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Arab spring and reorganization of the state [PDF]
This article assumes that within the next five years or so the bulk of the Islamic world will get rid of their dictators and aims to propose a blue print of governance for the newly emerging democracies.Arab spring; Islam and democracy; Islam and ...
Cizakca, Murat
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Introduction: Measuring Religiosity and Multi‐Religiosity in East and West
ABSTRACT The introduction to the spotlight set of research notes that are based on the Global East Survey of Religion and Spirituality briefly explains why we believe it is necessary to develop new measures of religiosity, the process of developing the questionnaire, and the key findings in this set of research notes, including the common phenomenon of
Fenggang Yang
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Maulᾱna Waḥῑduddῑn Khᾱn’s views on relation between Islam and secularism
The article explores views of Maulᾱna Waḥῑduddῑn Khᾱn on relation between Islam and secularism as there is no specification of his thoughts on the above issue as critics and other scholars tend to show confusion when they approach Khᾱn’s thoughts from ...
Siddique Ahmad Shah Shah +1 more
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Rethinking Political Islam in Iran: Contestation, Authority, and Reform
Abstract Political Islam in Iran is frequently portrayed in Western scholarship and policy discourse as a unified and rigid ideological system rooted in the 1979 Islamic Revolution. However, this article contends that it operates as a plural and internally contested field in which state‐directed, reformist‐clerical, and civic interpretations compete ...
Nagapushpa Devendra
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Debating secularism: A liberal cosmopolitan perspective. [PDF]
Gülalp H.
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Voices from the minority: Understanding the acculturative experiences of British Shia Muslims
Abstract Objectives The aim of this research was to understand the acculturative experiences of British Shia Muslims, with hopes for practitioners to better understand how to support this population. Design Qualitative methodology was used, utilising semi‐structured interviews. Braun and Clarke's (Thematic analysis: A practical guide, Sage Publications
Mahdiyah Datoo, Sanaa Kadir
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Secularism in Canada and Europe [PDF]
Secularism in popular discourse is taken to be the distinctive feature of civilized states in contrast to uncivilized states, which retain formal ties between religion and the state.
Fadel, Mohammad
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ABSTRACT The vibrant British Alevi community has settled in London and other parts of the UK since the late 1980s, constituting the largest population of Kurdish Alevis outside of Turkey. Their religion is Alevism, but they are often mistakenly identified as Turkish and Muslim, contributing to their invisibility in this country.
Umit Cetin, Celia Jenkins
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The Headscarf Controversy in Turkey [PDF]
This article is based on a monographic field study, which was conducted in October 2007. In addition, the results of other studies on the headscarf issue conducted at different times between 2003 and 2007 have also been used to follow the development ...
Uslu, Nasuh, Toprak, Metin
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ABSTRACT From its very inception, the Jewish National Movement Hibbat Zion turned to the collective past to advance its goals in the present. One of their activities was to reinterpret Jewish holidays and festivals, especially those that did not take a central place in the Jewish calendar.
Asaf Yedidya
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