Sacred Precincts

Mohammad Gharipour, Ph.D. (2009), Georgia Institute of Technology, is Associate Professor of Architecture at Morgan State University. He is the author and editor of several books including Persian Gardens and Pavilions: Reflections in History, Poetry and the Arts (I.B.Tauris, 2013), Calligraphy in the Muslim World (Edinburgh University Press, 2013), and The Bazaar in the Islamic City (American University Press, 2012). He is the founding editor of the International Journal of Islamic Architecture.

• CONTENTSList of FiguresAcknowledgementsPreface: Non-Muslim Sacred Sites in the Muslim WorldMohammad GharipourIntroductionPART 1: IDENTITY1. Churches Attracting Mosques: The Architecture of Mosques in Early Islamic Syria Mattia Guidetti2. To Condone or To Contest? Ethnic Identity and Religious Architecture in The Gambia Steven Thomson3. Jigo: The Essence of the Non-Tangible Architecture of Hausa Traditional Religion A.A. Muhammad-Oumar4. Muslims Viewed as ‘Non-Muslims’: The Alevi Precincts of Anatolia Angela Andersen5. Identity and Style: Armenian-Ottoman Churches in the Nineteenth Century Alyson Wharton6. Apportioning Sacred Space in a Moroccan City: The Case of Tangier, 1860–1912 Susan Gilson Miller7. Politics of Place in the Middle East and World Heritage Status for Jerusalem Elvan CobbPART 2: DESIGN8. Devotional and Artistic Responses to Contested Space in Old Cairo: The Case of Al-Mu‘allaqah Erin Maglaque9. Sacred Geometries: The Dynamics of ‘Islamic’ Ornament in Jewish and Coptic Old Cairo Ann Shafer10. Synagogues of Isfahan: The Architecture of Resignation and Integration Mohammad Gharipour and Rafael Sedighpour11. Gothic Portability: The Crimean Memorial Church, Istanbul, and the Threshold of Empire Ayla Lepine12. A Catholic Church in an Islamic Capital: Historicism and Modernity in the St Antoine Church Ebru Özeke Tökmeci13. Cultural Horizontality: Auguste Perret in the Middle East Karla BrittonPART 3: CONSTRUCTION14. Through a Glass Brightly: Christian Communities in Palestine and Arabia During the Early Islamic PeriodKaren C. Britt15. The Miracle of Muqattam: Moving a Mountain to Build a Church in Fatimid Egypt Jennifer Pruitt16. The Catholic Consecration of an Islamic House: The St John de MathaTrinitarian Hospital in TunisClara Ilham Álvarez Dopico17. Armenian Merchant Patronage of New Julfa’s Sacred Spaces Amy Landau and Theo Maarten van Lint18. The Tofre Begadim Synagogue and the Non-Muslim Policy of the Late Ottoman Empire Meltem Özkan Altınöz19. (Re)Creating a Christian Image Abroad: The Catholic Cathedrals of Protectorate-Era Tunis Daniel CoslettPART 4: RE-USE20. Khidr and the Politics of Translation in Mosul: Mar Behnam, St George and Khidr Ilyas Ethel Sara Wolper21. Muslim Influences in Post-Muslim Malta: The Hal Millieri Church David Mallia22. St Sophia in Nicosia, Cyprus: From a Lusignan Cathedral to an Ottoman Mosque Suna Güven23. Maribayasa: Negotiating Gold, Spirits, and Islamic Renewal in a Malian Islamic Borderland Esther Kühn24. Building as Propaganda: A Palimpsest of Faith and Power in the Maghreb Jorge Correia25. The Cathedral of Ani, Turkey: From Church to MonumentHeghnar WatenpaughAPPENDICESAppendix 1: GlossaryAppendix 2: BibliographiesAppendix 3: About the Contributors Index

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