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Maghrib

Maghreb

Region of North Africa bordering the Mediterranean Sea. It comprises the coastal plains of Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, and, often, Libya. In earlier times the term sometimes included parts of Muslim Spain. During Roman times the region was called Africa Minor, but, following the Muslim conquests of the 7th–8th centuries, it came to be known as the Maghrib (“West”) inasmuch as it comprised the most westerly reaches of the Muslim world. The region has since developed its own unique culture within the larger Islamic world. Berbers and Arabs are the two main ethnic groups. Arabic is the predominant language. Berber and French are also widely spoken.

25) Of course there would always be detractors like ibn Taymiyyah and al-Suy, (26) but in effect, falsafah in the guise of kalam, and mantiq as an independent science, had become thoroughly Islamized and firmly entrenched in mainstream traditional Islamic education throughout the Muslim world, from the Maghrib (27) to the Malay Archipelago.

The theologico-scientific research program of the mutakallimun: ... by Setia, Adi / Islam & Science

As in other countries of the Maghrib, the historical events that have contributed to the dynamism of Tulzisian culture are still clearly recognizable in the wide variety of textiles used and dress worn throughout the country, as well as in the particular significance of certain textiles and their methods of production in different communities (Spring and Hudson 1995).

Urban textile traditions of Tunisia by Hudson, Julie / African Arts

Lennart Berggren, "Tenth-Century Mathematics through the Eyes of Abu Sahl alKuhi"; Jacques Sesiano, "Quadratus Mirabilis"; Yvonne Dold-Samplonius, "Calculating Surface Areas and Volumes in Islamic Architecture"; David Pingree, "The "Sarvasiddhantaraja" of Nityananda"; Julio Samso, "On the Lunar Tables in Sanjaq Dar's Zij al-Sharif"; Ahmed Djebbar, "A Panorama of Research on the History of Mathematics in al-Andalus and the Maghrib between the Ninth and Sixteenth Centuries"; and Y.

Books received by Renaissance Quarterly

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