Keyword

isnad-cum-matn analysis

• Research Paper

  Islam: History, Authority and the Development of Islamic Tradition

  A historical-critical review of the Qur'an and Hadith as sources of religious authority in Islam, distinguishing established fact, scholarly consensus, majority and minority opinion, disputed claims, and theological interpretation at every step.

• Research Paper

  Women in Mainstream Islam: Protection, Restriction, and the Historical Development of Religious Practice

  A historical-critical review testing whether practices commonly described as Islamic requirements for women — segregation, face-veiling, travel guardianship, exclusion from mosques and public office — rest on the Qur'an itself or on later hadith, jurisprudence, dynastic custom, and regional practice.

• Article

  Islam: A Reader's Guide to the Qur'an, Hadith and Early Islamic History

  A plain-language companion to Revert Way's academic review of the Qur'an and Hadith: the same evidence, sources, and arguments, with every technical term and historical figure introduced on first use.