The spread of Islam eastward into South and Southeast Asia was one of the most significant cultural shifts in world history. As it expanded into these regions, Islam was received by cultures vastly different from those in the Middle East, incorporating them into a diverse global community that stretched from India to the Philippines. In Islam Translated, Ronit Ricci uses the Book of One Thousand Questions—from its Arabic original to its adaptations into the Javanese, Malay, and Tamil languages between the sixteenth and twentieth centuries—as a means to consider connections that linked Muslims across divides of distance and culture. Examining the circulation of this Islamic text and its varied literary forms, Ricci explores how processes of literary translation and religious conversion were historically interconnected forms of globalization, mutually dependent, and creatively reformulated within societies making the transition to Islam.

In conjunction with the "Dala’il al-Khayrat: Prayer Manuscripts From The 16th To 19th Centuries" exhibition, IAMM is proud to announce the latest addition of its publications that will enhance the experience and knowledge about these celebrated manuscripts from the Islamic Word. Featuring more than 100 artefacts from the collection of the Islamic Arts Museum Malaysia, the catalogue unveils the beauty and intricacy of the pages of Dala’il al-Khayrat and other related artefacts. The collection highlights Dala’il al-Khayrat copies from its native land, Morocco to as far as East Turkistan and China. Dala’il al-Khayrat has inspired calligraphers, illuminators and painters of court ateliers in producing sumptuous illustrated and illuminated manuscripts. These manuscripts reveals the history and the diverse art form of the Islamic World. The catalogue, which measures 26cm (W) x 29cm (H), offers 180 pages of informative contents about one of the most important manuscript in the Islamic world.

A quarterly journal from the low countries devoted to manuscripts and printed books.