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Sociology Of Islam & Muslim Societies, Newsletter No. 7, Tugrul Keskin Oct 2011

Sociology Of Islam & Muslim Societies, Newsletter No. 7, Tugrul Keskin

Sociology of Islam & Muslim Societies Newsletter

Table of Contents:

  • Social and Political Transformations in the Middle East by Umit Kurt and Oguz Alyanak
  • The Political Economy of Turkey’s Response to the Arab Spring by Altay Atli
  • Footsteps of Revolution in the Land of Queen Sheba by Bezen Balamir Coskun
  • Two Sides of the Same Coin; Conflicting Views of Islamism in Pakistan by Jeanette Bailey
  • Egypt and the "Arab Spring": Notes on Facts and Challenges by Moises Garduño García
  • The Arab Spring and the Turkish Model by Alper Y. Dede
  • Will Geopolitics Split Along Sectarian Lines in the Middle East? Witnessing the Rise of a Sectarian Speech …


Sociology Of Islam & Muslim Societies, Newsletter No. 6, Tugrul Keskin Jan 2011

Sociology Of Islam & Muslim Societies, Newsletter No. 6, Tugrul Keskin

Sociology of Islam & Muslim Societies Newsletter

Table of Contents:

  • Neo-Orientalism and Co-Optation in American Academia by Tugrul Keskin and Reed Taylor
  • Islam and Identity among Uyghurs by Mettursun Beydulla
  • Islamism Between the Political Dialectic and the Societal Reality by Abdennour Toumi
  • Islam in Politics, not Islamic Politics by Shane Joshua Barter
  • Taming The Tigers: Gender Relations and The Cultural Geneaology of Neocolonialism in Afghanistan by Nathaniel A. Davis
  • Women, Islam, and Gender Inequality in post-conflict Aceh, Indonesia by Reed Taylor
  • A Dissenting Voice on Pakistan’s Blasphemy Law by Yoginder Sikand
  • A Book Review: The Afghanistan Challenge: Hard Realities and Strategic Choices by Fatemeh Shayan
  • A Book …


Sociology Of Islam & Muslim Societies, Newsletter No. 5, Tugrul Keskin Apr 2010

Sociology Of Islam & Muslim Societies, Newsletter No. 5, Tugrul Keskin

Sociology of Islam & Muslim Societies Newsletter

Table of Contents:

  • Introduction by Tugrul Keskin and Najm al-Din Yousefi
  • Reflections on Democracy, Non-Violence and Political Change in Iran by Nader Hashemi - Page 3
  • An Interview with Iranian Political Scientist Hossein Bashiriyeh by Danny Postel - Page 6
  • The role of religious agents in modern Iran by Wladimir van Wilgenburg - Page 24
  • Identity Narratives among Second-Generation Iranians in the United States by Sahar Sadeghi - Page 28
  • Writers’ Inferno, Ivayla Datseva - Page 32
  • Iran-Yemen Relations and Regional Implications by Ladan Yazdian - Page 39
  • Reconstructions, Reform and Ahmadinejad: Iran’s Political Revolutions 1989-2009 by Marcus W. Dorsen …


Sociology Of Islam & Muslim Societies, Newsletter No. 4, Tugrul Keskin Jul 2009

Sociology Of Islam & Muslim Societies, Newsletter No. 4, Tugrul Keskin

Sociology of Islam & Muslim Societies Newsletter

Table of Content:

  • Introduction, Charles Kurzman
  • An Interview with Dr. Y. Tzvi Langermann on Islamic Studies and Islam in Israel by Tugrul Keskin and Najm al-Din Yousefi
  • The Islamicity of Different Interpretations of ḤIJĀB by Rachel Woodlock
  • Representation of Islam and Muslims by the British Government Between 2001 and 2007 by Leon Moosavi
  • Scholarly Research in the Madrassa: A Brief Overview by Maulana Waris Mazhari (Translated by Yoginder Sikand)
  • Shah Mahmoud Hanifi’s lecture on the US Foreign Policy and Afghanistan: The Colonial Market for Afghan Languages by Lindsay N. Meath
  • A New Book: The Clash of Modernities: The Islamist Challenge …


Sociology Of Islam & Muslim Societies, Newsletter No. 3, Tugrul Keskin Oct 2008

Sociology Of Islam & Muslim Societies, Newsletter No. 3, Tugrul Keskin

Sociology of Islam & Muslim Societies Newsletter

Table of Contents:

  • Interview with Sherry Jones on Her Novel “The Jewel of Medina”, Islam and Free Speech
  • The Strange Case of the UIJ, or the evolutions of Uzbek Jihadism by Didier Chaudet
  • 'Hizb ut-Tahrir in Uzbekistan: A Postcolonial Perspective' by Reed Taylor Islamic Banking by Husnul Amin


Sociology Of Islam & Muslim Societies, Newsletter No. 2, Tugrul Keskin, Gary Wood Jul 2008

Sociology Of Islam & Muslim Societies, Newsletter No. 2, Tugrul Keskin, Gary Wood

Sociology of Islam & Muslim Societies Newsletter

Table of Contents:

  • Feminism in Kuwait by Meredith Katz
  • Research Abstracts and Updates: Babak Rahimi on Public Islam in Iraq; Thomas Pierret on Ulema in Modern Islam; CESS 2008 Islam Panel Neo-Imperialism and the Promotion of Democracy in Central Asia; and ASA 2008, Boston Islam and Muslim Societies Panels and Roundtables


Sociology Of Islam & Muslim Societies, Newsletter No. 1, Tugrul Keskin, Gary Wood Apr 2008

Sociology Of Islam & Muslim Societies, Newsletter No. 1, Tugrul Keskin, Gary Wood

Sociology of Islam & Muslim Societies Newsletter

Table of Contents:

  • Welcome
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  • Upcoming Conferences and Web Sites of Interest
  • Forthcoming Edited Volume: Survey of Islamic Ideas and the Sociology of Islam & Muslim Societies
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