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Gertrude Bell and the Genesis of Sectarian Division in Modern Iraq

open access: yesمجلة المعهد, 2023
Sectarian jargon has become part and parcel of the Iraqi political scene after 2003. Sectarian phenomenon, however, has always been part of Iraqi political life at least since the creating of Iraqi state in 1921. This study, examines specifically the British role in creating the sectarian division in Iraq as viewed by Iraqi Shi’is.
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Shia Armed Groups and the Future of Iraq

open access: yesInternational Studies: Interdisciplinary Political and Cultural Journal, 2019
The rising and acceleration of the Shia armed group in Iraq, Syria, Yemen, and Lebanon require a deep understanding of the root of the multi-dimensional conflicts in the Middle East.
Kardo Rached, Ahmed Omar Bali
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THE SHIA ARMED GROUPS AND THE FUTURE OF IRAQ

open access: yesSecurity and Defence Quarterly, 2018
In this article, we try to identify the impact of the Shia militias in Iraq on the future of this country. We maintain that these armed groups will be a destabilising factor for Iraq and its neighbours, and they will worsen and deepen the sectarian ...
Kardo Karim RACHED, Ahmed Omar BALI
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A Critical Study of Ibn Ashur’s Interpretation [PDF]

open access: yesآموزه‌های قرآنی, 2020
Mohammad Taher Ibn Ashur (1296-1393 AH), a Tunisian scholar and jurist, has interpreted the verses of the Qur'an in the thirty-volume book “al-Tahrir wa al-Tanwir” due to his comprehensiveness and encirclement of various sciences.
Mahdi Keramati   +2 more
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Transgressing Boundaries: Belfast and the “Romance-Across-the-Divide” [PDF]

open access: yesEstudios Irlandeses, 2007
One of the most popular sub-genres of Northern Irish Troubles fiction is the so called ‘Romance-across-the-divide’, a narrative in which two characters from different religious, cultural and social backgrounds struggle to overcome the region’s sectarian ...
Stephanie Schwerter
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Explaining de￾sectarianization

open access: yesBabylon
A key feature of the 21st century Middle East thus far has been the vertiginous rise and precipitate retreat of sectarian (Sunni-Shi’a) division as a dominant paradigm in contentious politics and international relations.
Fanar Haddad
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Diversity vs. Pluralism: Reflections on the Current Situation in the United States

open access: yesReligions, 2017
The United States has considerable religious and ethnic diversity; it has not always embraced pluralism. Known as “a nation of immigrants”, religion has often been seen as a way to integrate newcomers into its national project.
James V. Spickard
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Arab Spring and the escalation of the sectarian divide in Bahrain: An assessment [PDF]

open access: yesConflict & Communication Online, 2013
This article assesses why the Bahraini "Day of Rage" has inflamed sectarian fear and prompted open hostility between Sunni and Shi'a inhabitants of the kingdom. The analysis approaches the subject from a psychological perspective.
Magdalena Karolak
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Uneven and combined development and the Lebanese state: sectarian governance, political economy, and fragmented sovereignty

open access: yesCogent Social Sciences
Lebanon is frequently portrayed as a dysfunctional political system characterised by sectarian division, corruption, economic crisis, and institutional paralysis.
Pierre Abou Jaoude
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Defying Maintenance Mimesis: The Case of Somewhere over the Balcony by Charabanc Theatre Company

open access: yesText Matters, 2018
Making reference to Luce Irigaray’s definitions of mimesis and mimicry, and the ways in which these concepts respectively reinforce and challenge the phallogocentric order, this article investigates the representation of the Troubles in the play ...
Katarzyna Ojrzyńska
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