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The Buräqi View s from the East and West.

The buräq is the beast on which the Prophet Muhammad is said to have ridden on his night journey from Mecca to Jerusalem (the isra) and occasionally on his ascension through the heav-ens (the mi'räg). This article examines the notion of the burâq within both Muslim and Western non-Muslim sources. It...

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Published in:Arabica Vol. 60; no. 5; pp. 569 - 602
Main Author: Buckley, Ron
Format: Article
Published: Brill Academic Publishers 2013
Subjects:
Muhammad, Prophet, d. 632
Muslims
Islamophobia
Polemics
Jerusalem
Mecca (Saudi Arabia)
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