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Abstract This article examines the Yeditepe Biennial—Turkey's first Islamic and traditional arts biennial—as a creative festival shaped by the socio‐political and spatial dynamics of Turkish‐Islamist nationalism. Counterposed against the Istanbul Biennial and the Western‐oriented secular cultural legacy of the Turkish Republic, the Yeditepe Biennial ...
Hulya Arik, Sabrien Amrov
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The Issue of Pre‐Islamic Arabic Christian Poetry Revisited
ABSTRACT Is only very little Arabic Christian poetry extant from pre‐Islamic times? While distancing myself from Louis Cheikho's (1859–1927) view that almost all pre‐Islamic poets were Christians, I contend in this article that some of them indeed were.
Ilkka Lindstedt
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Endogenous opposition: Identity and ideology in Kuwaiti electoral politics
Abstract How do opposition elites succeed in authoritarian elections? Existing theories of authoritarian politics suggest a pivotal role for elections in enhancing the survival of incumbent dictators. Yet, in many contexts, opposition elites attract considerable support and constrain the policymaking authorities of these dictators.
Daniel L. Tavana
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Behaviour of Non-Linear Partially Saturated Soils below Strip Footings
The effect of time dependent compression of consolidation settlement is modeled by using the finite element formulation of the coupled field equations for deformation and excess pore water pressure generated by an increment of loading applied to a ...
Waleed A. Waryosh +2 more
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The nation‐state, non‐Western empires, and the politics of cultural difference
Abstract While empires have been central to political theory, they almost always refer to Western forms of imperialism and colonialism to which non‐Western societies are subject. But precolonial empires have ruled much of the world for much of known history. Building on recent International Relations (IR) scholarship, this article reconstructs an ideal
Loubna El Amine
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SUNNI AND SHIA: AN APPROACH FROM ISLAMIC THOUGHT
This article aims to examine the differences and similarities between the Sunni-Shia groups that have caused these two major groups to unite. This article uses historical research methods, which analyzing the reality that occurred in the past and then ...
Rahmat Hamid +2 more
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Religio‐Governmental Infrastructures: Islam, Infrastructure, and Populist Mobilization in Turkey
ABSTRACT Turkish mosques are staffed by state‐appointed imams and callers to prayer whose practices are regulated through a complex bureaucratic network operating on an internet‐based data‐management and communication infrastructure. A centralized mosque loudspeaker network enables the broadcast of calls to prayer and other Islamic recitations across ...
Hikmet Kocamaner
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Artificial intelligence (AI), in recent years, has become a very real tool that can aid society in addressing many issues, including the challenges faced in the translation.
Ayad Enad Khalaf Ayad Enad Khalaf +1 more
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Awl, i.e., reducing the inheritance share (sahm al-’irth) of heirs (wurrāth) and increasing the number of shares to provide the share for all heirs, is a jurisprudential solution for the time that the assets of the deceased (mutiwaffā) is not sufficient ...
Muhammad Abu Najmi
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Understanding Fathers Engagement: Contextual Insights From Tajikistan and Azerbaijan
ABSTRACT Research on parental engagement often portrays fathers as less involved in their children's lives compared to mothers. This paper challenges such a perspective by examining fathers' engagement within the socio‐cultural contexts of Tajikistan and Azerbaijan.
Zarina Muminova +2 more
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