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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The Features of Fatimid's Historiography in Islamic Historiography Discourse [PDF]
تاریخ نگری و تاریخ نگاری, 2018 Researchs on the historiography of the Ismâilis has been less successful among scholars in this field due to the loss of a significant amount of their works.
Ali Babaei Siab +2 more
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انتقال الحكم في عمان ماضياً وحاضراً: التنظير والتنظيم والتطبيق
Arabian Humanities, 2022 This article studies the transfer of power in Omani history, on one hand in the system of the imamate and on the other hand in the system of the sultan monarchy from the perspectives of political thought and application.First, the article reviews the ...
محمد بن سعيد بن عامر الحجري
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A Lion in the Path of Oman's Nationalization: Insurgency in Oman from the 1950s through the 1970s Examined through Social Movement Theory; Strategic Insights, v. 7 issue 2 (April 2008) [PDF]
, 2008 This article appeared in Strategic Insights, v.7 issue 2 (April 2008)Approved for public release; distribution is ...
Howk, Jason
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The School of Ahl Al-sunnah Wa Al-jama`ah and the Attachment of Indonesian Muslims to Its Doctrines [PDF]
, 2008 The doctrine of Ahl al-Sunnah wa al-Jama`ah has been exploited by two major Muslim organizations in Indonesia, NU and Muhammadiyah, as the theological basis in determining their religious identity and rituals.
Saleh, F. (Fauzan)
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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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Dēnkard III language variation and the defence of socio-religious identity in the context of Early-Islamic Iran [PDF]
, 2017 The aim of the present paper is to illustrate as a case study, the linguistic and stylistic peculiarities characterizing the third book of the Dēnkard, one of the most authoritative texts in Zoroastrian Pahlavi literature (9th-10th CE). The analysis will
Terribili, Gianfilippo
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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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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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Reforming the power structures in the imamate of Sheikh Mansour
NORTH CAUCASUS LEGAL VESTNIKThe article is devoted to state-legal construction in the imamate of Sheikh Mansour. Having studied all available scientific publications and materials on the life and work of the «first Imam of the Caucasus», as well as the movement named after him, the
Хабаев Ибрагим Дагаевич +1 more
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