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The Post-Enlightenment Moral Crisis and the Emergence of Secular Tyranny in the Middle East
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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 ...
Anomie Écrasant, Religiopolitical Fundamentalism and American Evangelicalism: The Advent of Rightest Americanism and Islamophobia
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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 ...
Europe's Dystopia: The Exploitation of Unaccompanied and Separated Child Refugees
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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 ...
Deconstructing the Gulf Crisis: Post-Colonialism and Competing ‘Projects’ in the Middle East
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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) ...
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. ...
India, Islamophobia, and the Hindutva playbook
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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 ...
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 ...
La Convivencia: The Spirit of Co-existence in Islam
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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 ...
Gulf Studies: The Imperatives of Area Studies in the Gulf Region
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MDPI
, 2023 , Article)
Area Studies is in crisis, but research on Area Studies also demonstrates the relevance of and need for Area Studies through case studies in different world regions. However, there is a dearth of research on the imperatives ...
Economic Diversification Trends in the Gulf: the Case of Saudi Arabia
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Springer Nature
, 2022 , Article Review)
A national economy which is dependent on income from just one source is vulnerable, especially when that income comes from non-renewable resources. The sustainable prosperity of an economy thus relies on the successful ...