Wikipedia's first sentence called it “british publishing house which concentrates on academic and general titles on islam”. Today it says “peer-reviewed”.
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The opening as it read in 2015
Islamic Texts Society (ITS) is a British publishing house which concentrates on academic and general titles on Islam. It is registered as an educational charity in the UK (no. 283832). ITS publications have become a family name among English-speaking Muslims worldwide, and a de facto standard in the world of Islamic studies. ITS About page . von Schlegell, Barbara R., “Translating Sufism” , Journal of the American Oriental Society , vol. 122, number 3, July—September 2002, note 9: “the translations are accurate but it is clear they are intended for a wide, and not necessarily academic, audience”. Overview at the UK Charity Commission . “Stranger Than Fiction” , by Idries Mears, posted 15/05/2013. A reading list mention at The American Theological Library Association (ATLA). A JSTOR search of ITS titles yields mentions in 36 books, 174 articles and 91 reviews; a Google Scholar search yields 1720 hits (both checked 29/08/2013).1
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The Islamic Texts Society (ITS) is a peer-reviewed, British publishing house which concentrates on academic and general titles on Islam. It is registered as an educational charity in the UK.
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Educational charity based in Cambridge, UK The Islamic Texts Society ( ITS ) is a peer-reviewed, British publishing house which concentrates on academic and general titles on Islam. It is registered as an educational charity in the UK.
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british publishing house which concentrates on academic and general titles on islam
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peer-reviewed
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