Amina Inloes
American scholar
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Amina Inloes is an American scholar, researcher, educator, public speaker, translator and a Shi'i Muslim. She has written several books on the subject of Shi'ism.
Amina Inloes | |
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| Born | Irvine, California, United States |
| Occupations | scholar, researcher, educator |
| Known for | public speaking |
Personal life
Inloes was born in Irvine, California, United States.
Education
She has a PhD in Islamic Studies from the University of Exeter on Shi'ia hadith about pre-Islamic female figures mentioned in the Qur'an.[1] Her PhD thesis, submitted in 2015, is entitled "Negotiating Shīʿī Identity and Orthodoxy through Canonizing Ideologies about Women in Twelver Shīʿī Aḥādīth on Pre-Islamic Sacred History in the Qurʾān".[2]
Career
She works for the Research and Publications Department of the Islamic College and is programme leader for the MA Islamic Studies program.[3] Inloes has completed a partial translation of the Shams al-Ma'arif.
Publications
- The Queen of Sheba in Shi'a Hadith, in Journal of Shi'a Islamic Studies, vol. 5, no. 4 (2012)[4]
- Conversion to Twelver Shi‘ism among American and Canadian women, in Studies in Religion (forthcoming)by A. Inloes and L. Takim.[4]
- Mukhtar al-Thaqafi: Character versus Controversy, in the Journal of Shi'a Islamic Studies (Volume 2, 2009)[4]
- Review of The Shi'a Revival in the Journal of Shi'a Islamic Studies (Volume 4, 2008)[4]
- The Tragedy of Karbala A Dramatic Interpretation of the Epic of Imam Husain (A).[4]
Translations