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Being A Christian Or A Muslim -How?- The Question Is Now, Marko P. Djuric

Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe

Christianity and Islam can do a great deal for the cause of human justice and interethnic peace. The most important task today is to work on reconciliation and on creating an atmosphere of mutual t1ust. This is the only way in which we can avoid the Balkans being once again, in the future, a region with an "excess of history." But as regards the Church and Islam, they must work on a theology that will ensure mutual respect and eliminate mutual prejudices. However, a theology of this kind has yet to feature in our Eastern Orthodoxy.

Liturgy And Revolution Part 1: Georgian Baptists And The Non-Violent Struggle For Democracy, W. Benjamin Boswell

Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe

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Political Actors And Boundaries In The Public Proclamations Of Osama Bin Laden, Daniel Aaron Bradley

Morehead State Theses and Dissertations

A thesis presented to the faculty of the Caudill College of Humanities at Morehead tate University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree of Master of Arts by Daniel Aaron Bradley on April 20, 2007.

A Contextual Study Of Islamic Laws Of War: The Case Of Ibn Hazm, Nesrine Badawi

Archived Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Islam Is The Solution: Islamic Development From Theory To Practice, Mohamed El-Far

Archived Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Sayyid Qutb And Literary Exegesis: An Analysis Of Sayyid Qutb's Exegetical Methodology In In The Shade Of The Quran, John Clifford Halliwell

Archived Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Contemporary Attempts At Overcoming Decadence And Revitalizing Qur’Anic Thought, Muhammad Ata Al-Sid

Business Review

After the Prophet’s death, difficult internal problems arose and they needed quick answers. Muslims were killing one another in the struggle for the Caliphate between ‘Ali and Mu’awiyah, then between the Umawis and the ‘Abbasis, the death of Hasan and Husayn, the massacre of the umawise, the withdrawal of the Khawarji from a community which they regarded as hopelessly involved in sin, the breach between Sunnis and Shi’is were all crises which vigorously tested the Muslims’ understanding of the word of God.

Political Repression Of Islam, Amy Swift

Human Rights & Human Welfare

Central Asia, once one of the least known regions in the world, has become important to the United States since 9/11, the resulting U.S. invasion of Afghanistan, and the new “War on Terror.” Tajikistan, often considered the poorest and most obscure of the five Central Asian “Stans,” was thrust into the public view when it became useful to the United States in its 2001 invasion of Afghanistan.

Bounded And Centered Sets: Possible Applications For Adventist Mission, Bruce L. Bauer

Journal of Adventist Mission Studies

No abstract provided.

The Islamic View Of Salvation, Norman R. Gulley

Perspective Digest

No abstract provided.

Full Issue, Byu Studies

BYU Studies

No abstract provided.

Building Bridges Of Understanding: The Church And The World Of Islam, Boyd K. Packer, Alwi Shihab

BYU Studies

President Boyd K. Packer, Acting President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, gave this introduction of Dr. Alwi Shihab prior to Dr. Shihab’s forum address given at Brigham Young University on October 10, 2006.

What Went Right: Two Best Cases Of Islam In Europe - Cordoba, Spain And Sarajevo, Bosnia, Gerald Shenk

Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe

No abstract provided.

Ayatollah Khomeini And The Islamic Revolution In Iran, Dustin John Byrd

Masters Theses

This thesis examines the events leading up to the 1979 Islamic Revolution in Iran and the role of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini in bringing about that revolution. It attempts to demonstrate the social, psychological, political, and religious factors that led to the rise of Khomeini as the leader of the revolution. It furthermore focuses on Khomeini's strategy to oppose, destabilize, and eventually overthrow the Shah of Iran through various means. This thesis is limited to the study of Khomeini as a revolutionary figure, not as a head of state, and therefore I do not examine Khomeini after the overthrow of the …

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

No abstract provided.

The Intoxication Of The Spirit: Ahmed Ibn 'Ajibah's Commentary On 'Umar Ibn Al-Farid's Wine Song, Nuri Friedlander

Archived Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Women's Rights In Islam, Two Reformist Approaches: Abdullahi An-Na'aim And Khaled Abu El Fadl, Mohamed Sayed Sultan

Archived Theses and Dissertations

The thesis examines two different reformist approaches to Islamic law in general and women's rights in particular. Abdullahi Ahmed An-Na'im and Khaled Abou El Fadl are chosen as the focus of this study because of their respective innovative approaches to a historically controversial issue. The focus is on the Qur'anic verses and various definitive texts in Qur'an or al-nas qati al-delalah. Discussed is the historical context of the scholars interpretation of the Qur'anic verses; the relationship between the historical context of the Qura'nic verses and the occasions for which the Quranic verses were revealed to the Prophet; any differences between …

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 …

Interpreting Their Blood: The Contradictions Of Approaches To Menstruation Through Religious Education, Ritual And Culture In Rabat, Morocco, Nitzan Ziv

Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection

Menstruation is often perceived by individuals of different cultural and religious backgrounds as dirty or impure, and therefore has become a demeaning feature of womanhood. The dialectical concepts of purity and impurity are integral parts of Islamic religion, thought and practice as they draw lines between those things sacred and those profane. Women’s religious education, in particular, is critical in establishing positive reinforcement for their perceptions of their physical selves and their role in society. However, education in this manner cannot be limited to schools and religious institutions; family and culture are integral parts of a women’s education about subjects …

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

Journal of the Adventist Theological Society

No abstract provided.

Liberating Visions: Religion And The Challenge Of Change In Maine,1820 To The Present, University Of Southern Maine, Susie Boch, Joseph S. Wood, Maureen Elgersman Lee, Howard M. Solomon, Abraham J. Peck

Publications (Annual Event Catalog)

Liberating Visions: Religion and the Challenge of Change in Maine, 1820 to the Present. Each of the Sampson Center’s three scholars has crafted an original essay related to one of the Sampson Center collections—African-American, Judaic, and Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender—thereby reflecting on how religious institutions have fostered minority identity and have framed social and cultural transformation.

Table of Contents:

Religion and Transformation (Joseph S. Wood, Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs)

Jean Byers Sampson Center for Diversity in Maine Programming (Susie Bock, Director, Sampson Center for Diversity in Maine and Head, USM Special Collections)

The African American …

Shah Isma'il And The Qizilbash: Cannibalism In The Religious History Of Early Safavid Iran, Shahzad Bashir

Religion Faculty Work

No abstract provided.

Review Of Muslim Britain: Communities Under Pressure, Edited By Tahir Abbas, Amir Hussain

Theological Studies Faculty Works

No abstract provided.

In The News: Adventists And Muslims Share Perspectives About God’S Cosmic Plan For Justice And Peace As Portrayed In The Holy Books, Velda Cox

Journal of Adventist Mission Studies

No abstract provided.

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

No abstract provided.

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

Journal of Legal Education

No abstract provided.

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

Journal of Legal Education

No abstract provided.

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.