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A history of the Sahara in the nineteenth century [PDF]

open access: yes, 1978
African Studies Center Working Paper No.
Baier, Stephen
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The Islamic ‘State’ Challenge : Defining the Actor [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
E-International Relations, Articles sectionPublisher ...
Yihdego, Zeray
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Cost calculations, religion and commerce: the Book of Good Government of the Souk of Malaga in the 13th Century [PDF]

open access: yes
This paper analyzes the cost calculations in the 13th Century Book of Good Government of a Souk (Zoco), written by Al-Saqati and dealing with the Malaga souk.
Fernando Gutiérrez Hidalgo   +2 more
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Mosque architecture in Malaysia : classification of styles and possible influence [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
The main purpose of the research is to set up an initial framework of architectural description of Muslim architecture in Malaysia within the context of the architectural concern of ‘style’.
Mohamad Rasdi, Mohamad Tajuddin
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Islamic Contributions to Science: Historical and Contemporary Issues [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
The normative practice in the history of science in the West is to start with the Greeks and then jump to the European Renaissance, both studied as a background for the emergence of modern science in the seventeenth century.
Iqbal, Muzaffar
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Rebranding terror [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
Ten years after its most devastating attack, al-Qaeda has turned into a franchiser, publisher, and occasional climate-change activist.
Archetti, C
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The Globality of Islam: Sharia as a Nigerian 'Self-Determination' Movement [PDF]

open access: yes
This paper was produced as part of a project at the University of California, Santa Cruz titled Globalization, State Capacity and Islamic Movements. The objective of this paper to assess how globalization and Islam impact the capacity of national states ...
Paul Lubeck, Ronnie Lipschutz and Erik Weeks
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Egyptian Enlightener Rifa‛a at-Tahtawi [PDF]

open access: yes
From the 19th c. in Arab countries, first of all, in Egypt, Syria and Lebanon, the political, economic and cultural life begins to revive, which is known as the Revival (the "Nahda"). In this process enlighteners played the crucial role.
Murman Kutelia
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The future of jihad: what next for ISIL and al-Qaeda? [PDF]

open access: yes
This report examines what the rise of ISIL means for al-Qaeda and how will it react. Overview ISIL is a real threat and must be targeted, but al-Qaeda shouldn’t be forgotten. Indeed, al-Qaeda should remain a key focus for international counterterrorism
Benedict Wilkinson, Tobias Feakin
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