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Religious identity and social status: feeling of social exclusion among Shia and Sunni students (Case study: students of social science of Tehran universities) [PDF]
مسائل اجتماعی ایران, 2023 Although it can be argued that inequality, distance, and social exclusion have always existed in societies, one cannot ignore reflecting on why, how, and the consequences for the various groups and social systems that are so diverse today.
Mahnaz Karami +2 more
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Creative Nonfiction: The Christian Dior woman
Anthropology and Humanism, Volume 51, Issue 1, June 2026.Abstract This work of creative nonfiction emerges from ethnographic research on Arab women's testimonies of their cancer experience conducted in 2016–2018. It focuses on the account of one Lebanese woman diagnosed with breast cancer and highlights her feelings, thoughts, and perceptions from the time of the initial medical examination through to final ...
Abir Hamdar
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, 2017 (in English): This master's thesis aims to explore the Shiite education system of Twelver Shia as well as placing it in the context of historical development of Shia with emphasis given on the issue of Shiite clergy's religious authority during the time ...
Sklenařík, Jakub
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The Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Anthropology, Volume 31, Issue 2, June 2026.ABSTRACT This article examines the historical displacement of Indigenous peoples in Venezuela, focusing on the links between indigenist policies and the exploitation of natural resources, particularly oil, throughout the 20th century. Using a combined historical and ethnographic approach, it demonstrates how the formation of the Venezuelan nation‐state
Gabriel Tardelli
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The Shiite Islamic State between quietism and intervention
, 2014 The Shiite Islamic debate regarding Politics, State and Religion has been characterising the last two centuries of Middle Eastern intellectual history.
Abdolmohammadi, Pejman
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Conjectures on Solṭānᶜalīshāh, the Valāyat-nāme and Shiite Sufi authority [PDF]
, 2015 Few concepts if any are more central to Shiite Sufism (as to Shiism generally) than valāyat, and the current essay briefly explores its significance in and around an Iranian treatise of the early twentieth-century named the Valāyat-nāme.
Matthijs van den Bos +1 more
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The Part of the Shiite in Development of the Geography Resources [PDF]
تاریخ اسلام, 2018 Along with the scientific development of the Islamic world in the third Hijri century, especially the Translation Movement, relying on the specific Shiite Rationalism, and being committed to its ideological principles, the Shiite welcome the importing ...
Ali Ghofrani
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Power Transition and Pragmatic Adaptation: Iran's Strategic Approach to China, Russia and the GCC
Global Policy, Volume 17, Issue 2, Page 200-209, May 2026.ABSTRACT This study examines how Iranian strategic thinkers conceptualise the country's ‘Look East’ policy (i.e., relations with China and Russia) and the GCC states. Using thematic qualitative content analysis of approximately 70 documents from Iranian state official, advisory and academic institutions (2015–2025), it reveals that Iran's eastward ...
Sara Bazoobandi
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The Theological Foundations of Resistance in Imam Khomeini’s Thought [PDF]
Journal of Islamic Political StudiesImam Khomeini made significant strides in utilizing theological foundationsand, through his interpretations, derived notable and decisive insights.
Mostafa Jafar T Tayari Dehaghani +2 more
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“American Islam”: The Politics of Religious Authenticity in Iran
Digest of Middle East Studies, Volume 35, Issue 3, Summer 2026.ABSTRACT This article analyzes “American Islam” as a political category of religious authenticity in the Islamic Republic of Iran rather than as a fixed theological concept. Using a critical discourse‐analytic framework, it examines how Ayatollah Khomeini and Ayatollah Khamenei construct and operationalize the opposition between pure Muhammadan Islam ...
Fateh Saeidi
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