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Islam and the myth of the other: The noble colloquy between st. francis of assisi and sultan al-malik al-kāmil
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Wiley
, 2019 , Article)
This article aims to explore a profound ethical challenge confronting heterogeneous, multi-denominational, and ethnically variegated societies as they confront modernity, seek bonding capital, and come to terms with their ...
Islam, Religion and Society: The Movement for Pakistan
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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 ...
Disgraceful return: Gulf migration and shifting national narratives amid COVID-19
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Taylor & Francis
, 2023 , Article)
Several Asian countries that encourage international migration of labour call their emigrants ‘national heroes and heroines’ because of their contributions to foreign currency reserves and subsequent national development. ...
Is there a symbiotic relationship between secularism and fundamentalism?
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Common Ground Research Networks
, 2019 , Article)
This article explores the relationship between secularization and fundamentalism in 'Western' liberal society and the manner it impacts socio-political "exclusionary" narratives, which is a theme both timely and important. ...
The Dynamics of Ideological Rivalry in the Middle East
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Publisher Instytut Kultur Śródziemnomorskich i Orientalnych PAN
, 2014 , Article)
This article focuses on analysing political culture for understanding the dynamics of ideological rivalry in the Middle East. It reviews the concept of political culture and locates, therein, constant references to the ...
Islam, the West and ‘Man’ in the State of Nature
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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 ...
Iran’s Regional Role in the Arab World and Iranian State-Society Relations
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Arab Reform Initiative
, 2021 , Article)
Iran’s regional role in MENA is influenced by the evolution of its state-society relations and shifts within its state institutions. This paper argues that the growing regional role of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps ...
Kuwait Islamists: From Institutionalized to Informal Opposition
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ministry of research, science and technology
, 2019 , Article)
This article analyses the evolution of the Islamist political associations and groups, both Shiites and Sunnis since the independence of Kuwait in 1962 to the last legislative elections which was held in 2016. It tries to ...
Ideational Factors in Turkey’s Alignment with Qatar and Their Impact on Regional Security
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Routledge
, 2021 , Article)
Turkey and Qatar have developed exceptionally cordial relations and aligned their foreign policies on many regional issues. In the 2017 Gulf crisis, despite the risk of incurring material losses and sacrificing relations ...
Critiquing the Modern Western Theory of Knowledge and Insights into a Qur’anic Epistemology
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International Institute of Islamic Thought (IIIT)
, 2012 , Article)
This article compares and contrasts a western post-Enlightenment theory of knowledge with a Qur’anic epistemology. It first analyzes the development of post-Enlightenment epistemology, which resulted in the disappearance ...