Studying the Qur'an in the Muslim Academy

Dedication Acknowledgments Preface: "Here is New York" & my research concerns Introduction I. A taboo breaking project II. Study organization Chapter 1: "Islamic Apologetics" and Islamic Studies I. On"Islamic Apologetics" II. Western Islamic studies III. Modern trends in Qur'anic studies IV. Studying Islam outside its core lands Chapter 2: The Qur'an in the Muslim Academy: What Should Be Censored? I. Muslims' views of western Islamic studies II. Western works in the Muslim academy: Rippin's Qur'anic studies III. Studying the Qur'an in Muslim universities and seminaries IV. Reading the Qur'an with other materials V. Self-sufficiency in academic production VI. Muslims' reading of Muhammad's adopted son, Zayd Chapter 3: The Sectarian Study of Islam: A Culture of Isolation and the Isolation of Cultures I. From the Islamization of Biblical literature to the sectarianizing of the Muslim academy II. The Forgotten East III. Reception and marginalization of minorities IV. Forgetting the language and culture of everywhere/always Chapter 4: Hatred of Iinferiority and Confrontation with the West: Forgetting Some; Remembering Others I. Forgetting western scholars of the Qur'an: origins II. E. W. Said's Orientalism III. Muslim study of the Qur'an in the light of Orientalism IV. Mis-understanding of Europeans in Orientalism V. Remembering scientists Final Remarks I. Conclusions II. "Islamic Apologetics" everywhere Bibliography Index