This list comprises the Master and Doctoral dissertations completed by the graduate students of the Institute of Islamic Studies and housed in the Islamic Studies Library at McGill University. The theses covered here date from 1952-2006. Many of these theses are in electronic format and available from McGill Library’s escholarship program. ‘Abbas Hunzai, Ghulam: The concept of pleasure propounded by Nāṣir-i Khusraw. M.A., c1993. AS42/M3/1994/A233 Abbott, Kenrick: Contemporary Shi‘ism as political ideology: the views of Sharī‘atmadarī, Taliqanī, and Khumaynī. M.A., c1990. AS42/M3/1990/A234 ‘Abd al-‘Aṭī, Ḥammūdah ‘Alī: The concept of freedom in Muḥammad ‘Abduh. M.A., 1957. MB1/.A13201 ‘Abdel-Malek, Kamal: The Sira of the Prophet Muḥammad in the repertoire of the contemporary Egyptian Maddāḥīn. Ph.D., c1992. AS42/M3/1992/A24 ‘Abdel-Malek, Kamal: A study of the vernacular poetry of Egypt’s Ahmed Fu’ād Nigm. M.A., c1986. AS42/M3/1986/A135 ‘Abdul, Musa Ọladipupo Ajilogba: Islām in Ijebu Ode. M.A., 1967. MLnrl/.A13933i ‘Abdul, Musa Ọladipupo Ajilogba: The Qur’ān: Ṭabarsī’s commentary, his approach to theological issues. Ph.D., 1970. C2E/.A13933q ‘Abdulkader, Musaed Salem: The role of ḥadīth in ikhtilāf among Muslim jurists. M.A., 1983. AS42/M3/1983/A136 1 ‘Abdullahi, ‘Abdurahman: Tribalism, nationalism and Islam. M.A., c1993. AS42/M3/1993/A3256 ‘Abdu-r-Rabb, Muḥammad: Al-Junayd’s doctrine of Tawḥīd: an analysis of his understanding of Islamic monotheism. M.A., 1967. C6/.A13732j ‘Abdu-r-Rabb, Muḥammad: Abū Yazīd al-Bisṭāmī: his life and doctrines. Ph.D., 1970. C7/.A13732 Abu Bakar, Ibrahim bin: Islamic modernism in Malaya as reflected in Hadi’s thought. Ph.D., c1992. AS42/M3/1993/A327 Abū Zayd, ‘Abd-r-Raḥmān: A critical and annotated translation of the chapters on Divine Attributes and their properties in al-Iqtiṣād fī-al-I‘tiqād of Imām al- Ghazālī. M.A., 1968. C6/.G41iq/.Y/.E Adiseputra, Aloysius: The doctrine of the impeccability of the Prophet as elucidated by Fakhr al-Dīn al-Rāzī. M.A., 1981. AS42/M3/1984/A235 Afandi, Mochtar: The method of Muslim learning as illustrated in al-Zarnūjī’s Ta‘līm. M.A., c1993. AS42/M3/1993/A337 Affandi, B. : Shaykh Aḥmad al-Surkatī: his role in the al-Irshād Movement in Java in the early 20th century. M.A., 1976. MJal/.S961z/.A256s Agha Tehrani, Morteza: Sayyid Ḥaydar Āmulī. M.A., c1995. AS42/M3/1996/A343 2 Aḥmad, M. Aftab-u-Dīn: The origin of Shī‘ī Uṣūl al-Fiqh and its systemization up to the 5th century A.H. M.A., 1970. C821/.A283990 Ahmad, Riadh: Temporary marriage “mut‘a”. M.A., c1995. AS42/M3/1995/A3388 Ahmad, Riadh: Al-Ḥusayn ‘Alī: a study of his uprising and death based on classical Arabic sources. Ph.D., c2007. AS42/M3/2007/ Aḥmad, Shagufta: Dr. Isrār Aḥmad’s political thought and activities. M.A., c1993. AS42/M3/1994/A363 Ahmed, Gutbi: The Sokoto Constitution: a synthesis of Islamic constitutional theory and local political practices. M.A., 1984. AS42/M3/1984/A286 Ahmed, Musa: God of Raḥmah: a study in the Qur’ānic concept of divine mercy. M.A., 1980. AS42/M3/1980/A2862 Ahsan, ‘Abdullah: Late nineteenth-century Muslim response to the Western civilization of Islam – analysis of Amīr ‘Alī’s life and works. M.A., 1981. MG1/.A28994L Ahsan, Syed Aziz-al: Islamization of the state in a dualistic culture: the case of Bangladesh. Ph.D., c1990. AS42/M3/1991/A367 Ajhar, ‘Abdel Hakim: The metaphysics of the idea of God in Ibn Taymiyya’s thought. Ph.D., c2000. AS42/M3/2001/A397 3 Ajhar, ‘Abdel Hakim: The theory of the unity of God in al-Juwaynī’s al-Irshād. M.A., c1995. AS42/M3/1995/A4314 Al ‘Abdulla, Y.I. : A study of Qaṭarī-British relations, 1914-1945. M.A., 1981. AS42/M3/1982/A316 Al Homoudi, Fahad: On the Common Link Theory. Ph.D., c2006. AS42/M3/2006/ Alexandrin, Elizabeth R. : The “Sphere of Walāyah”: Ismāʽīlī Ta’wīl in practice according to al-Mu’ayyad. Ph.D., c2006. AS42/M3/2006/ ‘Alī, ‘Abdul Mu‘ṭī: The Muḥammadijah movement: a biographical introduction. M.A., 1957. AB/.A39085 ‘Ali, Anjum Ashraf: Child marriage in Islamic law. M.A., c2000. AS42/M3/2001/A45 ‘Alī, Muzaffar: A reference manual for Qur’ānic studies. MLS, 1961. AS42/M3/1961/A38 ‘Alī, Rukhsana: The images of Fāṭimah in Muslim biographical literature. M.A., c1988. AS42/M3/1988/A446 ‘Alibhai, Shams: The Shajarat al-Kawn attributed to Ibn ‘Arabī: an analytical study. M.A., c1991. AS42/M3/1991/A4533 4 Ameen, Mohammed: A study of Egyptian rule in Eastern Arabia (1814-1841). M.A., 1981. AS42/M3/1981/A498 Amīn, Muḥammad: A study of Bint al-Shāṭi’’s exegesis. M.A., 1992. AS42/M3/1992/A495 Amiruddin, Andi Muhammad ‘Ali: Ibn Ḥajar al-‘Asqalānī on tarjīḥ and ta‘dīl of ḥadīth transmitters: a study of his Tahdhīb al-Tahdhīb. M.A., c1999. AS42/M3/1999/A4886 Amiruddin, M. Hasbi: The response of the ‘Ulamā’ Dayah to the modernization of Islamic Law in Aceh. M.A., c1994. AS42/M3/1994/A474 Anderson, Margaret E. : The relationship of the Amīr al-Ḥakam I with the Mālikī Fuqahā’ in al-Andalus, 796–822. M.A., 1965. C912/.A548r Anderson, Mark R.L. : A study of the Qur’ānic prophet ‘Īsā ibn Maryam. M.A., c1988. AS42/M3/1989/A64 Anṣārī, Ẓafar Isḥāq: The early development of Islamic Fiqh in Kūfah with special reference to the works of Abū Yūsuf and Shaybānī. Ph.D., 1966. 2v. C5/.A6177e Anṣārī, Ẓafar Isḥāq: An inquiry into the interrelationship between Islām and nationalism in the writing of Egyptians, 1945-56. M.A., 1959. MBb1/.A6177i Anshari, S. : The Jakarta Charter of June 1945: a history of the Gentlemen’s Agreement between the Islamic and the Secular Nationalists in modern Indonesia. M.A., 1976. MJa3/.A618j 5 Anshori, Ibnu: Mustafa Kemal and Sukarno. M.A., c1994. AS42/M3/1994/A574 Anwar, Etin: Ibn Sina and mysticism: a reconsideration. M.A., c1998. AS42/M3/1998/A593 Arfa, Faisar Ananda: The existence of Islamic law in the first century of the Hijra: a study in authenticity. M.A., c1995. AS42/M3/1995/A745 Arnel, Iskandar: The concept of the perfect man in the thought of Ibn ‘Arabī and Muhammad Iqbal: a comparative study. M.A., c1997. AS42/M3/1997/A765 Arokiasamy, Lourduraj: The essential elements of Taubah in the writings of al- Ghazālī. M.A., 1982. AS42/M3/1983/A769 Asari, Hasan: The educational thought of al-Ghazali. M.A., c1993. AS42/M3/1993/A753 Askren, Hana: You are what you speak: the secret language of an Iraqi girl. M.A., c2006 AS42/M3/2006/ Asyari, M. : The rise of the Masjumi Party in Indonesia and the role of the ‘Ulamā’ in its early development (1945–52). M.A., 1976. AS42/M3/1977/A861 Asy‘ari, Su‘aidi: The role of Muslim groups in contemporary Indonesian nationalism: a study of the Nahdatul Ulama under the new order, 1980s–1990s. M.A., c1999. AS42/M3/1999/A893 6 ‘Attas, Sayyed Muḥammad Naguib: Rānīrī and the Wujūdiyyah of 17th–century Acheh. M.A., 1962. C7/.A8839r Audet, Eric: The reforms of the Islamic legal system by the French in Morocco between 1912 and 1925. M.A., c1991. AS42/M3/1991/A9394 Auni, Luthfi: The decline of the Islamic empire of Aceh (1641–1699). M.A., c1993. AS42/M3/1993/A9476 ‘Awad, Siham Samir. The impact of the application of Sharia law on the rights of non-Muslims in the light of international principles: the case of Sudan. LL.M., c1995. AS42/M3/1995/A933. Institute of Comparative Law. ‘Awwad, Hanan: Arab causes in the fiction of Ghādah al-Sammān, 1961-1975. M.A., 1981. AS42/M3/1981/A967 ‘Azizalam, Shaista: Sayyid Aḥmad Khān and the ‘Ulamā’: a study in socio-political context. M.A., c1992. AS42/M3/1992/A95 Babikian, N. Salem: Michel ‘Aflaq: a biographical study of his approach to Arabism. M.A., 1975. MB4p/.A2577z/B114m Bakti, Andi M. Faisal: Islam and nation formation in Indonesia. M.A., c1993. AS42/M3/1993/B36 Barbezat, E.F.: The figure of Moses in the Qur’ān. M.A., c1986. AS42/M3/1986/B23 7 Barry, Mike: The role of the city of brass: an introductory study. M.A., c1983. 2v. AS42/M3/1984/B27 Bashir, Sani: A study of Āl-Khalīfah’s rule in Bahrain, 1783–1820. M.A., 1979. AS42/M3/1979/B29 Batubara, Chuzaimah: Islam and mystical movements in post-independence Indonesia: Susila Budhi Dharma (subud) and its doctrines. M.A., c1999. AS42/M3/1999/B389 Bénard, Laure-Elina J. : Maryam, Khadīja and Fāṭima as spiritual female models in al-Ṭabarī’s presentation. M.A., c1999. AS42/M3/2000/B465 Benbaruk, Leon: The Moroccan monarchy and the nationalist movement, 1930–1965. M.A., 1979. AS42/M3/1979/B43 Biazar, Karim: The Qur’ānic concept of covenant. M.A., 1980. AS42/M3/1980/B47 Birjandifar, Nazak: Royal women and politics in Safavid Iran. M.A., c2005. AS42/M3/2006/B547 Botros, S. : Abū al-‘Abbās al-Mursī: a study of some aspects of his mystical thought. M.A., 1976. AS42/M3/1977/B65 Böwering, Gerhard: A textual and analytic study of the Tafsīr of Sahl al-Tustarī (d. 283/896). Ph.D., 1974. C2E/.T965t/.Z/.B786t 8 Brodeur, Patrice C. : Contemporary Muslim approaches to the study of religion: a comparative analysis of three Egyptian authors. M.A., c1989. AS42/M3/1990/B764 Brown, Stuart E. : Tunisia and the Arab League (1956–66).