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A Shallow Echo: Artificial Intelligence and the Semantic Flattening of the Qur'an
Learned Publishing, Volume 39, Issue 3, July 2026.ABSTRACT Scriptural Arabic relies on highly intentional word choices, employing apparent synonyms and near‐synonyms that convey distinct semantic values based on their specific textual placement. Historically, computational translation has struggled to reproduce these precise textual boundaries. Addressing this issue, the present investigation assesses
Ekrema Shehab
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Gendering Late Ottoman Society and Reconstructing Gender in the Women's Press
Gender &History, Volume 38, Issue 2, Page 580-595, July 2026.ABSTRACT This article analyses the construction of gender differences in the late Ottoman Empire through women's periodicals, which acted as a key medium in the redefinition of gender roles. It examines how new understandings of gender roles emerged amid rapid transformations in traditional societal structures, particularly in the women’s press.
Tuğba Karaman
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Haunting the Historiography of Slaves in South Asia from the nineteenth century to the present
Gender &History, Volume 38, Issue 2, Page 541-553, July 2026.ABSTRACT Using both English and Urdu‐language records, this article traces the career of a few African and Afro‐Asian women slaves in the household‐state of Awadh during the first half of the nineteenth century. Focusing on the same records, this article compares a master‐poet's recognition of the motherhood of the African and Afro‐Asian slaves to the ...
Indrani Chatterjee
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ilješke o djelovanju bosanskohercegovačke uleme u Drugom svjetskom ratu (1941-1945) [PDF]
Historijska Misao, 2015 This paper brings some facts that shed light on the views and approaches ofBosnian Muslim religious officials, especially higher ulema, towards the current issues ofmilitary, political and social reality of Bosnia and Herzegovina and its inhabitants ...
Adnan Jahić
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Gender &History, Volume 38, Issue 2, Page 497-514, July 2026.ABSTRACT This article argues that marriage was central to historical change in the Yoruba‐speaking region of West Africa during the eighteenth century. It draws on ìtàn, a distinct oral source, to show that conjugality shaped Yoruba processes of urbanisation and political centralisation, gendered divisions of labour and social innovation and creativity.
Insa Nolte
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Peace &Change, Volume 51, Issue 3, Page 183-193, July 2026.ABSTRACT This article examines Islamic feminism as a culturally grounded framework for women's empowerment and peacebuilding in post‐conflict Bangsamoro, Philippines. Global empowerment frameworks tend to prioritize individual autonomy and universal gender equality but often overlook the sociocultural and religious contexts shaping women's lived ...
Haironesah Domado
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Field Theory and Colonialism: Indirect Colonial Situation as a Social Field in Egypt (1882–1922)
Sociology Lens, Volume 39, Issue 2, Page 180-189, June 2026.ABSTRACT This paper argues that Egypt under British rule (1882–1922) constituted a field of power in which the local state of Egypt and the British administration competed to dominate three key subfields to ensure control over a contested territory: the modern courts system, policing, and agricultural production.
Mehdi Hoseini
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Analysis of the Fatwa of the Indonesian Ulema Council Supporting Halal Certification and the Progress of Indonesian Muslims [PDF]
Pharos Journal of TheologyIndonesia's efforts to make the country the center of the halal industry give theological and religious perspectives an essential role when making critical decisions.
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Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, Volume 65, Issue 2, Page 293-306, June 2026.ABSTRACT Secularization is a key concept in the social scientific study of religion, yet its meaning remains ambiguous due to varied definitions produced in the literature. This article aims to provide a data‐driven systematization of the debate on religious change by analyzing 1638 academic articles published between 2001 and 2022 using structural ...
Valeria Rainero, Ruud Luijkx
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Pure‐istan: Gender and Genocide in Pakistan
Antipode, Volume 58, Issue 2, March 2026.ABSTRACT This study examines the ongoing genocidal violence against the Baloch nation. It highlights how the Pakistani state has weaponized Islamic doctrine to construct a vision of a homogenized, “purer, more Islamic state” that excludes and others those deemed incompatible with its vision of purity. This logic of purification is deeply gendered.
Bramsh Khan
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