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Description: Although Muḥammad had no natural sons who reached the age of maturity, Islamic sources report that he adopted a man named Zayd shortly befor...

Description: The Islamic claim to supersede Judaism and Christianity is embodied in the theological assertion that the office of prophecy is hereditary b...

Description: A 2002 analysis of Islamic law as it was imposed on the people of the medieval Maghrib.