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Ashura in Italy: The Reshaping of Shi’a Rituals
This essay explores the impacts of Italy’s socio-religious tendencies on the Shi’a rituals of Muḥarram and Ṣafar. Ethnography and semi-structured interviews were the main methods adopted for the performance of this research.
Minoo Mirshahvalad
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Political Instrumentalisation of Islam, Persistent Autocracies, and Obscurantist Deadlock [PDF]
The empirical literature has established a strong link between the fact of being a Muslim-dominated country and indicators of political performance and democracy. This suggests the possible existence of a relation between religion, Islam in this instance,
Jean-Philippe Platteau
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Formulating a Comprehensive System of Contractual Excuses in the Iranian Legal Order [PDF]
∴ Introduction ∴ The enforceability of contractual obligations is foundational to legal and economic systems. However, certain circumstances may obstruct an obligor’s ability to fulfill these obligations, necessitating what is termed "Contractual ...
Seyyed Mohammad Hasan Momeni +1 more
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Countering violent extremism in Indonesia: need for a rethink [PDF]
Indonesia is making some progress in countering violent extremism, argues this report, but more through community efforts than through government programs.
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Indonesians and the Syrian conflict [PDF]
Introduction: The conflict in Syria has captured the imagination of Indonesian extremists in a way no foreign war has before. For the first time, Indonesians are going overseas to fight, not just to train, as in Afghanistan in the late 1980s and 1990s ...
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Rapprochement between Sunnīs and Imāmīs during the Crusades
The Imāmī Shī‘a of Syria stood along with the Sunnīs as one group against the Franks, rather than as followers of different religious traditions. This article traces the rapprochement between the Sunnī and the Imāmī Shī‘a in the face of the Franks ...
محمد المختار الشنقيطي
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Iran‘s Oil Wealth: Treasure and Trouble for the Shah‘s Regime. A Context-sensitive Analysis of the Ambivalent Impact of Resource Abundance [PDF]
The Iranian revolution still appears to be a puzzle for theoretical approaches linking political instability and/or violent conflict to the resource wealth of a country.
Miriam Shabafrouz
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Lessons Gleaned from the Political Participation of Children in Bahrain Uprising [PDF]
Reflecting the tension between state sovereignty and human rights, this paper discusses the moral and ethical implications of the political participation and detention of Bahraini children against the backdrop of sectarian geopolitics.
Jeong, Hae Won
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UB Breakthroughs Spring 2014 [PDF]
The UB Breakthroughs newsletter for spring of 2014. This issue contains articles discussing professor Perle's study into chiropractic manipulation of the ankle and its effect on walking, Dr. Mahmood and Dr.
Hempowicz, Christine +2 more
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Animal Models and Experimental Medicine, Volume 8, Issue 12, Page 2113-2114, December 2025.
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