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Indonesians and the Syrian conflict [PDF]

open access: yes
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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Against State Censorship of Thought and Speech: The “Mandate of Philosophy” contra Islamist Ideology [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Contemporary Islam presents Europe in particular with a political and moral challenge: Moderate-progressive Muslims and radical fundamentalist Muslims present differing visions of the relation of politics and religion and ...
Swazo, Norman
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When development threatens royal legitimacy [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
In the last year, an increasing number of news reports suggested that Saudi Arabia is in a financial bind. Scholarships for foreign study have been cut and government handouts lowered.
Weinstein, Adam
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Blank slate: squares and political order of city [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
This paper aims to analyze the square beyond an architectural element in the city, but weaves this blank slate, with its contemporary socio political atmosphere as a new paradigm.
Mehan, Asma
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INTERNAL DYNAMICS WITHIN HADHRAMI ARABS IN INDONESIA: From Social Hierarchy to Islamic Doctrine

open access: yesJournal of Indonesian Islam, 2017
This paper examines the current landscape of Hadhrami Arab Community in Indonesia. It aims to understand the internal fissures that affect the cohesion within the community.
Syamsul Rijal
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Ashura in Italy: The Reshaping of Shi’a Rituals

open access: yesReligions, 2019
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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Ancient Migratory Events in the Middle East: New Clues from the Y-Chromosome Variation of Modern Iranians [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
Knowledge of high resolution Y-chromosome haplogroup diversification within Iran provides important geographic context regarding the spread and compartmentalization of male lineages in the Middle East and southwestern Asia.
A Gusmão   +79 more
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