Jabrail Gadgiev

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    Researcher focused on Islamic history and comparative religion

    Divided Loyalties: The Western “Counter-Jihad” Agendas of the First World War

    Many of us have heard of the infamous “Arab Revolt”: an event in which a number of tribes in the Arabian peninsula sided with...

    European Hygiene from the Perspective of an 18th-Century Muslim

    The most common historical justification for 18th century colonialism was the notion of a civilizational disparity between Europeans and other peoples of the world. Today,...

    Yemen in Recent History: The Ottoman-Zaydi Alliance Against the British

    The war in Yemen has become emblematic of 21st century conflicts in the middle east, pitting Muslims against one another on purportedly sectarian grounds....

    Napoleon Bonaparte: The First “Islamic Modernist?”

    Islamic history is rife with episodes of battles, wars, and conquests. This is no doubt a result of the divine command to engage in...

    A Brief History of Iranian Ittihad-i Islam: “Unity of Islam” and Its Modern Origins

    Following the events of the genocide in Palestine and the subsequent war between the Zionist establishment and Iran, a wave of seldom discussed matters...

    Early Muslim Encounters with Feminism: Women’s Education in the Late Ottoman Empire

    Feminist theory and the liberal ideological foundations it emerged from are a uniquely post-enlightenment, Western phenomenon. In modern times, the imagined scale of “social...

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    Marriage Advice for the Weary Muslim Bachelors and Bachelorettes

    I got married at the age of 23. I...

    My Response to the Wahhabi “Statement Regarding Daniel Haqiqatjou”

    Introduction This is my response to a document titled “Statement...

    Divided Loyalties: The Western “Counter-Jihad” Agendas of the First World War

    Many of us have heard of the infamous “Arab...

    The Salaf Demolished Buildings Taller than the Ka’ba

    Wahhabis have launched another braindead, self-defeating media campaign against...