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The Faces of Contemporary Islam: Fresh Perspectives on Theory, Practice, and Foreign Policy [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
Summarizes discussions from a November 2008 conference on ways to promote understanding between the Muslim world and the West. Examines perceptions about the compatibility of Islam and democracy, Muslim women, Western attitudes, and the role of the ...

core  

Ambiguities of modernist nationalism: architectural culture and nation-building in early Republican Turkey [PDF]

open access: yes, 2004
Reviews the book "Modernism and Nation Building: Turkish Architectural Culture in the Early Republic," by Sibel ...
Akman, Ayhan
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Local realities, global discourses and decolonising the curriculum in a post‐92 UK context: Academic voices on enacting decolonial curriculum change

open access: yesThe Curriculum Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract This study explored how lecturers in a post‐92 UK university conceptualise and enact decolonial curriculum principles within their teaching and programme design. Drawing on semi‐structured interviews with academic staff across multiple disciplines, the research adopts a qualitative, phenomenologically informed approach to examine the interplay
Reece Sohdi
wiley   +1 more source

International Human Rights: Islam\u27s Friend or Foe? Algeria as an Example of the Compatibility of International Human Rights Regarding Women\u27s Equality and Islamic Law [PDF]

open access: yes, 1996
Part I of this Note briefly discusses the development of International Human Rights Law as embodied in international covenants today. Part I also discusses Islamic law, the traditional role of women under Islamic law and culture, Algeria\u27s ...
Entelis, Joelle
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Conflicting Emotions, Environmental and Political Factors in Support for Local Environmental Morality Policies: Evidence From an Experiment on Wild Boars in Haifa

open access: yesEnvironmental Policy and Governance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Can emotional responses help explain public support for local environmental morality policies? As cities increasingly contend with complex interspecies conflicts in densely populated urban settings, understanding the drivers of policy support becomes essential.
Itai Beeri
wiley   +1 more source

Democracy in Islamic political thought [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
This paper surveys the growth and various phases of and influences on the concept of democracy in the Islamic political thought of the last two centuries. Among the thinkers covered in the survey are Rifa'a Tahtawi (1801-73), Khairuddin at-Tunis (1810-99)
Tamimi, Azzam S.
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Empathy, Perceived Injustice and Solidarity‐Based Action: Observer Responses to Civilian Suffering in Military Conflicts

open access: yesEuropean Journal of Social Psychology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT As global conflicts intensify, observers without direct conflict experience are increasingly exposed to war‐related suffering through media coverage, yet little is known about how such exposure shapes emotional and behavioural responses or how support for different affected civilian groups is distributed.
Islam Borinca   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Queer configurations: The female divine, regional identity, and Queer‐religious belonging in South India

open access: yesFeminist Anthropology, EarlyView.
Abstract This article explores how queerness and religion intersect in a unique enactment of Bathukamma, a flower festival honoring the female divine in Hyderabad, the capital of the South Indian state of Telangana. Drawing on theories of figuration, I analyze how local queer organizations celebrate the festival in a way that engages two distinctive ...
Stefan Binder
wiley   +1 more source

A Survey on Power and Political Culture in Kalile va Demne [PDF]

open access: yesمتن شناسی ادب فارسی, 2011
In the history of India, Iran and Islamic countries Kalile va Demne is important in many aspects. In this work, the attitude toward human being and society in the pre-enlightenment era has been greatly reflected.
J Dehghanian
doaj  

Anthropologist, heal thyself: Toward an anthropology of healing through relational interbeing

open access: yesFeminist Anthropology, EarlyView.
Abstract I call for an anthropology that confronts its own woundedness. Anthropologists often bear witness to suffering but rarely examine how our own grief, trauma, and institutional distress shape the affective tone of our work. Drawing on fieldwork with Runa (Quechua) women affected by forced sterilization in Peru and guided by my collaborator and ...
Lucía Isabel Stavig
wiley   +1 more source

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