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Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The present study examines how religion shapes partnership formation and religious homogamy among Syrian and Afghan male refugees who arrived in Germany during the 2015/16 influx. It provides new insights by focusing on a particularly vulnerable group of refugees who are culturally distant from the host society and comparing them to ...
Jana Kuhlemann +3 more
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Examining the Nature and Definition of Imamate in the Views of Khajeh Nasir and Ibn Arabi [PDF]
Theosophia IslamicaA fundamental step in researching the intersection of Islamic mysticism (Irfan) and theology (Kalam), and in bridging these two disciplines regarding the concept of Imamate, is to ascertain if a shared understanding of Imamate's essence exists between ...
Vahideh Akrami
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James Lyman Merrick's Aborted “Mission to the Mohammedans of Persia”
The Muslim World, EarlyView.Abstract James Lyman Merrick (1803‐1866) served as a missionary of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions (ABCFM) in Persia between 1835 and 1845. He was America's first missionary to the Muslim world. Based on his field research on the Persians’ religious beliefs, he correctly predicted that the conversion of Persia's Muslims into ...
Hooman Estelami
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A Forced Union: Exploring the Consequences of India's Removal of Jammu and Kashmir's Special Status
Nations and Nationalism, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This article adds to academic literature interested in two core questions: What happens to residents as a result of an annexation? And how do aggressor states maintain control over an annexed territory where there is a history of insurgency and mobilization for independence?
Serena Hussain
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Oral Diseases, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Objective Many countries have implemented health technology assessment of their public medical insurance programs owing to rising social security costs from ageing populations and expensive emerging medical technologies. Clarifying factors that affect health utility scores is essential for implementing treatments that reflect social values ...
Masashi Sasaki +7 more
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Ayyām-e Fāṭimiyya as an Alternative ʿĀshūrāʾ: The Mourning of Fāṭima in Modern Iran
İslam Tetkikleri DergisiThe mourning ceremonies performed in the month of Muḥarram constitute the most important element of Shīʿite public religiosity. The memory ofthe Karbalāʾ incident and the martyrdom of al-Ḥusayn b.
Zeynep Sena Kaynamazoğlu
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The ‘Wazirganj Terror Attack’: Sectarian Conflict and the Middle Classes
South Asia Multidisciplinary Academic Journal, 2015 On 16 January 2013, a Sunni real estate developer opened fire at a Shi’a religious assembly in Wazirganj, a mixed neighbourhood in old Lucknow, India, killing one and injuring two. At its core, this was a business rivalry gone awry, but was soon labelled
Raphael Susewind
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Study and Critique of Misconceptions against Sheikh Saduq’s Authenticity and Reports [PDF]
تحقیقات علوم قرآن و حدیث, 2017 Among the most important and hard-working Shi'a traditionists (muḥaddiths), it should be mentioned of Sheikh Ṣadūq in the fourth hijrī century, whose works are extended to tree hundreds. Although he has a great position in Shia', some Shi'a simple-minded
Rasul Mohammadjafari, morteza ohadi
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Staging the Semahs: Performing Aleviness in Turkey and Europe
Studies in Ethnicity and Nationalism, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The semah, a genre of music and movement practices imbued with values of gender, class, age and ethical egalitarianism, lies at the core of the Alevis' ayn‐i cem rituals. Since the 1970s, processes of urbanisation, migration, folklore production and heritage‐making have facilitated the circulation of semah beyond ritual contexts, particularly ...
Sinibaldo De Rosa
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Fâtımîler’in Nesebi Hakkındaki Tartışmalar
Cumhuriyet İlahiyat DergisiŞiîliğin İsmâilîlik koluna mensup olan ve kendilerini Hz. Peygamber’in kızı Hz. Fâtıma’ya nispetle Fâtımîler (297-567/909-1171) olarak adlandıran hanedanlığın bağlı bulunduğu nesep hakkında İslâm tarihinde olumlu olumsuz pek çok söz söylenmiş, üzerinde ...
Furkan Erbaş
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