This issue features two research articles and a research note. Darakhshan Khan’s “In Good Company: Reformist Piety and Women’s Da‘wat in the Tablīghī Jamā‘at” is an original, meticulously researched, deeply thoughtful, and timely contribution. Her research, which is edifying and brilliant on a topic of great and continued significance, throws into sharp relief the crucial role women and family structure played in the history of even a movement that is often stereotyped as an all-male affair. Dr. Fareeha Khan and Dr. Usha Sanyal’s rejoinders to the article greatly add to an already significant contribution; they highlight its strengths and tease out some of the avenues in which further exploration could be fruitful.

 Paul Shore’s “Lexical Choice and Rhetorical Expression in Ignazio Lomellini’s 1622 Translation of and Commentary on the Qur’ān” is an erudite study of a unique seventeenth-century and rarely studied document housed in the University of Genoa library and consisting of the entire text of the Qur’ān in Arabic along with a Latin translation of same and commentary. Authored by Lomellini, a Jesuit priest, it is of considerable value as an example of how early Western Christian scholars of the Qur’ān grappled with lexical, syntactical and exegetical problems. Shore examines a series of lexical choices made by Lomellini and touches on some of his exegetical discourses, and sheds light on the question of its intended audiences, possible sources and informants, and particularly the tension between Lomellini’s mission to propagate the Catholic faith and in doing so attack rival religious traditions, and his desire to produce a translation faithful to the meaning of the original. Dr. Peter Feldmeier and Dr. Elliot Bazzano offer penetrating insights into the phenomenon that Shore has so ably explored.

 Finally, James Morris’s fascinating research note explores the biography and visit of the first Muslim visitor to Japan, Sādōulǔdīng, who arrived in Japan as part of a Mongol envoy in 1275CE and was ultimately executed. Given the paucity of research on the topic, this note provides a valuable evaluation of the relevant primary sources on the subject. Morris suggests that the visitor may not have been a Uyghur or an Arab, as previously thought, but rather a Persian, and goes on to discuss the significance of this episode in history.

Edtiorial

Editorial

Ovamir Anjum
Abstract 245 | PDF Downloads 141 | DOI https://doi.org/10.35632/ajis.v35i3.844

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Articles

In Good Company

Darakhshan Haroon Khan
Abstract 473 | PDF Downloads 202 | DOI https://doi.org/10.35632/ajis.v35i3.103

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In Good Company: Comments

Fareeha Khan
Abstract 167 | PDF Downloads 64 | DOI https://doi.org/10.35632/ajis.v35i3.845

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In Good Company: Comments

Usha Sanyal
Abstract 152 | PDF Downloads 81 | DOI https://doi.org/10.35632/ajis.v35i3.846

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Lexical Choice and Rhetorical Expression

Peter Feldmeier
Abstract 160 | PDF Downloads 63 | DOI https://doi.org/10.35632/ajis.v35i3.847

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Response to Professor Feldmeier

Paul John Shore
Abstract 142 | PDF Downloads 62 | DOI https://doi.org/10.35632/ajis.v35i3.848

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Book Reviews

The Koran in English: A Biography

Khairudin Aljunied
Abstract 486 | PDF Downloads 177 | DOI https://doi.org/10.35632/ajis.v35i3.484

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Pious Fashion: How Muslim Women Dress

Katherine Bullock
Abstract 1088 | PDF Downloads 240 | DOI https://doi.org/10.35632/ajis.v35i3.486

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Salafism in Nigeria: Islam, Preaching, and Politics

Christopher Anzalone
Abstract 1857 | PDF Downloads 324 | DOI https://doi.org/10.35632/ajis.v35i3.489

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Jihad & Co.: Black Markets and Islamist Power

Maheen Zaman
Abstract 482 | PDF Downloads 186 | DOI https://doi.org/10.35632/ajis.v35i3.490

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The Practice of Islam in America: An Introduction

Ahmet Selim Tekelioglu
Abstract 811 | PDF Downloads 225 | DOI https://doi.org/10.35632/ajis.v35i3.491

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