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College Voice Vol. 99 No. 12, Connecticut College May 2016

College Voice Vol. 99 No. 12, Connecticut College

2015-2016

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Saudi Women Studying In The United States: Understanding Their Experiences, Trinidad Macias May 2016

Saudi Women Studying In The United States: Understanding Their Experiences, Trinidad Macias

Theses & Dissertations

The number of students from Saudi Arabia studying in the United States is increasing; this study focused on understanding Saudi women studying in the United States. A qualitative phenomenological approach was used to address the main research question: What are the perceptions of Saudi women on their experiences as international college students in the United States? In an attempt to understand their experiences, eleven Saudi Arabian women were interviewed. Data were collected using a semi-structured interview format. Analysis of the data was conducted via a four-step process that consisted of transcribing the interviews, reduction, horizontalization, and imaginative variation (Merriam, 2002). …

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Race, Rebellion, And Arab Muslim Slavery : The Zanj Rebellion In Iraq, 869 - 883 C.E., Nicholas C. Mcleod May 2016

Race, Rebellion, And Arab Muslim Slavery : The Zanj Rebellion In Iraq, 869 - 883 C.E., Nicholas C. Mcleod

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

In the ninth century, enslaved Africans from the east coast of Africa, called the Zanj, revolted for nearly fifteen years in southern Iraq against their Arab slave masters and challenged the social order of the Abbasid Empire. This thesis is a socio-historical investigation on the role that race played in starting the Zanj Rebellion of 869 C.E. It examines the Arab Islamic slave trade and the racial stratification experienced by blacks in the early centuries of Islamic history in conjunction with the Zanj Rebellion. The thesis applies a structural framework for analyzing race, to demonstrate the racialization process, prevalent racial …

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Widows And Inheritance Hijacking Practices In Ilara Mokin, Ondo State, Nigeria., Johnson Oluwole Ayodele May 2016

Widows And Inheritance Hijacking Practices In Ilara Mokin, Ondo State, Nigeria., Johnson Oluwole Ayodele

African Journal of Criminology and Justice Studies

In Africa, tradition drives household relations, its possibilities and challenges. This paper examines the effects of inheritance hijacking practices of Ilara Mokin people in Ondo, Nigeria on widows’ wellbeing. It used qualitative method to collect primary data. Twenty in-depth interviews were conducted with participants who were purposively selected. Data were content analysed. Findings show that inheritance hijack significantly weakens widows’ economy in Ilara Mokin community. The study concludes that inheritance hijacking is a culturally disapproved harmful practice which destabilises the economic security of Ilara Mokin widows. It suggests that public policy should equalise gender benefits such that no individual suffers …

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Religious Freedom And The Making Of A World Safe Diversity: A Pastoral Perspective, Aco Girevski May 2016

Religious Freedom And The Making Of A World Safe Diversity: A Pastoral Perspective, Aco Girevski

Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe

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The Educational Aspects Of Social Change In Qur'an: A Study On The Efforts Of Mahmad Handzic In Bosnia / Nedim Haracic, Haracic Nedim May 2016

The Educational Aspects Of Social Change In Qur'an: A Study On The Efforts Of Mahmad Handzic In Bosnia / Nedim Haracic, Haracic Nedim

Student Works (2010-2019)

This study looks into the pedagogical aspects that influence social change from a Qur’anic perspective and the role of Bosnian Sheikh Mohammed Handzic as an example. This study has been divided into five chapters, in which the first chapter discusses the concept of the main terms in the study, which are change, cultivation, and society, followed by a brief biography of Handzic. As for the second chapter, the discussion was about the approach of the Holy Qur’an towards change, followed by an analysis of the actions of Handzic. The third and fourth chapters touched on the types of social changes, …

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Ihsan Ilahi Zahir (1945-1987) Dan Kritikannya Terhadap Pemikiran Akidah Syiah / Mohd Fuad Mokhtar, Mokhtar Mohd Fuad May 2016

Ihsan Ilahi Zahir (1945-1987) Dan Kritikannya Terhadap Pemikiran Akidah Syiah / Mohd Fuad Mokhtar, Mokhtar Mohd Fuad

Student Works (2010-2019)

“Ihsan Ilahi Zahir (1945-1987) and His Critics Towards Shiism” is a research of a profound scholar especially in the field of Shiism. This research focuses on the belief of Shiite by studying their major writings. The researcher will conduct an in-depth study of the scholar’s selected writings in order to analyze his critical thought of Shiah. The writings will be analyzed in details for the purpose of knowing his real thought over Shiism.The methods that will be used throughout this research are inductive method as well as deductive and comparative. This research is divided into six chapters with Introduction as …

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Religious Aspirations Among Urban Christians In Contemporary Indonesia, Chang Yau Hoon May 2016

Religious Aspirations Among Urban Christians In Contemporary Indonesia, Chang Yau Hoon

Research Collection School of Social Sciences

Recognizing that the Christians in Indonesia are not a homogeneous group, this article examines the various contested spiritual, social, and political aspirations of urban Christians in the contexts of the historical trajectory of Indonesian modernity, forces of globalization and urbanization, the role of capital, and the development of Islam - the indispensable religious 'Other' to this minority religion in contemporary Indonesia. It sheds light on the ways in which this minority exercises agency in using political participation and social activism as a counterbalance to the growing Islamization of Indonesia, and how they strategically utilize their extensive economic, social, and political …

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Film Review Of Migrations Of Islam: Muslim American Voices In The 21st Century By Swarnavel E. Pillai, Salah D. Hassan, Swarnavel E. Pillai, Louise Cainkar May 2016

Film Review Of Migrations Of Islam: Muslim American Voices In The 21st Century By Swarnavel E. Pillai, Salah D. Hassan, Swarnavel E. Pillai, Louise Cainkar

Social and Cultural Sciences Faculty Research and Publications

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The Extent Of Practicing Different Components Of Professional Learning Communities At The Bani Kinanah Secondary Schools In Jordan, Rami Hussein Mohammad Abdallah May 2016

The Extent Of Practicing Different Components Of Professional Learning Communities At The Bani Kinanah Secondary Schools In Jordan, Rami Hussein Mohammad Abdallah

Theses

This study aimed to investigate the extent to which different components of the Professional Learning Community (PLC) were being practiced at the Bani Kinanah secondary schools in Jordan. The study employed a mixed approach to collect data, including a questionnaire and semi-structured interviews. For the quantitative approach, 1110 participants responded to the questionnaire. For the qualitative approach, four schools participated: two female schools and two male schools. In every school, three educators have been interviewed. Findings revealed that the extent to which the different components of PLCs were practiced at the Bani Kinanah secondary schools was high, according to quantitative …

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The Divine Viscera: Medicine And Religion In The Islamic Golden Age, Isabella A. Pua Apr 2016

The Divine Viscera: Medicine And Religion In The Islamic Golden Age, Isabella A. Pua

Young Historians Conference

Islamic medicine is largely ignored in Western tradition, but in an era when Western European medical practice relied more on mysticism than science and had lost the advances made by Classical Greece, the Islamic Empire entered a golden age of scientific thought. The impetus for the Golden Age medicine that developed can be partially attributed to the Islamic religion itself. This paper explores the role of Islam as both a unifying force and a set of broad cultural values in creating that atmosphere that allowed for the study of medicine, within the context of the scientific-religious duality that characterized discovery …

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The Misconception Of Jihad In America, Amanda Kretsch Apr 2016

The Misconception Of Jihad In America, Amanda Kretsch

Undergraduate Library Research Awards

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Approaching Women's Education: Utilizing Islamic Sources For Empowerment, Emily P. Lueder Apr 2016

Approaching Women's Education: Utilizing Islamic Sources For Empowerment, Emily P. Lueder

Symposium on Research and Creative Expression (SORCE)

When the Taliban rose to power in Afghanistan in the 1990s, an Islamic fundamentalist approach was utilized to disempower the Afghani people. The group particularly targeted women and girls, who were stripped of their rights, including their right to an education. While the Taliban is no longer in power, the issue of women’s education in Afghanistan has not received adequate attention, as threats and violence continue to keep women and girls out of school. This paper seeks to address the issue of women’s education in Afghanistan in the post-Taliban period with a focus on alternative models of education, including the …

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Fearless Friday: Laila Mufty, Laila M. Mufty Apr 2016

Fearless Friday: Laila Mufty, Laila M. Mufty

SURGE

In today’s Fearless Friday, Surge would like to honor the work of Laila Mufty ‘18. Laila is a sophomore from the Bay Area in California and is majoring in Environmental Studies. Currently, she is one of the CPS Program Coordinators with Big Brothers Big Sisters and is the Immersion Project Leader for the New Orleans trip in May focused on the rebuilding of the Gulf Coast. In addition to her work with CPS, Laila participates in multiple cultural organizations on campus and has volunteered with El Centro, Painted Turtle Farm and Casa de la Cultura. Laila has also written and …

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Muslim Views On Education: Parameters, Purview, And Possibilites, Asma Afsaruddin Apr 2016

Muslim Views On Education: Parameters, Purview, And Possibilites, Asma Afsaruddin

Journal of Catholic Legal Studies

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El Ghorba Fil Gharb: Conceptualizing Ethnic Identity With Saudi Women Graduate Students In The U.S., Katharina Barth Apr 2016

El Ghorba Fil Gharb: Conceptualizing Ethnic Identity With Saudi Women Graduate Students In The U.S., Katharina Barth

Electronic Theses and Dissertations Archive

This narrative inquiry examined how ethnic identity is conceptualized in the stories of Saudi women students living and studying in the United States. This was done using theorists from the field of ethnic identity and enculturation research, as well as postcolonial feminist critique to address various layers of marginality and power relations. Participants included seven women enrolled as international students in graduate programs at two northeastern U.S. universities. Unstructured life-story interviews of 2 to 2.5 hrs. were conducted to elicit narratives of how the women positioned themselves ethnically and how they were positioned by their surrounding while living in the …

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Publishing Tools In Sermon Studies, Robert Ellison Apr 2016

Publishing Tools In Sermon Studies, Robert Ellison

English Faculty Research

“Green.” “Gold.” “DOAJ.” “APC.” These terms – and many more – are part of the vocabulary of open access publishing, a model that is becoming increasingly prevalent with both established presses and independent journals. In this talk, Robert Ellison surveys current patterns and trends in the open access world, and discusses some of the decisions that must be made when starting a new open access journal. As a case study, he outlines the process of launching Sermon Studies, an online-only, peer-reviewed publication that has recently “gone live” at Marshall University.

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Observer, Central Washington University Apr 2016

Observer, Central Washington University

Student Newspaper

Student newspaper for Central Washington University for April 7-13, 2016. Vol. 103, No. 1.

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A Social History Of Iranian Cinema, Kristian Petersen Apr 2016

A Social History Of Iranian Cinema, Kristian Petersen

Journal of Religion & Film

This is a book review of A Social History of Iranian Cinema, Volume 1: The Artisanal Era, 1897-1941 (Durham: Duke University Press, 2011); A Social History of Iranian Cinema , Volume 2: The Industrializing Years, 1941-1978 (Durham: Duke University Press, 2011); A Social History of Iranian Cinema, Volume 3: The Islamicate Period, 1978-1984 (Durham: Duke University Press, 2012); and A Social History of Iranian Cinema, Volume 4: The Globalizing Era, 1984-2010 (Durham: Duke University Press, 2012), all by Hamid Naficy.

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The Motivations Behind Westerners’ Obsession With The Islamic Veil, Claire K. Alexander Apr 2016

The Motivations Behind Westerners’ Obsession With The Islamic Veil, Claire K. Alexander

What All Americans Should Know About Women in the Muslim World

In a world where we are constantly bombarded with countless images of Islamic terrorism, violence, and danger, it is not surprising that we have come to associate all aspects of Islamic society with malevolence. This destructive way of thinking has impacted the way we—as Westerners— think about, portray, and perceive Muslim men and women. While Muslim men are often depicted as hostile, cruel, and savage-like, on the other hand, Muslim women are usually depicted as powerless, obedient, and docile. These stereotypical representations of Muslim men and women have harmful consequences—consequences that not only promote Western ignorance, but also tarnish the …

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Gender Roots: Conceptualizing "Honor" Killing And Interpretations Of Women's Gender In Muslim Society, Brittany N. Barry Apr 2016

Gender Roots: Conceptualizing "Honor" Killing And Interpretations Of Women's Gender In Muslim Society, Brittany N. Barry

What All Americans Should Know About Women in the Muslim World

The phenomenon of “honor” killing is one that has formed out of deeply rooted concepts of sexuality and gender roles in Muslim societies. These conceptions have been implemented into everyday life and social infrastructure and have created, in some places, a generally accepted power dynamic that subjugates women and generates conceptualizations about women’s sexuality and their assumed obedience. In recent decades the gender constructions of, predominantly, the Middle East and of other Muslim populations have captured the attention of Western thinkers, especially with regards to feminist thought. The Western gaze has produced a number of responses, some of which have …

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Ms. Marvel: Changing Muslim Representation In The Comic World, Casey L. Trattner Apr 2016

Ms. Marvel: Changing Muslim Representation In The Comic World, Casey L. Trattner

What All Americans Should Know About Women in the Muslim World

Examines the representation of Muslim women in the comic book world, and how Kamala Khan (the titular Ms. Marvel) along with some other characters usher in a new wave of how Muslim women are depicted in comics.

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Contraception, Abortion And Assisted Fertility Among Muslim Women A Look At Islamic Culture And Policy In Iran And Afghanistan, Hayley Jacobsen Apr 2016

Contraception, Abortion And Assisted Fertility Among Muslim Women A Look At Islamic Culture And Policy In Iran And Afghanistan, Hayley Jacobsen

What All Americans Should Know About Women in the Muslim World

Discourse on women's reproductive rights through the lens of Muslim culture. The use of contraception, assisted fertility and abortion, are analyzed in Iran and Afghanistan. The culture surrounding family planning is detailed through a woman’s community, family, religion and the laws that govern the society they live in, which all influence her decision making in these matters. This piece stands as a cultural analysis of women's agency specifically in Middle Eastern Muslim culture, as it stands as a part of a global women's rights movement.

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From Thomas Jefferson To Donald Trump: The Recurring Muslim Xeno-Archetype In American Politics And Government, Christopher S. Saladin Apr 2016

From Thomas Jefferson To Donald Trump: The Recurring Muslim Xeno-Archetype In American Politics And Government, Christopher S. Saladin

History: Student Scholarship & Creative Works

This paper connects the Islamophobic discourse of the 2016 presidential primary candidates to that of past American politicians through a historical analysis of their rhetoric and policies towards Muslims. I argue that Western discourse about Islam has long appealed to what I refer to as the Muslim “xeno-archetype,” which is a recurring but unchanging understanding of Islam in the Western mind. This xeno-archetype theory is derived from Edward Said’s concept of Orientalism, but is distinct in that it explains why unique misconceptions of Islam existed long before European colonialism. The xeno-archetype consists of specific stereotypes and fears of a given …

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Macalester Today Spring 2016, Macalester College Apr 2016

Macalester Today Spring 2016, Macalester College

Macalester Today

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Isis & Eschatology: Apocalyptic Motivations Behind The Formation And Development Of The Islamic State, Matthew Henry Musselwhite Apr 2016

Isis & Eschatology: Apocalyptic Motivations Behind The Formation And Development Of The Islamic State, Matthew Henry Musselwhite

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

The goal of this thesis was to analysis the Islamic State’s apocalyptic nature by studying both classic Islamic eschatology and the Islamic State’s online magazine Dabiq. In order to conduct this research, I separated my thesis into two separate angles of approach. The first angle (chapters one & two) exclusively looked at Islamic eschatology, classic apocalyptic texts, shifts in how literature was written over time, and on examples of modern messianic revolutions occurring. In this way, I attempted to emphasize how extra-Qur’anic texts have played a large part in providing details for what Islamic eschatology entails. I also looked at …

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Medical Breakthroughs In The Islamic Golden Age: Models And Inspirations For Muslim Youth And Adults Alike, Shareef Gamal Mohamed Kotb Apr 2016

Medical Breakthroughs In The Islamic Golden Age: Models And Inspirations For Muslim Youth And Adults Alike, Shareef Gamal Mohamed Kotb

Honors Senior Capstone Projects

Great discoveries, inventions and innovations in the sciences as well as other branches of knowledge were developed during the Islamic Golden Age (7th-13th century). During this period in time, scientists such as Al Kindi and Avicenna (Ibn-Sina) served as bridges between the Ancient Greeks and the Western World, transferring and nurturing these branches of knowledge, most notably the field of medicine. These scientists were able to attain much knowledge about medicine through the support of the religion of Islam, the Caliphates of this region, and the language, as they all helped to support this one cause. These innovators were able …

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The Pedophile Prophet? Breathing A Culturally Relative Point Of View Into A Controversial Cultural Debate, Samuel S. Thompson Apr 2016

The Pedophile Prophet? Breathing A Culturally Relative Point Of View Into A Controversial Cultural Debate, Samuel S. Thompson

What All Americans Should Know About Women in the Muslim World

This work focuses on a controversial topic within women studies of the Islamic world, the very young marriage of Mohammad's second wife Aisha. The work attempts to meet the issue on level ground and explain that while this may seem as a spark on conflict between non-Muslim cultures and the Islamic world this marriage was not altogether that uncommon for the time.

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The Mainstream Misrepresentation Of Muslim Women In The Media, Megan A. Mastro Apr 2016

The Mainstream Misrepresentation Of Muslim Women In The Media, Megan A. Mastro

What All Americans Should Know About Women in the Muslim World

I discuss the widespread misrepresentation of Islamic women in multiple sources of media and its subsequent effects on the general population's perception of this demographic as a whole.

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The Myth Of “Sharia” And Child Marriage, Megan S. Luckenbaugh Apr 2016

The Myth Of “Sharia” And Child Marriage, Megan S. Luckenbaugh

What All Americans Should Know About Women in the Muslim World

In American media, the term "sharia law" is repetitively used as a reason behind practices and actions linked to Islam which would be considered counter to Western morals. The term "sharia" is first clarified as having many definitions, but in legal terms each Islamic nation has their own version of "sharia." Child marriage is one of many topics often blamed on "sharia" and this essay attempts to debunk the Western portrayal of "sharia" by exploring the reality of child marriage in some Islamic nations. The examples depict both situations in which the people, despite the laws, are actively keeping this …

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