تصفح Gulf Studies حسب المؤلف "Chak, Farhan Mujahid"
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Anomie Écrasant, Religiopolitical Fundamentalism and American Evangelicalism: The Advent of Rightest Americanism and Islamophobia
Chak, Farhan Mujahid ( 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 ... -
Deconstructing the Gulf Crisis: Post-Colonialism and Competing ‘Projects’ in the Middle East
Chak, Farhan Mujahid ( SETA Foundation , 2020 , Article)This article deconstructs the stated reasons behind the quartet’s blockade on Qatar, including i) Iranian-relations; ii) funding ‘terror;’ iii) supporting ‘political Islam’ –Hamas, Muslim Brotherhood, etc.; and iv) ... -
The Dynamics of Ideological Rivalry in the Middle East
Chak, Farhan Mujahid ( 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 ... -
Europe's Dystopia: The Exploitation of Unaccompanied and Separated Child Refugees
Chak, Farhan Mujahid ( Pluto Journals , 2018 , Article)This article highlights the exploitation of unaccompanied and separated child refugees in Europe. Critically, the European Union has a manifest responsibility to child refugees, as outlined in both the Geneva Convention ... -
India, Islamophobia, and the Hindutva playbook
Chak, Farhan Mujahid ( Manchester University Press , 2022 , Book chapter)Among the most disingenuous and carefully orchestrated playbook strategies of the Hindutva fascist movement in India, of which the current Narendra Modi-led Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government is part and parcel, is ... -
Is there a symbiotic relationship between secularism and fundamentalism?
Chak, Farhan Mujahid ( 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. ... -
Islam and the myth of the other: The noble colloquy between st. francis of assisi and sultan al-malik al-kāmil
Chak, Farhan Mujahid ( 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, the West and ‘Man’ in the State of Nature
Chak, Farhan Mujahid ( 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
Chak, Farhan Mujahid ( 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 ... -
The Post-Enlightenment Moral Crisis and the Emergence of Secular Tyranny in the Middle East
Chak, Farhan Mujahid ( the International Institute of Islamic Thought (IIIT) , 2017 , Article)This article explores humanity’s ethical transformation during Europe’s post-Enlightenment era and assesses its impact upon the origins and development of secularism. Thereafter, it investigates how secularism was introduced ...