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Consuming Islamic Fashion In Cairo Market, Sahar Aref

Archived Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Rights And The Islamic State: The Thought Of Ayatollah Khomeini And Sayyid Qutb, Sarah Adel Elibiary

Archived Theses and Dissertations

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If Your God Has Really Spoken To You… Then All The World Must Hear It: The Discourses Of Revelation And Satire In Salman Rushdie’S The Satanic Verses, Conrad William

Reconstruction: Studies in Contemporary Culture

In his essay, “Is Nothing Sacred?”, Salman Rushdie lays out a place for literature as an arena in which various perspectives may interact. He thereby provides a context for the controversy regarding his books, most particularly The Satanic Verses. Despite his claims, however, literature, as Rushdie conceives it, operates not simply as an arena for discourse but similarly as a rule-maker, controlling the discourse which operates within its bounds. The Satanic Verses, in particular, suggests that revelation as it passes through unstable and hybrid human language loses its authority and power to speak purely or dogmatically. In so …

C-5 Muslims, C-5 Missionaries, Or C-5 Strategies?, Carlos G. Martin

Journal of the Adventist Theological Society

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Orientalisms In The Interpretation Of Islamic Philosophy, Muhammad Ali Khalidi

Publications and Research

The recent death of Edward Said has reignited the debate as to whether his landmark work Orientalism still has something to teach us about the study of Arab-Islamic civilization. In this article, I will argue that Saidʼs central thesis in Orientalism has a direct explanatory role to play in our understanding of the work produced in at least one area of scholarship about the Arab and Islamic worlds, namely Arab-Islamic philosophy from the classical or medieval period. Moreover, I will claim that it continues to play this role not only for scholarship produced in the West by Western scholars but …

Commentary On John Makdisi's "Survey Of Aals Law Schools Teaching Islamic Law", Lama Abu-Odeh

Journal of Legal Education

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Educating Lawyers For Transnational Challenges: The Challenge Of Islamic Law, Ali Ahmad

Journal of Legal Education

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A Survey Of Aals Law Schools Teaching Islamic Law, John Makdisi

Journal of Legal Education

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Entre Intertextualité Et Réécriture, Alexie Tcheuyap

Présence Francophone: Revue internationale de langue et de littérature

Aesthetic practices have become more and more diversified in contemporary cultures. Although rewritings and adaptations are most common from literature to film, from myth/epic to novels, African filmmakers have recently been inaugurating novelization, that is the literary rewriting of a film. This essay examines the case of the Algerian filmmaker Merzac Allouache, who has written Bab el-Oued City, based on his film Bab el-Oued, in order to escape the technical and practical limitations of cinema. In doing so, he best expresses the challenges of contemporary Algeria, which is permanently threatened by violence and Islamic fundamentalism.

L’Écriture De La Femme Musulmane Dans Loin Demédine D’Assia Djebar, Yvonne-Marie Mokam

Présence Francophone: Revue internationale de langue et de littérature

Assia Djebar is one of the most important figures in contemporary African literature. Her views are structured around a critique of the misrepresentation of Muslim women. It is precisely this challenge that is undertaken in Loin de Médine (1991), in which Djebar challenges various stereotypes in order to offer a new image of Asian women.

The Ceremonial-Urban Dynamic Of Cairo From The Fatimid To The Early Mamluk Period, Heba H Mostafa

Archived Theses and Dissertations

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Islamic Revival And National Identity In Post Soviet Kazakhstan, Alima Bissenova

Archived Theses and Dissertations

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The Impact Of Cultural And Religious Values On Television And Newspaper Advertising Content And Appeal: A Cross-Cultural Study Of The United States And The Arab World, Morris A. Kalliny

Theses and Dissertations - UTB/UTPA

Standardization versus adaptation of advertising has been a subject of great controversy that has been debated for more than 50 years. Scholars have pointed out the increasing demand for more cross-cultural research on advertising content that can contribute to the standardization versus adaptation debate. Scholars have also pointed out that although the Arab world offers great opportunities for multinational corporations, the Arab world has been severely neglected in academic research. To comply with this demand, this study investigates the similarities and differences of the manifestation of cultural and religious values in the U.S. and the Arab world (Egypt, Lebanon, Kuwait, …

Ua3/9/5 Islamic Center Of Bowling Green Open House, Wku President's Office

WKU Administration Documents

Speech delivered by WKU president Gary Ransdell at the Islamic Center of Bowling Green open house. He discusses the internationalization of Bowling Green.

Inscriptions Of Bahri Mamluk Sultans, Heba Abd-El-Aziz El-Toudy

Archived Theses and Dissertations

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The Democratic Fatwa: Islam And Democracy In The Realm Of Constitutional Politics, Noah Feldman

Oklahoma Law Review

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John D. Becker On Islam, Liberalism, And Human Rights: Implications For International Relations By Katerina Dalacoura (Revised Edition). London: I.B. Tauris, 2003. 248pp., John D. Becker

Human Rights & Human Welfare

A review of:

Islam, Liberalism, and Human Rights: Implications for International Relations by Katerina Dalacoura (revised edition). London: I.B. Tauris, 2003. 248pp.

Controversy Over Jihad, Hazem Khaled Khalil Kandil

Archived Theses and Dissertations

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The Thought Of Tareq Al-Bishri Between The New Islamic Intellectual Discourse And The Contemporary Modernist Discourse, Mariam Yaseen Abdel Ghaffar

Archived Theses and Dissertations

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“Bin Laden’S Brain”: The Abrasively Negativistic Personality Of Dr. Ayman Al-Zawahiri, Aubrey Immelman, Kathryn Kuhlmann

Psychology Faculty Publications

This paper presents the results of an indirect assessment of the personality of Ayman al-Zawahiri, deputy leader of the al-Qaida terrorist network at the time of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attack on the United States and allegedly chief strategist for al-Qaida operations and personal physician to Osama bin Laden.

Al-Zawahiri’s primary personality patterns were found to be Contentious/oppositional and Dominant/controlling, with secondary features of the Dauntless/dissenting and Ambitious/self-serving patterns.

The amalgam of Contentious (negativistic, or passive-aggressive) and Dominant (aggressive, or sadistic) patterns in al-Zawahiri’s profile suggests the presence of the “abrasive negativist” syndrome. For these personalities, minor frictions easily …

Building In Egypt Between Craft And Industry, Ola Salah Said

Archived Theses and Dissertations

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Islam And Politics In Modern Egypt: A Chance For Democracy, Madalina C. Hanes

All-Inclusive List of Electronic Theses and Dissertations

This paper analyzes the role played by moderate Islamic groups in modem Egypt and tries to make a distinction between moderate, middle-of-the road groups and radical, extremist ones. There are several questions regarding the topic analyzed in this thesis. Is Islam inherently incompatible with the Western democratic values? Is there a difference between moderate and radical Islamic movements? Is the Muslim Brotherhood promoting an Islamic democracy and would that stabilize and improve the tormented Egyptian society? Based of library research of primary and secondary sources, this thesis argues that moderate Islamic groups, like the Muslim Brotherhood, represent the best hope …

Islamic Banking And Socio-Economic Development, Nabila Fattouh

Archived Theses and Dissertations

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Dar Islam Mosque, Albuquerque, New Mexico Studio Design Project, Melissa Harlan

Inquiry: The University of Arkansas Undergraduate Research Journal

In historically Muslim countries, mosques take the prescribed form of a large hall with adjacent courtyard, minaret(s), and ornately decorated entrance portal. With Islam's spread to the United States, the mosque no longer takes this form, due to construction and technological conventions, as well as the diminished economic will of the religious community. The design for the Dar Islam Mosque in Albuquerque, New Mexico takes a position of difference in response to the current debate in the Muslim community over historicism versus contextualism of mosques, where the individual's response to the space is primary, with emphasis placed on disconnecting from …

Addressing Fundamentalism By Legal And Spiritual Means, Dan Wessner

Human Rights & Human Welfare

A review of:

Religion and Humane Global Governance by Richard A. Falk. New York: Palgrave, 2001. 191 pp.

Gender and Human Rights in Islam and International Law: Equal before Allah, Unequal before Man? by Shaheen Sardar Ali. The Hague: Kluwer Law International, 2000. 358 pp.

Religious Fundamentalisms and the Human Rights of Women edited by Courtney W. Howland. New York: St. Martin’s Press, 1999. 326 pp.

The Islamic Quest for Democracy, Pluralism, and Human Rights by Ahmad S. Moussalli. Gainesville: University Press of Florida, 2001. 226 pp.

The “Great Game” For The Twenty-First Century: Islamic Extremism And Central Asia, Ian Sethre

Human Rights & Human Welfare

A review of:

Reaping the Whirlwind: The Taliban Movement in Afghanistan by Michael Griffin. London: Pluto Press, 2001. 272pp.

and

Jihad: The Rise of Militant Islam in Central Asia by Ahmed Rashid. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2001. 281pp.

and

Taliban: Militant Islam, Oil and Fundamentalism in Central Asia by Ahmed Rashid. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2000. 274pp.

Pengurusan Kebajikan Anak Yatim Di Pertubuhan Kebajikan Anak Yatim Malaysia (Peyatim) : Kajian Menurut Perspektif Al-Quran, Hanida Abdull Samat

Student Works (2000-2009)

Kajian ini mengandungi lima bab dimulai dengan Bab Pendahuluan; mengandungi pengenalan ringkas terhadap kajian dengan menghuraikan pengertian tajuk, tujuan dan metodologi penyelidikan, hipotesis dan skop kajian. Bab I mengandungi huraian tentang kedudukan anak yatim pada zaman Jahiliah, anak yatim di dalam al-Quran dan al-Hadith, anak yatim pada zaman Rasulullah s.a.w. dan perbezaan antara anak yatim dengan bukan yatim. Bab II, huraian tentang pengurusan anak yatim di dalam al-Quran, ayat-ayat yang berkaitan dengan anak yatim dan tafsirannya merangkumi penjelasan mengenai sabab al­Nuziil ayat, mundsabah ayat dan huraian ayat berpandukan kitab tafsir yang muktabar. Bab III, mengandungi laporan penyelidikan tentang pengurusan kebajikan …

Pelantikan Undang Rembau Di Negeri Sembilan : Satu Kajian Perbandingan Dengan Pelantikan Pemimpin Dalam Islam, Diniwati Abd. Jalil

Student Works (2000-2009)

Kajian ini membincangkan aspek pelantikan pemimpin. Ia merupakan salah satu aspek daripada keperluan politik manusia keseluruhannya yang melibatkan keperluan rak-yat sccara langsung dalam pengaplikasiannya. Sehubungan dengan itu, kajian ini melihat pelantikan Undang Rembau di Negeri Sembilan dan pelanrikan pemimpin Islam dari sudut perbandingan. Objektif kajian ini adalah untuk melihat sama ada tcrdapat persamaan clan perbez.aan bagi kedua-dua lantikan dari segi konsep, syarat-syarat dan proses pelantikan bagi kedua-dua lantikan. Seterusnya kajian ini menggunakan metode induk"tif, deduktif dan komparatif dalam menganalisis data. Maka didapati kedua-dua pelantikan mempunyai banyak persamaan dari segi konsep dan syarat-syarat pelantikannya. laitu mengutamakan pemihhan urnat m􀁔lalui cara muafakat …

A Biblical Evaluation Of Islamic And Catholic Soteriology, Norman R. Gulley

Journal of the Adventist Theological Society

No abstract provided.

Tauhid And Tasawwuf: Indonesian Sufism In Search Of Unity, Natasha Ryan

Theses : Honours

The Islamic principle of Tauhid (Divine Unity) is foundational to Islam and Tasawwuf, better known to us as Sufism. Within the Indonesian consciousness of Islam, Tauhid can also mirror Indonesia's national motto, Bhinneka Tunggal Ika (Unity in Diversity), its understanding of tolerance reverberating with the purity of Islam. The recent renewal of Sufism in Indonesia may provide a Sufi paradigm shift to help relieve some tension surrounding an emergent Islamist intolerance, thereby smoothing the rising waters of uncertainty flowing alongside the current Islamic resurgence. While it is generally rare for Australians to take an interest in Indonesia's mystical Islamic culture, …