East or West: Revisiting Marrtyrdom in the Qur'an
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Martyrdom, Qur’anic, Interpretations.Abstract
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Thesis and Dissertation
Amin, Elsayed Mohamed Abdalla. Terrorism from a Qur’anic Perspective: A Study of Selected Classical and Modern Exegeses and Their Interpretation in the Modern Context. PhD dissertation submitted to the University of Birmingham. Birmingham, 2010.
Troudi, Khaled. Qurʾanic Hermeneutics with Reference to Narratives: A Study in Classical Exegetical Traditions. PhD dissertation submitted to the University of Exeter, 2011.
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