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European Muslims and the Qur’an : Practices of Translation, Interpretation, and Commodification /

European Muslims and the Qur’an : Practices of Translation, Interpretation, and Commodification / ed. by Gerard Wiegers, Gulnaz Sibgatullina. - 1 online resource (VIII, 266 p.) - The European Qur'an , 5 2701-0554 ; .

Frontmatter -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- The European Qur’an: Towards an Inclusive Definition -- Part 1: At the Interreligious Nexus -- Muslims in Christian Iberia and Translations of the Qur’an in Europe: From Subordinate Informants to Participants in the Republic of Letters -- Links Between Morisco and Early Modern European Interpretations: The Case of “Ālif LāmMīm” (Q 2:1) -- An Interplay Between Muslim and Christian Cultures: Polish Qur’an Translations Between the Sixteenth and Nineteenth Centuries -- Part 2: Regional Diversity -- The Qurʼan in the Manuscript Tradition of Bosnia and Herzegovina -- The Qur’ans of Dagestan: Practices of Copying, Using, and Translating -- Commenting, Publishing, and Translating: Evolution of Qur’anic Traditions in Crimea from the Eighteenth to the Twentieth Century -- On Qur’anic Culture in Inner Russia between the Seventeenth and Twentieth Centuries -- Part 3: The Qur’anic Text and Language Ideologies -- On Translating the Qur’an into Turkic Vernaculars: Texts, Ties, and Traditions -- The Inimitable Qur’an and the Languages of Empire: Muslim Qur’an Translation in the Languages of Western Europe in the Early Twentieth Century -- List of Figures and Tables -- Notes on Contributors -- Index

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This edited volume aims to advance a Muslim-centered perspective on the study of Islam in Europe. To do so, it brings together a range of case studies that illustrate how European Muslims engaged with their Sacred Scripture while being part of a Christian-dominated social and political space. The research presented in this volume seeks to analyse Muslims’ practices of translating, interpreting and using the Qur’an as a sacred object and, thus, pursues three main research agendas. Part I focuses on the issues of Muslim-Christian relations in Europe and studies how these relations have engendered discursive connections between Muslim- and Christian-produced texts related to the study and interpretation of the Qur’an. Part II aims to bring scholarly attention to the under-represented cases of Muslim communities in Europe. This part introduces new research on Polish-Belarusian, Daghestani, Bosnian and Kazan Tatars and examines local traditions of producing vernacular Qur’ans and commodification of Qur’anic manuscripts. The final section of the volume, Part III, contributes to filling in the gaps related to the theoretical and conceptual framing of Muslim translation activities. The history of religious thought and practice in European history is in many ways still uncharted territory. This book aims to contribute to a better understanding of the cultural history of the Qur’an and Muslim agency in interpreting, transmitting and translating the Sacred Scripture.




Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.


In English.

9783111096032 9783111140841 9783111140797

10.1515/9783111140797 doi


RELIGION / Islam / Koran & Sacred Writings.

Cultural History. European history. Muslim-Christian relations. Qu'ran.