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Contemporary Islamic sects in Indonesia

open access: yesJurnal Al Burhan
Islam's development in Indonesia has been shaped by both positive and negative influences. On the positive side, technology, modernization, and globalization have supported the spread and evolution of Islamic thought. However, challenges include the lasting impact of the Abbasid Dynasty's decline, psychological issues among Muslims, and the rise of ...
Eko Prayetno   +4 more
openaire   +1 more source

Persistent Alarms Confronting New Priorities: Protestants in Africa in Italian and French Catholic Magazines (1945–1962)

open access: yesJournal of Religious History, EarlyView.
Anti‐Protestantism was one of the reasons for the revival of missions during the interwar period. By the 1960s, however, Protestants were less and less often mentioned as a threat to missionary efforts, and the decline in inter‐confessional tensions was increasingly considered a relic of the past.
Giacomo Canepa
wiley   +1 more source

The role of religious authority in bringing together Islamic sects

open access: yesآداب الكوفة, 2013
The steps taken in order to bring the Islamic sects closer together go back centuries and are not new or coincidental. Rather, they came as a result of a deep-rooted feeling among religious leaders and reformist personalities of the need to work for ...
تغريد عطيه
doaj   +1 more source

‘The Bethune College Sensation’: Gender, Archive and Radical Passivity

open access: yesGender &History, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article explores the student protests at Bethune College, Calcutta, on 3 February 1928, against the Simon Commission, a British parliamentary delegation that excluded Indian representation. On this day, female students staged a quiet but radical act of defiance by refusing to attend classes, sign apologies or vacate their hostel, despite ...
Meghmala Bhattacharya
wiley   +1 more source

"The Intellectual life of Manicheans" in Early Islamic Centuries [PDF]

open access: yesتاریخ اسلام, 2007
The ancient Iranian prophet, Manese, rose in the early days of the establishment of the Sassanid Empire. By mixing the customs and rituals of various religions such as Christianity, Judaism, Buddhism and Hinduism, it easily managed to approach the ...
Hoseyn-e Moftakhari, Raheleh Za'efi
doaj  

Intercession in the Maturidi School and its place in Kazakh Religious Literature [PDF]

open access: yesPharos Journal of Theology
The concept of intercession is widely evidenced in Islamic texts. However, it was opposed by some significant Islamic sects and groups throughout history.
Syrym Shakizada   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Inter-religious dialogue in India with special reference to islam : positions, experiences and reflections [PDF]

open access: yes, 1997
As both time and space at hand for this presentation is limited, therefore instead of a longer introductory note, here a move is made to deal with the given subject straight.
Massey, James
core  

State of the Field: Royal Studies and Court Studies

open access: yesHistory, EarlyView.
Abstract Monarchy, as the world's oldest and most enduring form of political organization, is an area that has attracted the attention of scholars from a range of disciplines. Two connected and complementary fields embody this interdisciplinary study of monarchy and monarchies: royal studies, which takes an all‐encompassing approach to monarchy, and ...
Jonathan Spangler, Elena Woodacre
wiley   +1 more source

Power Transition and Pragmatic Adaptation: Iran's Strategic Approach to China, Russia and the GCC

open access: yesGlobal Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines how Iranian strategic thinkers conceptualise the country's ‘Look East’ policy (i.e., relations with China and Russia) and the GCC states. Using thematic qualitative content analysis of approximately 70 documents from Iranian state official, advisory and academic institutions (2015–2025), it reveals that Iran's eastward ...
Sara Bazoobandi
wiley   +1 more source

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