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The Importance Of Regulating The Relationship Between The State And Religion In Ensuring The Stability Of Society, Mukhammadolim Mukhammadsidiqov Jun 2020

The Importance Of Regulating The Relationship Between The State And Religion In Ensuring The Stability Of Society, Mukhammadolim Mukhammadsidiqov

The Light of Islam

The purpose of this article is to demonstrate that the wave of socio-political transformations that began in December 2010 in Tunisia and Algeria, called the “Arab Spring”, was a phenomenon caused by a difficult internal situation, as well as internal and external factors that triggered these events.

The article examines the degree of influence of political Islam on the processes of modernization, geopolitics, as well as socio-political development, including the need to create a scientific basis for regulating religious relations in Arab African countries, which have become a source of instability. In this context, political processes in North Africa and …


The Influence Of A Religious Factor On The Political System Of Egypt Before “Arab Spring”, Shukhrat Yovkochev Jun 2020

The Influence Of A Religious Factor On The Political System Of Egypt Before “Arab Spring”, Shukhrat Yovkochev

The Light of Islam

The article is devoted to the influence of the Islamic factor on the political system of modern Egypt. It analyzes the struggle of political forces, parties, and the Islamic opposition to achieve political power, as well as the methods and means of this struggle. The article covers the period of the late XX– early XXI century, the period of the reign of President Hosni Mubarak. Particular attention is paid to the tactics and strategies of the leader of the Islamic opposition in Egypt - the Muslim Brotherhood organization, which has long-standing political and historical roots, extensive experience in the underground …


Why I Fell In Love With Ramy And You Will Too?, Essraa Nawar Jun 2020

Why I Fell In Love With Ramy And You Will Too?, Essraa Nawar

Library Articles and Research

"If you have not watched Ramy on Hulu, you are definitely missing a brilliant show. I have been following this show since the release of its first episode in April of 2019. While I can not claim that I am a media critic nor that I have any expertise when it comes to Hollywood and/or the show business in general. I must say that I was so intrigued by this show that I decided to write about it and interview a few people along the way that also enjoyed the show."


The Role Of Social Solidarity In Activating And Consolidating Moral Values In Muslim Societies, Especially The Values Of (Cooperation, Fraternity, Generosity, Equality And Mercy), Dr. Abdulkerim Mustafa Jun 2020

The Role Of Social Solidarity In Activating And Consolidating Moral Values In Muslim Societies, Especially The Values Of (Cooperation, Fraternity, Generosity, Equality And Mercy), Dr. Abdulkerim Mustafa

Faculty Peer-Reviewed Papers | بحوث هيئة التدريس المحكمة

Research Objectives: Revealing the great role in the application of Islamic law and its economic approach in activating and consolidating the high moral values ordered by Islam and urging it through social solidarity and its means. Research Problem: Does social solidarity and the application of its means in Muslim societies lead to the activation and consolidation of moral values such as (cooperation, fraternity, generosity, equality and mercy and so on?) Research Importance: In view of the circumstances in the Islamic world, the great changes taking place at the level of the economy and the difficulty of living, it is necessary …


تحوُّلات السؤال في خطاب الفقه الحنفي (الجسد وحقوقه أنموذجاً) Question Shifts In The Discourse Of Hanafi Jurisprudence (The Body And Its Rights As A Model), Bassam Abdelkrim Al-Hloul, Amjad Saud Al-Qaraleh Jun 2020

تحوُّلات السؤال في خطاب الفقه الحنفي (الجسد وحقوقه أنموذجاً) Question Shifts In The Discourse Of Hanafi Jurisprudence (The Body And Its Rights As A Model), Bassam Abdelkrim Al-Hloul, Amjad Saud Al-Qaraleh

Jordan Journal of Islamic Studies

This study aims to show the authority of HanafiFiqh's text and its scope to comprehend the contemporary Islamic identity in the current Arab situation, which suffers from certain incidents occurred to it while making arguments with the other. Due to the expansion of the literary type dealing with human rights, its significant to look into our Fiqh because the topic has importance in the third millennium. In this time, humanity felt alienated after World War II.

This work falls into two points: the first deals with the narrative's potentiality of comprehension in the Hanafi Fiqh's origin and its rhetoric; The …


حرية الرأي والتعبير في الشريعة الإسلامية - دراسة تأصيلية- Freedom Of Opinion And Expression In Islamic Law - A Fundamental Study, Abdullah Ahmand Samara, Anas Moustafa Abu Ata Jun 2020

حرية الرأي والتعبير في الشريعة الإسلامية - دراسة تأصيلية- Freedom Of Opinion And Expression In Islamic Law - A Fundamental Study, Abdullah Ahmand Samara, Anas Moustafa Abu Ata

Jordan Journal of Islamic Studies

This study dealt with the freedom of opinion, expression and belief in the Holy Quran and Sunnah.

Where freedom, opinion, and expression were defined as language and terminology, and were established for the purpose of saying the truth and expressing it, for the freedom of worship, for the Shura, for the freedom of belief for non-Muslims.

The study was subordinated to a statement of the apostate's ruling, and the scholars directed about that.


ضوابط الأمر بالمعروف والنَّهي عن المنكر (سؤال العمل - الحسبة) Guidelines For Commanding Good And Forbidding Wrongdoing (Business Question - Hisbah), Bassam Abdelkrim Al-Hloul, Waleed Abdul Qadir Athneibat Jun 2020

ضوابط الأمر بالمعروف والنَّهي عن المنكر (سؤال العمل - الحسبة) Guidelines For Commanding Good And Forbidding Wrongdoing (Business Question - Hisbah), Bassam Abdelkrim Al-Hloul, Waleed Abdul Qadir Athneibat

Jordan Journal of Islamic Studies

This research of studying the regulations for Al-amr bilmarouf wa-nnahi an Al-Munkar (al-Hisbah is an attempted application) aims to transfer al-Hisbah from being a private idiom of its own into a daily realistic investigation of all communal activities. A new unexplored level of study, a deep examination of the lack of Omran, the Jewish issue, the unknown strategies and the occupation of Islamic regions contributed to explain the ambiguities. Moreover, this research falls into two Chapters: The First Chapter deals with the theories whereas the Second Chapter is an attempt for application. Al-Hisbah is examined in three levels, theoretical, practical …


الشبهات الواردة في زواج النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم من أم حبيبة وميمونة -رضي الله عنهما- والرّد عليها The Suspicions Around The Marriage Of The Prophet, May God’S Prayers And Peace Be Upon Him, To Umm Habibah And Maymouna, May God Be Pleased With Them, And Refuting These Suspicionsthe, Manal Al-Wadi, Sharaf Al-Qedha Jun 2020

الشبهات الواردة في زواج النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم من أم حبيبة وميمونة -رضي الله عنهما- والرّد عليها The Suspicions Around The Marriage Of The Prophet, May God’S Prayers And Peace Be Upon Him, To Umm Habibah And Maymouna, May God Be Pleased With Them, And Refuting These Suspicionsthe, Manal Al-Wadi, Sharaf Al-Qedha

Jordan Journal of Islamic Studies

This research is a Hadith critical study I was presented some of the problems and allegation in the wives of questions the prophet Muhammad of the Om Habiba and Maimouna in violation of the provisions of the legitimacy and the usual thing. Which was reported by some scholars and some contemporary of the Shiites and the owners of the mental school, Then I discussed these suspicions using opinions the views of the scholars and their answers of them, And then i was likely by scientific evidence, I then found these allegation, and it is baseless of health.


منهج ابن عاشور في التعامل مع الدلالة الصرفية - من خلال تفسيره التحرير والتنوير- Ibn Ashour's Approach In Dealing With The Morphological Connotation Through His Book “Al-Tahrir Wa Al-Tanwir”, Suhad Ahmad Qunbar Jun 2020

منهج ابن عاشور في التعامل مع الدلالة الصرفية - من خلال تفسيره التحرير والتنوير- Ibn Ashour's Approach In Dealing With The Morphological Connotation Through His Book “Al-Tahrir Wa Al-Tanwir”, Suhad Ahmad Qunbar

Jordan Journal of Islamic Studies

Morphological structure of a word is a key tool in understanding Quranic meaning and unraveling its contextual clues and aspects of inimitability.

This study demonstrates the importance of the morphological structure in the denotation of meaning. It also highlights the value of IbnAshur's "Tafsir al-Tahrirwa'l-Tanwir", his linguistic mastering, emphasison morphological aspects and ability to build upon them in his explication of the Quran (tafsir).


منهج الآلوسي في استدراكاته الصريحة على أبي السعود في تفسيريهما Al-Alusi's Approach In His Explicit Remarks On Abu Al-Saud In Their Two Interpretations, Mohammad Itreeq, Suleiman Adaqoor Jun 2020

منهج الآلوسي في استدراكاته الصريحة على أبي السعود في تفسيريهما Al-Alusi's Approach In His Explicit Remarks On Abu Al-Saud In Their Two Interpretations, Mohammad Itreeq, Suleiman Adaqoor

Jordan Journal of Islamic Studies

Abu Masoud’s interpretation is one of the major resources that Al-Alusi used in his approach, for he depended on Abu Masoud in his rectifications.

Therefore, the importance of this study stems from its attempt to explain Alusi’s approach in his explicit rectifications about Abi Masoud in regard with choosing functional terms used for explicit rectifications and finding the origins of such approach. The study also investigated discussed the approach of Alusi in presenting explicit rectifications from Abu Masoud by extrapolating some examples. The study concluded that Alusi has followed a steady approach in his explicit rectifications about Abi Masoud by …


الوقف والابتداء وأثرهما في بلاغة المعنى القرآني Pause And Start And Their Effect On The Rhetoric Of The Quranic Meaning, Suleiman Al-Omirat Jun 2020

الوقف والابتداء وأثرهما في بلاغة المعنى القرآني Pause And Start And Their Effect On The Rhetoric Of The Quranic Meaning, Suleiman Al-Omirat

Jordan Journal of Islamic Studies

This research examines the phenomenon of Stopping and Starting and their effect in guiding the meanings of the Holy Quran. I started with an introduction that defines the Stopping, and shows its importance in the clarification of the meanings. Then I spoke about how our scholars took special care while studying the Stopping. Then talked about when the reader ignores the rules of Stopping and Starting (or the so-called Unfavorable Stopping), and its effect in misleading the listener into understanding the wrong meaning. Afterwards, I talked about the how the experienced reader who possesses high rhetorical decency would change and …


أفضلية الاستبدال غير القواعديّ في لغة الحديث النبويّ الشريف The Preference For Non-Grammatical Substitution In The Language Of The Holy Hadith, Muhammad Nizwan Bin Musling Jun 2020

أفضلية الاستبدال غير القواعديّ في لغة الحديث النبويّ الشريف The Preference For Non-Grammatical Substitution In The Language Of The Holy Hadith, Muhammad Nizwan Bin Musling

Jordan Journal of Islamic Studies

This study aims to find out issues of the ungrammatical substitution in Hadith's structure through Ibn Malik's book (Šawāhid Al-Tawdīḥ). It is to measure the degree of structure's agreement with grammar, based on the two criterions: Grammaticality Optimality and Linguistic Usage Optimality. By the analytical descriptive method, the result shows this substitution appears in four issues: the first two issues are related to the subject-predicate elements, the third is the attachment of the "Nun Wiqāyah" to the noun, and the fourth is the transformation form from the adjective structure into the Iḍāfa structure. All Grammaticality Optimality …


من لطائف الأسلوب الإنشائي في سورة مريم The Magnificence Of The Compositional Style Of Surat Maryam, Nadya Tweisat, Imad Al-Shammari, Atif Al-Mahameed Jun 2020

من لطائف الأسلوب الإنشائي في سورة مريم The Magnificence Of The Compositional Style Of Surat Maryam, Nadya Tweisat, Imad Al-Shammari, Atif Al-Mahameed

Jordan Journal of Islamic Studies

This study deals with the impact of various compositional styles on the Quranic expression in Sūrat Maryam. Focusing on the sentence structure and its components, the study clarified the semantic value of these styles which help to reveal the secret of the human psyche and convey the feelings and sensations on the one hand, and to depict the social situation which is associated with the holy verses, on the other hand. This study addressed diverse compositional styles such as calling, command, questioning, prohibition, wish, reprehension Alzajr, and exclamation. Furthermore, the study elucidated the importance of the compositional style in the …


توجيه التعارض بين أحاديث هدم الكعبة وكونها حرماً آمناً Directing The Conflict Between The Hadiths Of Demolishing The Kaaba And Being A Safe Sanctuary, Amal Abdallah Al-Neimat Jun 2020

توجيه التعارض بين أحاديث هدم الكعبة وكونها حرماً آمناً Directing The Conflict Between The Hadiths Of Demolishing The Kaaba And Being A Safe Sanctuary, Amal Abdallah Al-Neimat

Jordan Journal of Islamic Studies

This research resolves the conflict of evidence about the Ka’bah being a sacred and secure place and the ahadith that tell us about its destruction. It is divided into an introduction and five sections, the first section discusses conflicting texts, the second about the building of al-Ka’bah, the third presents its sacredness both before and after Islam, the fourth presents the texts that tell us about the destruction of al-Ka’bah, and the fifth section is about resolving the conflict between its being a sacred and secure place and the news about its destruction, in a conductive and analytical way.

The …


الاحتباس في المؤسسات الصحية ضمانا للحقوق - دراسة فقهية قانونية- Detention In Health Institutions As A Guarantee Of Rights - A Legal Jurisprudential Study, Hani Sulaiman Teimat, Mohammad Salman Al-Masa’Eed Jun 2020

الاحتباس في المؤسسات الصحية ضمانا للحقوق - دراسة فقهية قانونية- Detention In Health Institutions As A Guarantee Of Rights - A Legal Jurisprudential Study, Hani Sulaiman Teimat, Mohammad Salman Al-Masa’Eed

Jordan Journal of Islamic Studies

Capturing at health institutions as a guarantee of rights is considered a contemporary issue. Two aspects of capturing were discussed; the first is the capturing at healh institutions for newborns; the second is the capturing of human body by health institutions. The topic was discussed through three axes.

The first axis deals with Fiqhi and legal adaptation for the act of capturing , and the extent of the legality of the capturing of the people by the health institutions to guarantee the rights according to Fiqh and law , and the research concluded with the following:

1- Illegitimacy of capturing …


سمة العملية للنص الشرعي: - دراسة فقهية أصولية- The Process Feature Of The Sharia Text - A Fundamental Jurisprudential Study, Sumyya Saud Mtairi, Jameala Abdul Qadir Al-Rifa’I Jun 2020

سمة العملية للنص الشرعي: - دراسة فقهية أصولية- The Process Feature Of The Sharia Text - A Fundamental Jurisprudential Study, Sumyya Saud Mtairi, Jameala Abdul Qadir Al-Rifa’I

Jordan Journal of Islamic Studies

Modern study on practical forensic text attribute of terminological linguistic sides, the study has standards that regulate the operation of legitimate text and attribute distinguishes it from other features, then moved on to talk about the process of the text attribute of the origins, the study reached a special definition and carefully adjust the process attribute me as fundamentalist controls not graduated at his door, to be codified scientific fundamentalist study, search the introduction and three chapters and a conclusion.


أهل الذمة في فقه السياسة الشرعية - عصمة الدم والمال أنموذجا- The People Of Holy Books (The Jewish And Christians) In The Jurisprudence Of Sharia Policy – The Protection Of Blood And Money As A Model, Qasem Mohammed Ta’Amneh Jun 2020

أهل الذمة في فقه السياسة الشرعية - عصمة الدم والمال أنموذجا- The People Of Holy Books (The Jewish And Christians) In The Jurisprudence Of Sharia Policy – The Protection Of Blood And Money As A Model, Qasem Mohammed Ta’Amneh

Jordan Journal of Islamic Studies

This research paper explains and confirms and the Islamic position towards The People of The Book and other non-Muslims in regard of protecting their lives and properties as long as they live within the Islamic state. The Dimi contract and the special security contract guarantee them to live in security and prosperity. The research paper concluded that Muslims should treat non- Muslims in general and the people of the book in particular according to the Islamic teachings.


الملامح الإعلامية في سورة العصر - دراسة استقرائية تحليلية- The Media Features In Surat Al-Asr – An Inductive Analytical Study, Nidaa Zaqzouq Jun 2020

الملامح الإعلامية في سورة العصر - دراسة استقرائية تحليلية- The Media Features In Surat Al-Asr – An Inductive Analytical Study, Nidaa Zaqzouq

Jordan Journal of Islamic Studies

This research discusses the media tools featured in Surat Al-Asr, and how it can be utilized to achieve effective communication through the application of Ethical standards. The verses incorporate the four pillars that can help humans overcome the state of loss, which is vital to be practice on the social level, public level, as well as professional level. The research includes two topics: the first provides a definition of the research terms, and the second elaborates on the impact of fait and good deed, recommending patience and truthfulness in the case of media interaction.

The research concluded a number of …


دلالة مصطلح الاستدلال عند الأصوليين وتطبيقاته الفقهيّة The Significance Of The Term ‘Inference’ According To The Fundamentalists And Its Jurisprudential Applications, Osama Adnan Al-Ghonmeen Jun 2020

دلالة مصطلح الاستدلال عند الأصوليين وتطبيقاته الفقهيّة The Significance Of The Term ‘Inference’ According To The Fundamentalists And Its Jurisprudential Applications, Osama Adnan Al-Ghonmeen

Jordan Journal of Islamic Studies

This research explores the conceptions of the term "inference" among the fundamentalists, and the contextual meaning of the jurists, with examples of it. It deals with the problematic meanings of inference between the fundamentalist term and the jurisprudential application, and its importance in revealing the conventional connotations of the fundamentalists' Semantics, in the jurisprudential contexts.

With the great number of previous studies, this community comes to benefit them, adding to it important issues.

The research concluded that the term "inference", in a sense of meaning, was not categorized by many fundamentalists, and that the use of the term "inference" by …


التعرض للمشتري وضمانات عدم التعرض - دراسة مقارنة بين الفقه الإسلامي والقانون المدني الأردني- Exposure To The Purchaser And Guarantees Of Non-Exposure - A Comparative Study Between The Islamic Jurisprudence And Jordanian Civil Law, Mahmoud Ali Al-Sartawi, Ahmad Mohammed Hussein Jun 2020

التعرض للمشتري وضمانات عدم التعرض - دراسة مقارنة بين الفقه الإسلامي والقانون المدني الأردني- Exposure To The Purchaser And Guarantees Of Non-Exposure - A Comparative Study Between The Islamic Jurisprudence And Jordanian Civil Law, Mahmoud Ali Al-Sartawi, Ahmad Mohammed Hussein

Jordan Journal of Islamic Studies

The contract of sale requires the seller's obligation to deliver the sale to the buyer free of any right, whether for the seller or for third parties, so that the buyer can own the sale and use it quietly and without any disputer thereto, and may prevent the buyer from utilizing the sale. Exposure of the seller to the buyer called (personal exposure) or exposure to non-seller and is called (exposure to third parties). In both types the exposure may be material, and may be legal. The research addresses the provisions of exposure, as well as the obligations of the …


الدلالات اللغوية وأثرها في ترجيح معاني غريب الحديث عند محمد الطاهر ابن عاشور من خلال كتابه: (كشف المغطّى) Linguistic Connotations And Their Effect On Favoring The Meanings Of The Strange Hadith According To Mohammad Al-Taher Ibn Ashour Through His Book “Kashf Al-Mughatta”, La’Beidi Mohammed Bu Abdullah, Fatima Alzahraa Al-Zahraa Jun 2020

الدلالات اللغوية وأثرها في ترجيح معاني غريب الحديث عند محمد الطاهر ابن عاشور من خلال كتابه: (كشف المغطّى) Linguistic Connotations And Their Effect On Favoring The Meanings Of The Strange Hadith According To Mohammad Al-Taher Ibn Ashour Through His Book “Kashf Al-Mughatta”, La’Beidi Mohammed Bu Abdullah, Fatima Alzahraa Al-Zahraa

Jordan Journal of Islamic Studies

This study deals with the effect of the semantic structures on the explanation of Muhammad al-Tahir Ibn Ashour for the hadiths of al-Mawatta in his book: (Revealing the encircled meanings and words in al-Mawatta).

The subject required the adoption of the analytical, descriptive method and approach to the theoretical and practical aspects:

As for the theoretical aspect, it addressed the linguistic connotations and words from the perspective of the scholars of Shari'a, and the perspective of linguists. And weighting and its judgments.

As for the practical aspect, it required the extrapolation of the book and extracting the hadithsin which the …


تعجيل الزكاة وتأخيرها في الفقه الإسلامي Acceleration And Delay Of Zakat In The Islamic Jurisprudence, Saleh Al-Ali Jun 2020

تعجيل الزكاة وتأخيرها في الفقه الإسلامي Acceleration And Delay Of Zakat In The Islamic Jurisprudence, Saleh Al-Ali

Jordan Journal of Islamic Studies

The purpose of the research is to explain the Shari'ah ruling on the issue of accelerating and delaying Zakat, and the related issues that are related to the difference of jurists in different doctrines of jurisprudence. And the effect of natural and abnormal conditions in this provision. In order to achieve this objective, the content of the research was divided into three subjects. It spoke about the concept of accelerating and delaying zakaah, the zakaah ruling instantly and lassitude, the funds that may be accelerated, the expedited ruling on money if zakaah is not deducted, and the delay provisions on …


الآثار الشرعية لأحكام الجعالة أو الوعد بالجائزة في المجالات السياسية The Sharia Effects Of The Provisions Of The Promise Of A Award In The Political Fields, Mohammad Ibrahim Abu Jreban Jun 2020

الآثار الشرعية لأحكام الجعالة أو الوعد بالجائزة في المجالات السياسية The Sharia Effects Of The Provisions Of The Promise Of A Award In The Political Fields, Mohammad Ibrahim Abu Jreban

Jordan Journal of Islamic Studies

This study investigated the impact of royalty on the political fields, either internal or external and international. It also studied the most important rules of royalty contract and displayed the statements of preventers and permissive in addition to their clear evidences. Moreover, the study investigated the issues related to these political fields including the development of country’s economy, arrangement of governance policy within the country, the most important area of foreign policy of the Islamic country which is publishing the Islam globally by following stimuli means, and finally the impact of international cooperation policy to enable human values to extend …


Islamic And Middle East Area Studies Librarianship, Walid Ghali, Waseem Farooq, Paul Auchterlonie, Arnoud Vrolijk Jun 2020

Islamic And Middle East Area Studies Librarianship, Walid Ghali, Waseem Farooq, Paul Auchterlonie, Arnoud Vrolijk

Abdou Filali-Ansary Occasional Paper Series

The three papers collected here are based on a seminar on Islamic Studies Librarianship held on 31 January 2019 at the Aga Khan Library (AKL), in conjunction with the Aga Khan University Institute for the Study of Muslim Civilisations (AKU-ISMC). Curators, area studies directors, and collection librarians, who are currently involved in this field, gathered to discuss common challenges and to identify strategic areas for collaboration.


Philanthropy From The Perspective Of The Holy Quran: A Case Study Among Muslim Community In Gansu Province, China, Zhan Qin Mao Jun 2020

Philanthropy From The Perspective Of The Holy Quran: A Case Study Among Muslim Community In Gansu Province, China, Zhan Qin Mao

Student Works (2020-2029)

It is Allah s commands being the main motivation and reason for people to seek philanthropy according to Islamic sharia. The study aims at clarifying the conceptual and jurisprudential framework of philanthropy by among the Mu Jim Community in Gansu Province in China. The theoretical par1 of this study was based on the descriptive and historical approaches, while the empirical side is based on analytical approach. This was done by using questionnaire as a research instrument through which data was collected by targeting a sample of those engaged in charitable work in the charities and centres in Gansu. The study …


Scientific Quranic Exegesis Via Internet: A Comparative Analysis Of Abdul Daem Alkaheel And Zaghloul El-Naggar Approaches In Their Websites, Afandi Lukman Jun 2020

Scientific Quranic Exegesis Via Internet: A Comparative Analysis Of Abdul Daem Alkaheel And Zaghloul El-Naggar Approaches In Their Websites, Afandi Lukman

Student Works (2020-2029)

With the rapid progress and development of information and communication technology (JCT), teaching and learning of the Quranic exegesis can be enhanced through the web page. Nevertheless, this does not mean a person can interpret it according to their own thinking. They are still bound by principles and rules which were suggested by well known scholars in this field. Likewise, scholars have put general guidelines of the scientific Quranic exegesis to ensure that those in this line will not go beyond their capability in understanding the Quranic texts. To relate the Quranic verses with scientific findings has its own guidelines …


Shock And Awe, Sectarianism, And Violence In Iraq Post-2003, Sarim Al-Rawi Jun 2020

Shock And Awe, Sectarianism, And Violence In Iraq Post-2003, Sarim Al-Rawi

Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects

The violence systematically deployed upon the prosperous nation of Iraq in 2003 was directly influenced by the Shock and Awe doctrine set forth by Harlan K. Ullman and James P. Wade in their 1996 book Shock and Awe: Achieving Rapid Dominance. The experimental methods of warfare and violence outlined in the text describe methods for the systematic destruction of every major aspect of a nation and society, militarily, economically, and socially. In the wake of the US Invasion of Iraq, we saw the direct implementation of these methods by the occupation forces, setting off a brutal cycle of violence that …


Devotional Literature Of The Prophet Muhammad In South Asia, Zahra F. Syed Jun 2020

Devotional Literature Of The Prophet Muhammad In South Asia, Zahra F. Syed

Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects

Many Sufi poets are known for their literary masterpieces that combine the tropes of love, religion, and the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH). In a thorough analysis of these works, readers find that not only were these prominent authors drawing from Sufi ideals to venerate the Prophet, but also outputting significant propositions and arguments that helped maintain the preservation of Islamic values, and rebuild Muslim culture in a South Asian subcontinent that had been in a state of colonization for centuries. The continued practice of both ritualistic and literary veneration of the Prophet became a key factor in this preservation and rejuvenation …


Introducing A Comparative Ecotheology: Islamic Concept Of Basmalah And Luther’S Commentary On The Ten Commandments, Sayed Hassan Akhlaq May 2020

Introducing A Comparative Ecotheology: Islamic Concept Of Basmalah And Luther’S Commentary On The Ten Commandments, Sayed Hassan Akhlaq

Consensus

In our trying time of the COVID-19 pandemic, this paper discusses current environmental concerns in light of critical questions about the relationship between God and Mother Earth. This paper addresses this question in an inter-religious context. In order to fulfil its original duty of inculcating spirituality, faith can build a bridge between God and people on a constructive understanding of the Earth. To this end, Christianity and Islam offer notions of divine grace and divine lutf to do this duty. In this paper, I examine two inspiring sources: the Islamic motto of Basmalah, and Luther’s commentary on the Ten Commandments …


A Way Of Life: Trauma And Resilience Among Muslim Sexual Minorities In Cape Town, South Africa, Afshan Kamrudin May 2020

A Way Of Life: Trauma And Resilience Among Muslim Sexual Minorities In Cape Town, South Africa, Afshan Kamrudin

Anthropology Theses and Dissertations

Ask any Cape Town Muslim “what is Islam?”, and the first words that will come out of their mouths will be, “Islam is a way of life”. Among Muslim sexual minorities, the answer is resoundingly the same. Stating that Islam is a way of life indicates there are prescribed rules and codes of conduct that one must follow in order to be a Muslim. As such, the experience of these prescriptions and expectations are culture specific and context-dependent. The purpose of this dissertation is to explore the ways in which Muslim sexual minorities living in Cape Town, South Africa experience …