Discourses on and Realities of the life of Canines among Arabs and Muslims
This paper is about the power of representation; it takes as specific focus an animal who has been made out to represent all that is impure in Islamic discourses. Not only are dogs regarded as unclean animals, but their entry into a person’s home has been described to be a cause for refusal of angel...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Brill
2014
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Hawwa
Year: 2014, Volume: 12, Issue: 1, Pages: 101-120 |
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Surat al-Kahf
Bedouin dogs
angels
Kitab al-Hayawan
Al-Damiri
Al-Jahiz
Imam Malik
farra -diyya
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