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Methodology of Islamic Research is a comprehensive guide written for detailing the methodology of researching, recording, and analyzing Islamic resources and manuscripts. It offers readers cataloging methods and practices which will prove essential for the effort on the preservation and research of Arabic and Islamic books, literature, and documents.This book also offers readers new ways that can help them understand the methods of the commentaries of the Quran in their literal and historical context. Filled with immense details, the text will give any reader comprehensive information and solutions needed for researching Islam as well as certain Middle Eastern studies.
About the Author
Dr. Kavakci was born in 1938 in Hendak, Sakarya, Turkey. He received his bachelor's degrees in Law from The College of Law of Istanbul University and in Islamic Studies from the Institute of Higher Islamic Studies. He received his Ph.D. in 1967 in Islamic History and Culture from the Istanbul University Faculty of Letters.He obtained full professorship in Islamic Law (1981) and was elected Dean of the College. He has been a guest professor at the University of Cambridge, UK (1973-74) and at Temple University in Pennsylvania (1979-80) and has held numerous positions in Turkey. He currently serves as the Resident Scholar, Imam, and Community Leader, of the largest mosque in North Texas, the Islamic Association of North Texas, Richardson, Texas.
He is the founder of and instructor at the IANT Qur'anic Academy (IQA), a unique educational institution for elementary through high school boys and girls, with the goal of producing American scholars of Islam. He is also the founding Dean of and instructor at the Suffa Islamic Seminary (SIS) for college level Islamic education.
