The 74-year-old librarian and member of the Islamic offshoot Ibadism took up the reins of his family's six-generation library in the 1960s and has been in a race against time to preserve whatever ...

The 74-year-old librarian and member of the Islamic offshoot Ibadism took up the reins of his family’s six-generation library in the 1960s. He has been in a race against time to preserve ...

Most Omanis identify with a minority sect of Islam called Ibadism. "During our visit to the Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque, I was struck by the plurality and simplicity of the mosque's architecture. The ...

The overlap makes it hard to distinguish one from the other. Thus, for the sake of preserving Ibadism as a community with a specific sectarian identity, Ibadis had to (re)define their roles and goals ...