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The metamorphosis of authority: a case study of the Aga Khan Development Network and the Ismaili Imamate

, 2012
This research is a study of modern developments of the institutions of the Nizārī Ismaili imamate during the time of the present Ismaili Imam, Shāh Karīm al-Ḥusaynī, Aga Khan IV, as the 49th hereditary living Imam of Shiʿi Nizārī Ismaili Muslims ...
Poor, D.M.
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Weaponising the Supply Chain: Yemen's Blockade and the Contradictions of Maritime Logistics Capital

Antipode, Volume 58, Issue 1, January 2026.
Abstract This paper examines the 2023–2025 naval blockade imposed by Yemen in the Red Sea. It argues that the blockade's success in disrupting global trade stemmed from the potent confluence of asymmetric military tactics and the structural vulnerabilities inherent within global maritime logistics capitalism.
Ashok Kumar
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Muslim Diasporas and the Politics of Belonging: Ibadi and Ismaili Pasts and Presents in East Africa

Religion Compass, Volume 19, Issue 10-12, October-December 2025.
ABSTRACT This article examines the Ibadi and Ismaili Muslim communities in East Africa—particularly in Uganda, Kenya, and Tanzania (including Zanzibar)—and their distinct religious, social, and economic roles. Even as minorities within predominantly Sunni contexts, both groups have shaped the region through migration, commerce, and international ...
Kimberly T. Wortmann
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Intrigues and Twist in the Imamate Crisis of Lagos Central Mosque (Jama’atul Muslimeen Council), 1841 to 1947 [PDF]

, 2016
The period between 1847 to 1947 was a chequered one in the history of Islam and especially the Imamate in Lagos. After establishing the Imamate, the Lagos Muslim community found the traditional authority as a pillar of support and much later the colonial
Raifu, Isiaka Okunola
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İmamiyye Şiası’nın Peygamberlik ve İmamet Anlayışlarının Mukayesesi

Dini Araştırmalar, 2015
The most distinctive feature of Imamiyya is its understanding of imamate. Imamiyye that regards the imamate as one of the main fundamentals of religion held that it determined by God and thus ascribed the imams many supernatural features. This also arose
Metin Bozan
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Şiî-Sünnî İmamet-Siyaset Tartışmaları Bağlamında Hz. Âişe (el-Hillî-İbn Teymiyye Örneği)

Turkish Journal of Shiite Studies, 2020
Müslümanlar arasında ilk halifenin seçimi meselesiyle başlayan siyasî tartışmalar, zamanla itikadî alana kadar ulaşmış ve çeşitli mezhepleri doğurmuştur. Şiî-Sünni ayrışmasının ana sebebi imamet problemidir. Şîa ve Ehl-i Sünnet arasında Hz.
Adem Eryiğit
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The Saudi Savior—Justifying Operation Decisive Storm

Digest of Middle East Studies, Volume 34, Issue 1, Winter 2025.
ABSTRACT This paper argues that despite the success of Saudi Arabia's use of discourse to legitimize Operation Decisive Storm, their initial bombing and blockade of Yemen, to the United States, ultimately these discourses were problematic. Via analyzing speeches from Saudi Minister of Foreign Affairs, Adel Al‐Jubeir, and articles from Saudi news ...
Tom Walsh
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“To Indulge the Tears of Women and Children”: Masculinity, Violence, and Mercy in the Conquest of the Caucasus

The Russian Review, Volume 83, Issue 4, Page 502-517, October 2024.
Abstract This article uses campaign reports and memoir literature to explore tsarist officers’ views of masculinity—both their own and that of their opponents—during the conquest of the Caucasus, focusing particularly on the Nicolaevan era. It frames conquest as a form of cultural exchange and argues that tsarist officers’ understandings of the gender ...
Ian W. Campbell
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UNDERSTANDING OF IMAMATE IN ASH’ARI KALAM TRADITION: THE EXAMPLE OF SEYYID SHERIF JURJÂNI

, 2018
İmâmet problemi, kelâm ilminin vesâil konuları arasında yer alır. İslâm toplumunun yönetimi, yönetimin dayanağı, yöneticinin vasıfları, nass ve tayin meselesinin reddi, dört halifenin imâmetlerinin meşruiyeti gibi konular etrafında merkezileşen imâmet ...
ÜNVERDİ, Veysi
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Forward to the Past? Regional Repercussions of the Gaza War

Middle East Policy, Volume 31, Issue 3, Page 3-17, Autumn (Fall) 2024.
Abstract The Gaza war between Israel and Hamas marks the end of the long decade after the Arab uprisings. In this paper, we explore how the conflict has altered the regional political landscape in the Middle East, which bears similarities to the pre‐2011 dynamics but includes new elements.
Morten Valbjørn, André Bank, May Darwich   +2 more
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