Islam in Anthropological Literature A Sociocultural Study
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Anthropology has been considered one of the social sciences whose social and cultural interests have expanded significantly, to the point that any topic previously of interest to humans has also become the focus of anthropology. This may not be surprising for a science that places humans in all their biological and cultural aspects and dimensions at the center of its attention. Here, Islam, with its societies, institutions, and doctrinal and ritual structures, has emerged as a topic in anthropology, specifically the anthropology of religion. The anthropology of Islam is known as one of the newer and more recent specializations within the general field of anthropology. Due to this modernity, this specialization will encounter many of the methodological pitfalls that anthropologists have encountered in their study of it. Other scholars will attempt to diagnose this and offer methodological solutions to establish and evaluate this new field within anthropology
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