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Taming the nafs: Unbounded spirits and mental illness in militarized Pakistan
Ethos, Volume 51, Issue 4, Page 401-415, December 2023., 2023 Abstract In Pakistan, jinn afflictions reveal the maddening effects of displacement, economic inequality, and household conflicts. In this article, I consider how healers treat conditions of the nafs (soul), specifically its impurity and corruption through material desires, as enhancing the susceptibility of clients to jinn affliction where healers ...
Sanaullah Khan
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Texture properties of parsnip (Pastinaca sativa L.) for the elderly base on the enzyme treatment
International Journal of Food Science &Technology, Volume 57, Issue 10, Page 6730-6743, October 2022., 2022 Summary Parsnip (Pastinaca sativa L.) is nutritionally suitable for the elderly, but it is generally rejected because they have a relatively firm texture and is difficult to eat and can irritate the stomach. Therefore, strategies are being developed to produce soft root vegetable products to meet balanced nutrient intake and healthy nutritional status ...
Dah‐Sol Kim, Fumiko Iida, Nami Joo
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On Islam and Portraiture: Lithography, Glass Painting, and Photography in Senegal
Art History, Volume 45, Issue 4, Page 774-797, September 2022., 2022 Scholars have for decades challenged the popular belief that Islam is intrinsically and implacably hostile to anthropomorphic art. Rooted in this literature, this essay argues that Islam was responsible for popularizing portraiture in Senegal, which previously featured none.
Giulia Paoletti
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History Compass, Volume 20, Issue 9, September 2022., 2022 Abstract During the colonial era, liberal Western states established vast empires which came to encompass almost all of the world's Muslims. Western states worked out specific methods for governing Muslims, which were often referred to as “Muslim policy”. Recent scholarship on Muslim policy exhibits several key trends.
Aria Nakissa
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Studies in Ethnicity and Nationalism, Volume 22, Issue 1, Page 43-62, April 2022., 2022 Abstract This article examines group membership and inter‐group relations in Iraq through the prism of Sunni political participation in the post‐2003 era. There has been much scholarly interest in this process of regime change, which has generally focused on the Sunni insurgency and the Shi‘i shift towards sectarianism.
Elisheva Machlis
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Journal of Historical Sociology, Volume 34, Issue 3, Page 517-534, September 2021., 2021 Abstract The article examines bandit myths from a socio‐historical perspective, as part of the socio‐cultural reality of present‐day Egypt. It engages in the semiotics of banditry encouraged by Stephanie Cronin by taking a first step towards a social semiotics analysis of Rayyā and Sakīna, the two Egyptian female criminals par excellence, arrested in ...
Elena Chiti
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Obedient Passion—Passionate Obedience: Ashraf Ali Thanawi's Sermons on the Love of the Prophet
Journal of Religious History, Volume 45, Issue 1, Page 25-49, March 2021., 2021 Ashraf Ali Thanawi (1863–1943) was one of the most influential South Asian preachers and authors of the twentieth century. His sermons range from Friday sermons in Arabic to those held before select disciples or at mass rallies in Urdu, and they were printed ever since his lifetime in great number and consistency.
Margrit Pernau, Max Stille
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Al‐Azhar and the Salafis in Egypt: Contestation of two traditions
, 2023 The Muslim World, Volume 113, Issue 3, Page 260-280, Summer 2023.
Raihan Ismail
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Islamic Traditionalists: “Against the Modern World”?
, 2023 The Muslim World, Volume 113, Issue 3, Page 333-354, Summer 2023.
Jacob Williams
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Mīrzā Ghulām Aḥmad and the Establishment of the Aḥmadiyya Jamāʿat from a Market Theory Perspective
, 2021 The Muslim World, Volume 111, Issue 3, Page 534-548, Summer 2021.
Simon Sorgenfrei
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