The Encyclopaedia of Islam

A reference to the Encyclopaedia of Islam, a scholarly reference work that compiled knowledge about Islam and the Islamic world from a distinctly European analytical perspective, shaping how Muslim history, politics, and rhetoric were conventionally framed and interpreted in Western scholarship.

Claims that use this term

• The Encyclopaedia of Islam asked European questions, not Muslim ones, about Islam
• The Encyclopaedia of Islam reframed Urabi’s political rhetoric as confusion