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Islam, Emad Hamdeh
Islam, Emad Hamdeh
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Islam, the religion of 1.2 billion people around the world, provides its followers guidance on how to live according to God’s teachings. The word “Islam” means submission, and in this context, refers to voluntary submission to will and teachings of God. The word Islam stems from the same root word as “peace” salām, by submitting to God one finds inner peace in this world and eternal peace and happiness in the next.
Muḥammad Nāṣir Al-Dīn Al-Albānī, Emad Hamdeh
Muḥammad Nāṣir Al-Dīn Al-Albānī, Emad Hamdeh
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Muḥammad Nāṣir al-Dīn al-Albānī (1914–1999) was one of the most influential Salafi scholars in the 20th century. He sought to reform Islam by requiring Muslims to return a puritanical and literalist approach toward scripture. Albānī moved from Albania to Damascus with his family as a child, and his father became a leading Ḥanafī scholar in the Albanian Muslim community in Syria. From a young age, Albānī disagreed with his father and the Albanian Ḥanafī community. He rejected their allegiance to the Ḥanafī school of law and instead advocated a strict adherence to the Qurʾān and Sunna. His scholarly career was …
The Role Of The ʿUlamā’ In The Thoughts Of ʿAbd Al-Fattāḥ Abū Ghudda, Emad Hamdeh
The Role Of The ʿUlamā’ In The Thoughts Of ʿAbd Al-Fattāḥ Abū Ghudda, Emad Hamdeh
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Despite his influence and contribution to scholarship in the modern Muslim world, the life and works of ʿAbd al-Fattāḥ Abū Ghudda are underrepresented in Western academic literature. This article is a first initiative at a broader assessment and contextualization of Abū Ghudda’s life and thoughts. I present a picture of a scholar who sought to represent traditional Islam in its most unpopular moments. In particular, I examine Abū Ghudda’s prevailing thoughts and opinions concerning “proper” scholarship and demonstrate how the role of the ʿulamā’ in the thoughts of Abu Ghudda is primarily a continuation of a scholarly tradition rather than …
QurʾĀn And Sunna Or The Madhhabs?: A Salafi Polemic Against Islamic Legal Tradition, Emad Hamdeh
QurʾĀn And Sunna Or The Madhhabs?: A Salafi Polemic Against Islamic Legal Tradition, Emad Hamdeh
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The Albanian scholar Muḥammad Nāṣir al-Dīn al-Albānī (d. 1999) established a unique type of Salafism, a movement whose adherents follow a puritanical model of Muslim creed, exegesis, and conduct that is critical of madhhab Traditionalism. In this article I present an annotated translation of an audio lecture in which Albānī attempted to defend Salafism against its anti-madhhab image. I shed light on the religious and social climate that played a role in triggering Albānī’s disdain for Traditionalism and led him to discredit madhhab Traditionalist fiqh and replace it with his own interpretation of the jurisprudential requirements of Islamic scripture. Among …
The Formative Years Of An Iconoclastic Salafi Scholar, Emad Hamdeh
The Formative Years Of An Iconoclastic Salafi Scholar, Emad Hamdeh
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Despite his great influence on modern Salafism and Islamic studies, relatively few works focus on the life of Muḥammad Nāṣir al-Dīn al-Albānī (d. 1999), a scholar whose life and brand of Salafism are marked by controversy and stand in stark contrast to madhhab Traditionalism. This article provides a translation of one of his autobiographical interviews. I shed light on the biographical details of Albānī’s formative years, namely his sour relationship with his father, quarrels with the Albanian community in Syria, and his controversial professorship at the University of Medina. Among the arguments I make is that Albānī created an image …
The Walking Qur’An: Islamic Education, Embodied Knowledge, And History In West Africa By Rudolph Ware Iii, Emad Hamdeh
The Walking Qur’An: Islamic Education, Embodied Knowledge, And History In West Africa By Rudolph Ware Iii, Emad Hamdeh
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With the introduction of new educational systems in the Muslim world during the late-eighteenth through the early-twentieth century, many Muslims and non-Muslims became critical of traditional pedagogical methods. In particular, the image of Qur’an schools in West Africa are often criticized for their “backward” forms of education and commonly perceived as places where children simply parrot Qur’anic verses without much understanding. These institutions have largely been abandoned and replaced by modern and secular schooling systems. In his The Walking Qur’an, Rudolph Ware argues that Qur’an schools have survived in places like West Africa. By studying them, he seeks to historicize …
Romans 12 Motivational Gifts In The Military: An Exploration Of Person-Job Fit, Job Performance, And Job Satisfaction, Matthew P. Earnhardt
Romans 12 Motivational Gifts In The Military: An Exploration Of Person-Job Fit, Job Performance, And Job Satisfaction, Matthew P. Earnhardt
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The study researches the Romans 12 motivational gifts and their relationship to person-job fit, job satisfaction, and job performance in the U.S. Air Force. Results of the study identified two clusters among U.S. Air Force personnel and found a positive relationship with person-job fit and job satisfaction — and no relationship with job performance. Several practical applications can be gleaned from the current research, especially in the area of motivation and training.
Review Of Neeti Nair's Changing Homelands: Hindu Politics And The Partition Of India, Geoffrey Kain
Review Of Neeti Nair's Changing Homelands: Hindu Politics And The Partition Of India, Geoffrey Kain
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“As Neeti Nair concludes chapter 5 of her extremely impressive study of the Partition of India, Changing Homelands, she argues against the pat inclusion of Partition on a ‘trans-national’ list of ‘genocidal conflicts’ …”
American Graffiti: Musings On The Ground Zero Mosque, Ibpp Editor
American Graffiti: Musings On The Ground Zero Mosque, Ibpp Editor
International Bulletin of Political Psychology
The author discusses reactions and parallels to a mosque proposed near the site of the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center in public discourse.
Nation Building And The Politics Of Islamic Internationalism In Guinea: Toward An Understanding Of Muslims’ Experience Of Globalization In Africa, Mohamed S. Camara
Nation Building And The Politics Of Islamic Internationalism In Guinea: Toward An Understanding Of Muslims’ Experience Of Globalization In Africa, Mohamed S. Camara
Humanities & Communication - Daytona Beach
This article discusses the historical role of Islam in the political evolution of Guinea in the broader context of Muslims’ experience of nation/state building and globalization in Africa. This role is examined on the premise that Islam is one of the major globalizing forces (more in the body of the paper on this idea of Islam as a globalizing force) responsible for the formation of what experts have conceptualized as Africa’s “triple heritage” or the juncture of African traditional values, Islamic influence, and the legacy of Western colonialism. The article examines Islam’s role in the creation of cultural identities, territorial …
Nation Building And The Politics Of Islamic Internationalism In Guinea: Toward An Understanding Of Muslims’ Experience Of Globalization In Africa, Mohamed S. Camara
Nation Building And The Politics Of Islamic Internationalism In Guinea: Toward An Understanding Of Muslims’ Experience Of Globalization In Africa, Mohamed S. Camara
Security Studies & International Affairs - Daytona Beach
This article discusses the historical role of Islam in the political evolution of Guinea in the broader context of Muslims’ experience of nation/state building and globalization in Africa. This role is examined on the premise that Islam is one of the major globalizing forces (more in the body of the paper on this idea of Islam as a globalizing force) responsible for the formation of what experts have conceptualized as Africa’s “triple heritage” or the juncture of African traditional values, Islamic influence, and the legacy of Western colonialism. The article examines Islam’s role in the creation of cultural identities, territorial …
God And Man In The White House: Implications For Going To War, Ibpp Editor
God And Man In The White House: Implications For Going To War, Ibpp Editor
International Bulletin of Political Psychology
This article highlights pertinent psychological research on the relationship between a national leader’s religious beliefs and that leader’s decision making on going to war.
Trends. The Political Psychology Of Illicit Sex, Ibpp Editor
Trends. The Political Psychology Of Illicit Sex, Ibpp Editor
International Bulletin of Political Psychology
This article discusses the sexual behavior of Roman Catholic priests, and scandal.
Magical Thinking But No Magic: Implications For Sacred Terrorism, Ibpp Editor
Magical Thinking But No Magic: Implications For Sacred Terrorism, Ibpp Editor
International Bulletin of Political Psychology
This article describes lay and scientific psychological constructs of magic with implications for terrorism perpetrated through religious motivation.
21st-Century Crusades And Demonizing Islam: Commentary On Inderfuth, Ibpp Editor
21st-Century Crusades And Demonizing Islam: Commentary On Inderfuth, Ibpp Editor
International Bulletin of Political Psychology
This article comments on public discourse transmitted through Western-financed mass media that attempts to demonize variants of Islam--e.g., that of the Taliban.
Trends. Spinning Buddhas, Ibpp Editor
Trends. Spinning Buddhas, Ibpp Editor
International Bulletin of Political Psychology
This article discusses the March 2001 destruction of the Bamiyan Buddhas in Afghanistan by the Taliban.
Trends. The Idolatry Of Ignorance And Iconoclasm: Notes On The Taliban, Ibpp Editor
Trends. The Idolatry Of Ignorance And Iconoclasm: Notes On The Taliban, Ibpp Editor
International Bulletin of Political Psychology
The New York Times has reported that at least some Taliban authorities have directed that all statues in Afghanistan--including those commonly viewed as priceless exemplars of cultural (largely Buddhist) heritage and as treasures--be destroyed. The Taliban's rationale--that these statues have been used as idols and deities by non-Islamic believers and may be turned into idols in the future--is largely discussed in the context of leading to a global cultural catastrophe, as an unacceptable decision, as gratuitous vandalism, as exemplifying a rigid ignorance deserving unique contempt and disgust.
Mirror Imaging And Ideology In Palestine, Ibpp Editor
Mirror Imaging And Ideology In Palestine, Ibpp Editor
International Bulletin of Political Psychology
This article identifies ideological mirror imaging on the part of most United States (US) policymakers concerning the political cognitions of many Palestinian National Authority leaders, PNA supporters, and Arab and Islamic supporters and exploiters of the construct of Palestinian self-determination.
Sacred Politics: Is Heaven Closed To The Wretched Of The Earth?, Ibpp Editor
Sacred Politics: Is Heaven Closed To The Wretched Of The Earth?, Ibpp Editor
International Bulletin of Political Psychology
This article explores the political and religious implications of a decision by the leaders of a religious institution for many of its followers and the appeal of the religion itself.
Time: A Sacred And Secular Control Mechanism, Ibpp Editor
Time: A Sacred And Secular Control Mechanism, Ibpp Editor
International Bulletin of Political Psychology
This article describes how the construct of time can be employed to wittingly or unwittingly control human psychology in the political world.
Trends. United States Foreign Policy, Iran, And Mirror Imaging, Ibpp Editor
Trends. United States Foreign Policy, Iran, And Mirror Imaging, Ibpp Editor
International Bulletin of Political Psychology
This article discusses the tension between the rule of law and democracy vs. religious authority in the context of international relations between the United States and Iran.
Evolution And Creationism: Some Paradoxes Of Political Advocacy, Ibpp Editor
Evolution And Creationism: Some Paradoxes Of Political Advocacy, Ibpp Editor
International Bulletin of Political Psychology
This article describes some surprising paradoxes behind political advocacy for teaching creationism along with or instead of evolutionary theory in public schools within the United States of America.
Religion As Opium, Religion As Vitamin: Comments On Pope John Paul Ii's Papacy And Political Power, Ibpp Editor
Religion As Opium, Religion As Vitamin: Comments On Pope John Paul Ii's Papacy And Political Power, Ibpp Editor
International Bulletin of Political Psychology
This article considers the interface between institutionalized and organized religion on the one hand and formally constituted and secular governmental authority on the other, in the context of Pope John Paul II's papacy.
Trends. The Devil's In The Details: The Vatican And Exorcism, Ibpp Editor
Trends. The Devil's In The Details: The Vatican And Exorcism, Ibpp Editor
International Bulletin of Political Psychology
The author discusses the recent revision to the Roman Catholic ritual of exorcism.
Representative Democracy And The Non-Democratic Force Of Religion: Turkey, Israel, Algeria, India, And The United States, Ibpp Editor
International Bulletin of Political Psychology
This article identifies and provides examples of a destructive, non-democratic force that is intrinsic to a democracy. This force impinges on democracy from outside and from within.
Trends. Religious Killing: Going By The Book, Ibpp Editor
Trends. Religious Killing: Going By The Book, Ibpp Editor
International Bulletin of Political Psychology
The author discusses the unfortunate social phenomena in India of religion-based killing and desecrating.
The International Religious Freedom Act Of 1998 As An Act Against Freedom, The Truth, And Religious Freedom, Ibpp Editor
The International Religious Freedom Act Of 1998 As An Act Against Freedom, The Truth, And Religious Freedom, Ibpp Editor
International Bulletin of Political Psychology
This article suggests that the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998 masks agendas antithetical to the stated intent of the Act's many supporters.
Motivational Impediments And Multilateral Inspections: The Case Of Unscom, Ibpp Editor
Motivational Impediments And Multilateral Inspections: The Case Of Unscom, Ibpp Editor
International Bulletin of Political Psychology
This article describes impediments to multilateral inspections that are sanctioned by a multilateral political entity to proscribe the development, production, storage, deployment, and employment of weapons of mass destruction.
Cuba: The Massacre Of The Tugboat And The Message In Fatima, Ibpp Editor
Cuba: The Massacre Of The Tugboat And The Message In Fatima, Ibpp Editor
International Bulletin of Political Psychology
This article was written by Lael Varella. Mr. Varella is a third-term federal delegate to the Brazilian Congress and a member of the present government's parliamentary coalition. He is one of the most active and energetic of Brazilian congressmen and is especially known for his speeches about international politics, education, and the social and psychological problems of youth. As well, he is an ardent defender of private property, advocate of individual free
The Pope Defeats The Dictator: Religion And Communism In Cuba, Ibpp Editor
The Pope Defeats The Dictator: Religion And Communism In Cuba, Ibpp Editor
International Bulletin of Political Psychology
This article was written by Ismael Sambra Haber. Sambra has published poetry, short stories, literary criticism, and essays in both Cuban and international magazines and journals. He also has worked as a stage actor and as a consultant, screenwriter, actor, and director of Tele Turquino. Sambra has published Para Ti Mujer (For You, Woman), Coleccion Plegables, 1978; Las Cinco Plumas y la Luz del Sol (The Five Feathers and the Sun Light), Editorial Oriente, 1987; Para No Ser Leido en Recital (Not to be Read at a Poetry Reading or Recital), Editorial Oriente, 1991; and Remolino de Luz (Whirl of …