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George Morgan and Scott Poynting (eds) Global Islamophobia: Muslims and Moral Panic in the West. London: Ashgate.

open access: yesInternational Journal for Crime, Justice and Social Democracy, 2015
Previous to 2001, Islam was a mere flicker on the radar of popular xenophobic paranoia. A decade and a half and the world’s first global moral panic later, this situation has changed entirely, apparently by design.
Ben Debney
doaj   +1 more source

Global Islamophobia: Muslims and Moral Panic in the West [Book Review] [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
This article reviews the book: “Global Islamophobia: Muslims and Moral Panic in the West”, edited by George Morgan and Scott ...
Drury, Abdullah
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Holy Time and Popular Invented Rituals in Islam: Structures and Symbolism

open access: yesAl-Jami'ah: Journal of Islamic Studies, 2018
This paper tackles three popular invented rituals in the early centuries of Islam performed in the seventh and eighth months of the Islamic calendar; Rajab and Shacbān, namely the sacrifices of faraca and catīra, fasting and prayers.
Mabrouk Chibani Mansouri
doaj   +1 more source

“We are against Islam!”: The Lega Nord and the Islamic folk devil [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
© 2012 the Author(s). This article has been published under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License. Without requesting permission from the Author or SAGE, you may further copy, distribute, transmit, and adapt the article, with the ...
Armstrong, G, Testa, A
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Jathilan Horse Dance: Spirit Possession Beliefs and Practices in The Present-Day Java

open access: yesIKAT: The Indonesian Journal of Southeast Asian Studies, 2018
Jathilan is one of the names for traditional Javanese trance dance which takes its roots in the most archaic levels of local culture but remains very popular nowadays.
Eva Rapoport
doaj   +1 more source

Sensory Screens, Digitized Desires: Dancing Rasa From Bombay Cinema To Reality TV [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Bombay cinema incorporated songs, dances, choreography, staging, and costumes from a variety of traditional forms to mark a modern national identity. The pioneering figure for using dance in films was Uday Shankar in his experimental film Kalpana. Bombay’
Chakravorty, Pallabi
core   +2 more sources

The Legend You Thought You Knew: Text and Screen Representations of Puteri Gunung Ledang [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
This article traces the evolution of narratives about the supernatural woman said to live on Gunung Ledang, from oral folklore to sixteenth-century courtly texts to contemporary films.
Hijjas, Mulaika
core   +1 more source

Phytochemical‐Based Strategies for Lung Cancer: Clinical Insights Into Pleiotropic Molecular Signaling and Therapeutic Roles

open access: yesPhytotherapy Research, EarlyView.
Lung cancer (LC) remains the leading cause of global cancer‐related death. Phytochemicals from medicinal plants are increasingly being considered as potential LC treatment agents due to their multi‐targeted action, safety, and accessibility. These have anticancer properties by regulating key molecular signaling pathways.
Md. Rezaul Islam   +14 more
wiley   +1 more source

Nightmare egalitarianism: Commensuration, autonomy, and imagination Le cauchemar de l’égalitarisme : commensuration, autonomie et imagination

open access: yesJournal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.
Egalitarianism is often idealized, but many anthropologists have noted its potential for nightmare scenarios involving envy, mistrust, and violence. This introduction outlines a framework for understanding the negative emotions and violence associated with the forces of commensuration that are necessary to make people equal.
Natalia Buitron   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

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