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Islam in the contemporary world: Western image and Muslim ideology [PDF]

open access: yes, 2005
The issue of Western perceptions of Islam, and concerns about Islamic ideology vis-à-vis the relation of Muslims to the West, constitute topics of ongoing concern both for Muslims and non-Muslims alike. They have come to the fore in a dramatic sense this
Pratt, Douglas
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Islamic Political Theology

open access: yesSt Andrews Encyclopaedia of Theology
The central idea within Islamic political theology is that sovereignty, or the authority of final judgment, in nature as well as law, belongs to God. At its heart lies God’s revealed command rather than a logically derived corollary of God’s nature or ...
Ovamir Anjum
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Questioning the “classical” in Persian painting: models and problems of definition [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
In scholarship on Persian book arts, paintings have tended to be organized according to a rise-and-fall model. Within this overarching framework, the Ilkhanid period represents the birth of painting and the Qajar era its supposed decline, while Timurid ...
Christiane Gruber
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The Globality of Islam: Sharia as a Nigerian 'Self-Determination' Movement [PDF]

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This paper was produced as part of a project at the University of California, Santa Cruz titled Globalization, State Capacity and Islamic Movements. The objective of this paper to assess how globalization and Islam impact the capacity of national states ...
Paul Lubeck, Ronnie Lipschutz and Erik Weeks
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Kantian Nonideal Theory and Nuclear Proliferation [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
Recent revelations of Iran’s hitherto undisclosed uranium enrichment programs have once again incited western fears that Tehran seeks nuclear weapons’ capability. Their fears seem motivated by more than the concern for compliance
Doyle, Ii, Thomas E.
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