 'Asakir through to the end of twentieth century in the Syrian Republic.'

-- Dana Sajdi, Associate Professor of History, Boston College

About Suleiman A. Mourad (Associate Professor of Religion, Smith College.)

Suleiman A. Mourad is Professor of Religion at Smith College in Massachusetts, USA, and former Director of the Nantes Institute for Advanced Study in France. He specialises in Islamic history and religious thought, and how the challenges of modernity have led to major changes in Muslims' perception of and attitude towards their own history and classical thought.

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Ibn 'Asakir of Damascus: Champion of Sunni Islam in the Time of the Crusades by Suleiman A. Mourad (Associate Professor of Religion, Smith College.)

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Suleiman A. Mourad (Associate Professor of Religion, Smith College.)

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Makers of the Muslim World

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Oneworld Publications

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20210805

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160

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Ibn 'Asakir of Damascus Suleiman A. Mourad (Associate Professor of Religion, Smith College.)

Ibn 'Asakir of Damascus by Suleiman A. Mourad (Associate Professor of Religion, Smith College.)

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Ibn 'Asakir of Damascus Summary

Ibn 'Asakir of Damascus: Champion of Sunni Islam in the Time of the Crusades by Suleiman A. Mourad (Associate Professor of Religion, Smith College.)

Ibn 'Asakir of Damascus Reviews

About Suleiman A. Mourad (Associate Professor of Religion, Smith College.)

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