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Religious authority in the urban mosque

American Ethnologist, Volume 52, Issue 2, Page 159-170, May 2025.
Abstract In Eastern Indonesia, young male Islamic activists articulate a notion of religious authority that reorients community life toward neighborhood mosques. By providing local communities with Qur'anic classes and religious services, these activists—affiliated with Indonesia's largest Salafi organization—have created a network of spaces in which ...
Chris Chaplin
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RELIGIOUS AFTERLIVES OF A REVOLUTION

Cultural Anthropology, Volume 40, Issue 1, Page 27-54, February 2025.
ABSTRACT When do revolutions end? How do revolutions live on in embodied affects, relationships, and horizons of aspiration? This article describes the remaking of religion among upper‐middle‐class Egyptians who participated in the 2011 uprising.
AMIRA MITTERMAIER
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In the Tunisian Opposition (Again): Ennahda's ‘Renaissance’ Through Failure?

Middle East Policy, Volume 31, Issue 4, Page 106-124, Winter 2024.
Abstract Tunisian President Kais Saied's coup in July 2021 has confronted the Renaissance Party, or Ennahda, with a dilemma: Reassume the comfortable position of defending freedoms and maintain party unity, or implement internal reforms, including an overhaul of its leadership and platform. But the party is trapped in a vicious circle.
Théo Blanc
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Debating the Yemen conflict: Toward a synthesis of debates and diverse perspectives on causes and actors

Digest of Middle East Studies, Volume 33, Issue 4, Page 451-475, Fall 2024.
Abstract During the last decade, a significant amount of academic research focusing on the causes of, and the actors involved in the Yemen conflict has been published in peer‐reviewed journals, edited volumes, and books. Yet this research has emerged in a fragmented way that renders a comprehensive understanding of the conflict a challenging enterprise.
Antonios Tsalikis, Revecca Pedi
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The past and future of the study of Islamic esotericism

Religion Compass, Volume 18, Issue 7, July 2024.
Abstract The study of Islamic esotericism, particularly the concept of al‐bāṭiniyya, remains fragmented. While often studied under various labels like “mysticism” and “occultism,” it is widely equated to Sufism. Scholars still hesitate to use the term al‐bāṭiniyya due to its historical pejorative connotations, linking it to extremist adherence to ...
Liana Saif
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Türkiye’de Etkili Selefî Bir Şahıs: Ziyaeddin el-Kudsi ve Hakka Davet Cemaati

Yakın Doğu Üniversitesi İslam Tetkikleri Merkezi Dergisi, 2022
Selef; sahabe, tabiîn ve tebe-i tâbiînin oluşturduğu İslâm’ın ilk neslini, Selefîlik ise selef döneminde ortaya çıkan fırkalaşmalardan uzak, bidʻat bulaşmamış söz ve düşünme biçimini benimseyenleri merkez alarak kendisini bu nesle nispet eden ...
Ahmet Yalçın
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“Islamic State” and the North Caucasus in the Middle East Perspective: Challenges to and Lessons for Russia

Международная аналитика, 2016
The author considers, in the broad Middle East perspective, the impact of the ISIS and its activities on the situation in the North Caucasus. An analysis is suggested of the recent trends in Russian Islamic community and in the whole Ummah as well as ...
A. Yarlykapov
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Middle east Salafism's influence and the radicalization of Muslim communities in Europe [PDF]

, 2009
Salafism is first and foremost a method for the search of the religious truth; a desire to practice Islam exactly as it was revealed by the Prophet. It is a religious method whose influence has spread throughout the Arab world and also in Europe, thanks ...
Stemmann, Juan Jose Escobar
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Salafism in Indonesia: Ideology, Identity, and Politics

Islamic Thought Review
This article investigates the ideological, identity-based, and geopolitical dynamics of the Salafist movement in Indonesia. Employing qualitative methods through an extensive literature review, the study utilizes Social Identity Theory as its primary ...
Melisa Diah Maharani
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“Our blood is becoming white”: Race, religion, and Siddi becoming in Hyderabad, India

American Anthropologist, Volume 126, Issue 2, Page 194-203, June 2024.
Abstract “Our blood is becoming white.” This was a constant lament I heard from siddis in contemporary Hyderabad, India—third‐ and fourth‐generation descendants of East African slaves and soldiers recruited by the local ruler or Nizam in the 1860s to form the African Cavalry Guard in his army.
Gayatri Reddy
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