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  The UNC Press, Mystical Dimensions of Islam by Annemarie Schimmel   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Through her sensitivity and deep understanding of the subject, Annemarie Schimmel, an eminent scholar of Eastern religions, draws the reader into the mood, the vision, the way of the Sufi in a manner that adds an essential ingredient to her analysis of the history of Sufism.
Professor Schimmel's long acquaintance with Turkey, Iran, and the Indo-Pakistan subcontinent provides a unique emphasis to the study, and the author's personal knowledge of Sufi practice in these regions lends a contemporary relevance to her work.
Annemarie Schimmel (1922-2003) was a renowned German scholar of Islam and author of eighty books, including And Muhammad Is His Messenger: The Veneration of the Prophet in Islamic Piety and A Two-Colored Brocade: The Imagery of Persian Poetry.
uncpress.unc.edu /books/T-1286.html   (353 words)

  
 Harvard Gazette: Prolific Islamic scholar Schimmel dies
Annemarie Schimmel, Professor of Indo-Muslim Culture Emerita, died this past Sunday (Jan. 26) in Bonn, Germany, at the age of 80.
An outstanding and prolific scholar of Islam who was highly regarded both in the West and in the Muslim world, Schimmel routinely astonished students and colleagues with her command of languages, her profound knowledge of Islamic literature and culture, and her phenomenal memory.
"Annemarie was a truly exceptional person, the kind of individual who is so truly one of a kind that you know at once you will never see their like again," said William Graham, the Albertson Professor of Middle Eastern Studies, professor of the history of religion, and dean of the Divinity School.
www.news.harvard.edu /gazette/2003/01.30/06-schimmel.html   (954 words)

  
 Guardian | Annemarie Schimmel
Annemarie Schimmel, who has died aged 80, was an orientalist who enriched Harvard university during the last quarter of the 20th century.
Schimmel's impressive output was attributable to a solid grounding in not only the Islamic "tripos" of Arabic, Persian and Turkish, but also Urdu, Pashto and Sindhi.
Schimmel was revered across the Muslim world as an insider who appreciated Islam's eclectic expressions of piety and achievement.
www.guardian.co.uk /print/0,,4599558-103684,00.html   (704 words)

  
 suaramerdeka.com - semata-mata fakta!   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Annemarie Schimmel lahir tahun 1922 di Erfurt, kota kecil di Jerman Tengah.
Ada satu kalimat dalam cerita itu yang menggugah Schimmel, "Manusia sebenarnya sedang tidur, dan ketika meninggal, mereka terbangun." Kelak, ia tahu, kata itu tak hanya indah, tapi nisbah Muhammad, yang acap menjadi ajimat kaum mistik.
Mei 1946, ayah Schimmel terbunuh dalam perang, dan tiga tahun kemudian, ia pergi ke Swedia, dan belajar bahasa itu, sambil berdebat dan berdiskusi dengan pakar keagamaan di sana, yang 35 tahun kemudian menganugerahinya gelar dokter ilmu ketuhanan.
suaramerdeka.com /cybernews/layar/tokoh/tokoh26.html   (844 words)

  
 Sufism—Islamic Mystical Traditions   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Schimmel, Annemarie / Islam in the Indian subcontinent.
Schimmel, Annemarie / Pain and grace a study of two mystical writers of eighteenth-century Muslim India.
Schimmel, Annemarie / The triumphal sun a study of the works of Jalaloddin Rumi.
menic.utexas.edu /asnic/hyder/pages/sufism.html   (96 words)

  
 Harvard Gazette: Annemarie Schimmel
Annemarie Schimmel was born on April 7, 1922 in Erfurt, Germany, as the only child of highly cultured middle-class parents, who raised her in an atmosphere saturated with literature and poetry.
Skipping two grades in secondary school, she began her studies at the University of Berlin in the fall of 1939 at the age of seventeen.
Fortunately, Annemarie had brought along a copy of her Habilitationsschrift and was able to do her Habilitation in Marburg.
www.news.harvard.edu /gazette/2004/12.16/31-mm.html   (1020 words)

  
 Annemarie Schimmel
Annemarie Schimmel was a German Lutheran pro-Islam scholar born on 07 April 1922, specialized in Sufism.
Schimmel became fascinated with the Muslim world after hearing Arabian tales as a child and went on to become one of the 20th century's most influential scholars of Islam.
Annemarie Schimmel was born on 07 April 1922, in Erfurt, Germany.
www.safran-arts.com /42day/history/h4jan/26ximmel.html   (983 words)

  
 Islam :: Leading Islamic scholar Annemarie Schimmel dies at
Schimmel was an expert on Islamic mysticism, bringing it to a wider Western audience in part with her translations of poems and verse.
Shortly after being named for the prize, Schimmel said an author "who consciously insults the prophet" was committing sacrilege and accused Rushdie of insulting many Muslims "in a very bad way." She later apologized to Rushdie in a newspaper interview.
Schimmel was born April 7, 1922 in the German city of Erfurt.
www.religionnewsblog.com /2212-_Leading_Islamic_scholar_Annemarie_Schimmel_dies_at_.html   (459 words)

  
 The Jakarta Post - The Journal of Indonesia Today
Annemarie Schimmel was a professor of religious studies, of Islam, and of Indo-Muslim culture at universities in Bonn, Ankara, and at Harvard.
Schimmel was not content on studying Islam from the comfort of her study room.
Schimmel's interest in Islam began early and it grew against the unlikely backdrop of the rise of Germany's Third Reich.
www.thejakartapost.com /yesterdaydetail.asp?fileid=20030206.S07   (769 words)

  
 Anne Marie Schimmel Scholarship - British Council Pakistan
The Scholarship was established in honour of Professor Annemarie Schimmel to commemorate her great contribution to culture and poetry in Pakistan and her role as a dedicated woman scholar.
The Schimmel Scholarship is awarded to women for study at recognized institutions of higher education in the UK for up to two academic years.
The Schimmel scholar will be chosen for her ability and commitment without discrimination as to religion, caste or creed.
www.britishcouncil.org /pakistan-education-scholarships-other-schimmer.htm   (344 words)

  
 The UNC Press, And Muhammad Is His Messenger by Annemarie Schimmel   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Schimmel discusses aspects of his life, birth, marriage, miracles, and heavenly journey, all of which became subjects for religious devotions.
By using poetic texts and artistic expressions and by examining daily Muslim religious practices, Schimmel shows us the gentler side of Islamic religious culture, providing a much-needed understanding of religion as it is experienced and practiced in the Islamic world.
Annemarie Schimmel (1922-2003) was a renowned German scholar of Islam and author of eighty books, including Mystical Dimensions of Islam and A Two-Colored Brocade: The Imagery of Persian Poetry.
www.uncpress.unc.edu /books/t-1285.html   (242 words)

  
 The Muslim News - Obituary - Prof Annemarie Schimmel, the renowned German scholar of Islam
Prof Annemarie Schimmel, the renowned German scholar of Islam, died on January 25.
A specialist on Islamic mysticism, Schimmel published 80 books, had five degrees, twenty-six awards and lectured at various universities including Harvard (where she was Professor of Indo-Muslim Culture from 1970-1992), Bonn, London and Ankara.
Schimmel was born in Erfurt, a town in central Germany in 1922.
www.muslimnews.co.uk /paper/index.php?article=1123   (689 words)

  
 HDS - News - Obituary - Annemarie Schimmel   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Annemarie Schimmel, Distinguished Scholar of Islam, Dies at 80
Annemarie Schimmel, Professor Emerita of Indo-Muslim Culture in the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, died on Sunday, January 26, in a hospital in Bonn, Germany, at the age of 80.
Professor Schimmel, a world-renowned scholar of Islam, dedicated her life to fostering a better understanding of Islam and the Muslim world in the West.
www.hds.harvard.edu /news/article_archive/schimmel.html   (398 words)

  
 Amazon.ca: Islam-An Introduction: An Introduction: Books: Annemarie Schimmel   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Schimmel, however, is not characterized by any of these shortcomings.
Professor Schimmel is most well versed and experienced in the topic that she address in this book.
Schimmel's Islam: An Intoduction, is an excellent concise introduction to the Islamic faith.
www.amazon.ca /Islam-An-Introduction-An-Annemarie-Schimmel/dp/0791413284   (1189 words)

  
 IslamiCity.com - Communications & Services
Renowned German Islam scholar Dr. Annemarie Schimmel passed away late Monday (January 27, 2003) night at the age of 80, the Central Council of Muslims in Germany announced in a press release.
Schimmel who was awarded the German Book Trade Peace Prize in 1995, and authored 105 books on Islam.
Schimmel caused a stir in the German media for her criticism of the blasphemous book 'The Satanic Verses', written by Salman Rushdie.
www.islamicity.com /articles/Articles.asp?ref=IC0301-1846   (405 words)

  
 Oxford University Press: The Mystery of Numbers: Annemarie Schimmel
Number symbolism, she shows, has deep roots in Western culture, from the philosophy of the Pythagoreans and Platonists, to the religious mysticism of the Cabala and the Islamic Brethren of Purity, to Kepler's belief that the laws of planetary motion should be mathematically elegant, to the unlucky thirteen.
A highly respected scholar of Islamic culture, Annemarie Schimmel draws on her vast knowledge to paint a rich, cross-cultural portrait of the many meanings of numbers.
Annemarie Schimmel is Professor of Indo-Muslim Culture at Harvard University.
www.oup.com /us/catalog/general/subject/ReligionTheology/AnthropologyofReligion/?ci=0195089197&view=usa   (468 words)

  
 American Muslim Activism
Annemarie Schimmel against charges of being too lenient on Islamists after the announcement that Schimmel will receive Germany's most prestigious cultural prize, the Peace Prize of the German Book Trade.
The nomination of Schimmel, 73, a professor at Harvard University for 20 years and one of the world's leading experts on Islamic mysticism, resulted in protests from 220 writers, 100 publishing houses and several members of Germany's parliament who accuse her of being too lenient on political Islam.
Schimmel, now retired from Harvard, lives in a Sufi community in the Sind province of Pakistan.
www.washington-report.org /backissues/1295/9512071.html   (840 words)

  
 As Through a Veil - Annemarie Schimmel - 1-85168-274-0   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Drawing on an enormous range of sources, this important book covers the development of Islamic mystical poetry in detail, from individual Sufi poets like the legendary Rumi, to such topic as the intricacies of sacred verse and the delightful vagaries of cryptic and nonsense poetry.
Annemarie Schimmel was until recently Professor Indo-Muslim studies at Harvard University.
Regarded as the foremost expert in the fields of Islamic mysticism and poetry, she has published extensively in both English and German, and has lectured at universities all over the world.
www.oneworld-publications.com /books/as-through-a-veil.htm   (121 words)

  
 WORLD WISDOM BOOKS
Annemarie Schimmel (1922-2003) was one of the leading experts on Islamic literature and mysticism (Sufism) in the world.
In her foreword to Understanding Islam she writes: "Schuon's book shows the essence of Islam, compares its world view with that of Christianity and often brings examples from other religious traditions, all of which his vast erudition comprises.
For a wonderful autobiographical sketch, visit A Life of Learning, a lecture given by Dr. Schimmel on her remarkable career.
www.worldwisdom.com /author/Detail.asp?AuthorID=65&WhatType=2   (187 words)

  
 Shia News | Europe | Annemarie Schimmel passes away   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Renowned German Muslim scholar Annemarie Schimmel passed away late Monday night at the age of 80, the Central Council of Muslims in Germany announced in a press release.
Schimmel published many books on Islamic literature, mysticism and culture, and translated Persian, Urdu, Arabic and Turkish works into English and German.
Schimmel caused a stir in the German media for her criticism of the blasphemous book 'The Satanic Verses', written by British author Salman Rushdie.
www.shianews.com /low/europe/news_id/0000404.php   (181 words)

  
 Women of Substance: Ideas & Identities of India Pakistan   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
We can maintain that the reason for Annemarie Schimmel’s interest in Iqbal and Sufism was because she belonged to a country of the world’s best universities of arts and humanities, and had the appropriate exposure.
KARACHI: Dr Annemarie Schimmel, the renowned European orientalist known for her understanding of Iqbal's poetry and affinity for the Sindh civilization, has been deemed as the last major scholarly figure to bridge gap between East and the West.
He said that keeping in mind her bequest for her eternal resting place, he had decided to raise a dummy cemetery of Dr Schimmel at the Makli graveyard and soon a programme would be held at the place of historical importance to mark the launching of this project.
chowk.com /show_article.cgi?aid=00002237   (2127 words)

  
 DAWN - Features; February 5, 2003
WITH Annemarie Schimmel’s (1923-2003) death a few days ago a glorious chapter of German scholarship on the multifaceted dimensions of Islamic culture has come to an end.
Whenever Schimmel talked on Rumi, Shamsuddin Tabrizi, Hallaj and Sarmad it appeared as if the undreamt of doors of perceptions were suddenly opened.
Schimmel’s death on January 27 made me recount what she did to the fervour of Hallajean studies.
www.dawn.com /2003/02/05/fea.htm   (2717 words)

  
 Bibliography: Sufism
Schimmel, Annemarie, Mystical Dimensions of Islam, Chapel Hill, The University of North Carolina Press, 1986.
Schimmel, Annemarie, The Triumphal Sun: A Study of the Works of Jalaludin Rumi, Albany, NY, State University of New York Press, 1993.
Schimmel, Annemarie., Pain and grace : a study of two mystical writers of eighteenth-century Muslim India, Leiden, E. Brill, 1976.
www.mideastweb.org /sufismbib.htm   (795 words)

  
 Obituary, Prof. Dr. Annemarie Schimmel   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Annemarie Schimmel breathed her last today in Bonn.
Annemarie was a profound scholar and a prolific writer.
This doyen of Iqbal Studies and the internationally renowned scholar of Islamic civilization, Professor Doctor Annemarie Schimmel met with a serious accident recently.
www.allamaiqbal.com /schimmel.htm   (402 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Islam: An Introduction: Books: Annemarie Schimmel   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Annemarie Schimmel's "Islam: An Introduction" is definitely not the best introductory work on Islam out there.
Not to say that Schimmel is not a scholar of high talent, she just does not show it here.
Unfortunately, Schimmel's reluctance to deal with complexity must be contrasted with her insistence on the full array of diacritics on any Arabic word.
www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0791413284?v=glance   (1797 words)

  
 CiteULike: The Mystery of Numbers (Oxford Paperbacks)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Number symbolism, she shows, has deep roots in Western culture, from the philosophy of the Pythagoreans and Platonists, to the religious mysticism of the Cabala and the Islamic Brethren of Purity, to Kepler's belief that the laws of planetary motion<br>should be mathematically elegant, to the unlucky thirteen.
Using examples ranging from the Bible to the Mayans to Shakespeare, she shows how numbers have been considered feminine and masculine, holy and evil, lucky and unlucky.<br> A highly respected scholar of Islamic culture, Annemarie Schimmel draws on her vast knowledge to paint a rich, cross-cultural portrait of the many meanings of numbers.
In The Mystery of Numbers Annemarie Schimmel conducts an illuminating tour of the mysteries attributed to numbers over the centuries.
www.citeulike.org /user/garyfeng/article/516623   (817 words)

  
 SUNY Press :: Islam   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
In the Introduction, Schimmel remarks that the book follows 'the traditional view of Islamic history without venturing into the vast field of sociological or political approaches.' In practice, this translates into a traditional view of Islam as experienced by Muslims.
It is difficult to imagine a book that would better represent how most Muslims conceive their own religion.
Annemarie Schimmel is a Professor in the Department of Near Eastern Languages at Harvard University.
www.sunypress.edu /details.asp?id=52624   (244 words)

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