Browsing Gulf Studies by Subject "Islam"
Now showing items 1-5 of 5
-
Anomie Écrasant, Religiopolitical Fundamentalism and American Evangelicalism: The Advent of Rightest Americanism and Islamophobia
( Pluto Journals , 2018 , Article)This article explains how intensifying levels of Durkheim’s “anomie”—that is, the weakening of social bonds, social alienation and normlessness—lead to the development of a fundamentalist offshoot of American Evangelicalism ... -
Islam, Religion and Society: The Movement for Pakistan
( Common Ground Research Networks , 2012 , Article)The relationship between the sacred and temporal has been an enduring phenomenon throughout history. Both in ancient and medieval times, religion and the formation of society, including the politicization of religion into ... -
Islam, the West and ‘Man’ in the State of Nature
( German Orient-Institute , 2014 , Article)What is the natural condition of human beings in the state of nature? What are the circumstances that exist in the state of nature and what may one, convincingly, claim in regards to human nature? Or, better still, how do ... -
La Convivencia: The Spirit of Co-existence in Islam
( Islamic Research Institute, International Islamic University, Islamabad , 2009 , Article)The tremendous inter-dependence of our era underlines the importance of successfully removing racial, cultural and religious barriers in a manner that nurtures understanding, togetherness, and acceptance. To do so, would ... -
Negotiating an End to Somalia's War with al Shabaab Why Military Solutions Aren't Enough: Why Military Solutions Aren't Enough
( Council on Foreign Relations , 2012 , Article)In August 2011, after three years of fighting, forces backing the Somali Transitional Federal Government (TFG) took control of the Somali capital of Mogadishu. Although this was a welcome development, it was a short-term ...