Sardine salad

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Gingerbread cake

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HUSAYN, TAHA

HUSAYN, TAHA (1889-1971), Egyptian novelist, critic, and modernist reformer. His two Arabic nicknames summarize this famed writer’s life. One, `Amid al-Adab al-‘Arabs (dean of Arabic […]

HUMAN RIGHTS.

HUMAN RIGHTS. The term “human rights,” or huquq al-insan in Arabic, has only recently come into common use, as have the analogous terms huquq-i insan […]

HUKUMAH

HUKUMAH. The modern Arabic term for “government,” hukumah (Tk., hukumat; Pers., hukumat) is commonly distinguished from dawlah (“state”). As in European usage, government is understood […]

HUJJATIYAH

HUJJATIYAH. A conservative    religio-political school of thought within Shiism, the Hujjatiyah was founded in the early 1950s. The Hujjatl founder, Shaykh Mahmud Halabl, is rarely […]

HUDUD

HUDUD. Classical Islamic law divides the punishment for crimes into two categories: hudud (sg., hadd; lit., “limit” or “prohibitions”) are mandatory punishments imposed for crimes […]

HOUSES

HOUSES. The dwellings that Muslims have constructed and occupied are as varied as the geographical and cultural landscapes in which they have lived. For building […]