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Showing 1 to 20 of 27 for “"Muslim societies"”.
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Building new thoughts : the Aga Kahn Award for Architecture
… that have contributed to architecture in the Muslim world. The scope of the AKAA enterprise is vast and informed by a vision that builds on establishing a critical foundation for the project of rethinking architecture for Muslim societies. That vision began with a challenge set by His Highness …
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Women in contemporary Islamic societies
… status of women in contemporary Islamic societies. The approach adopted to develop the discussion is an analytical one. Because of the wide controversy over status of women in Muslim societies, particular and deliberate emphasis is given to the Islamic rules and principles and how they …
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The radical tradition in Islam and the Islamist tendency in contemporary Egypt
This is a study of the response of Muslim societies to crises. It examines the conditions under which Islam becomes a force for revolution, identifies those Islamic concepts and attitudes which promote or inhibit revolutionary sentiments and activity, and looks at the role played by the …
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Education in the Arab-Islamic world
… reform. It is argued that education in the Arab/Muslim world faces serious problems. Educational reform cannot be achieved in isolation; it has to be part of a full scale reform that tackles social, economic and cultural issues. It is contended that cultural values, economic, social and political …
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Battered women in Muslim communities in the Western Cape : religious constructions of gender, marriage, sexuality and violence
Historically Muslim women have been marginalised in the examination of Islamic texts and Muslim society. This has resulted in the non-recognition and silencing of women's perspectives as well as the concealment of some of the traumatic realities experienced by groups of Muslim women. Exacerbated by …
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Occidentalism in Late Nineteenth Century Egypt
… the effects of Western foreign policies on the Muslim world, and the attitudes of each writer toward Muslim governments and toward the socially conservative Muslim masses. At the policy level, the study argues that any policy seeking to reform Arabs' perceptions of the US and the West should …
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Woman in Islam: A Stereotyped Westernized Imagee in Nawal Al Saadawi's "Woman at Point Zero"
… the highly stereotyped and Westernized image of Muslim woman as exemplified in the literary work of the Egyptian writer, Nawal Al Saadawi. The thesis focuses on how Nawal Al Saadawi, through her novel Woman at Point Zero, believes, as the Western world, feminists and readers do, that Islam has …
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Woman in Islam: A Stereotyped Westernized Imagee in Nawal Al Saadawi's "Woman at Point Zero"
… the highly stereotyped and Westernized image of Muslim woman as exemplified in the literary work of the Egyptian writer, Nawal Al Saadawi. The thesis focuses on how Nawal Al Saadawi, through her novel Woman at Point Zero, believes, as the Western world, feminists and readers do, that Islam has …
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Islamic culture and the question of women’s human rights in North Africa : a study of short stories by Assia Djebar and Alifa Rifaat
… the creative representation of contemporary Muslim society and its treatment of women. The continued marginalization of women in Muslim societies has led to the rise of feminist movements in North Africa and the Middle East. Muslim women, like their Christian counterparts, have made a most …
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Facing the conflicts and complicities betweencapitalist modernisation and Islamisation : a study of women’s subjectivities and emancipatorystruggles in Iran
… status in Iran, but with reference to other Muslim societies in the Middle East. To explore the possibility of women’s emancipation in Iran, the thesis focuses on, firstly, the position of women in relation to the forces of capitalist modernisation and Islamisation; secondly and more …
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The Role of Hijra in the History of Deoband: Preserving Islam in a Minority Context
… year of his prophethood (622 CE). Historically, Muslim groups, organisations and individuals who share the same ethical outlook as Muhammad have used the concept of hijra to reflect on notions of territory dār al-islam (abode of Islam) or dār al-kufr (abode of dis-belief), and their ensuing …
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The Influence of Islamic Work Ethic on Employees’ Responses Towards Organizational Change: An Empirical Investigation on Islamic Banks in Kuwait
… towards organizational change, particularly in Muslim societies. Despite this, studies attempting to uncover IWE’s influence on characteristics of employees’ responses towards change have revealed varying outcomes. Thus, the nature of the relationship remains ambiguous. To tackle this gap, this …
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Le rôle du hammam féminin dans la construction et la consolidation des identités sexuées en Algérie et au Maroc
… or public bath, is a key space in the Arabo-Muslim societies of Algeria and Morocco. In those two countries, the division between men and women, still important today, is also noticeable inside the public bath, since men and women do not mingle. The question of gendered identity appears. More …
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Islam in the British broadsheets: how historically-conditioned orientalist discourses inform representations of Islam as a militant monolithic entity
… of Islam. The thesis argues that Islam and Muslim societies are a highly diverse reality, which is not confined only to extremism, confrontation, violence, terrorism and antagonism towards everything Western and challenges the monolithic approach that reinforces blanket generalisations, …
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Enchanted welfare : Islamic imaginary and giving to strangers in Turkey
… waqf has been the main welfare provider in Muslim societies and has provided a legitimate source of social citizenship. Though its various features, it has shaped the enactments of citizenship throughout a vast geography. This research is also an endeavour to see how these historical …
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A critique of contemporary Islamist political philosophy with specific regard to the concept of Islamic state
… the Jama' ate Islami of Pakistan, the Ikhwan al Muslimin of Egypt, and the FIS of Algeria, have committed themselves to the ideal of attaining an 'Islamic state'. In their quest for the realization of this objective, they envisage a total mobilization of Muslim societies in accordance with "the …
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Advancing Emergency Department Efficiency, Infectious Disease Management at Mass Gatherings, and Self-Efficacy Through Data Science and Dynamic Modeling
… methods to predict student self-efficacy in Muslim societies, revealing the importance of socio-emotional traits, cognitive abilities, and regulatory competencies. It provided a basis for identifying students with varying levels of self-efficacy and developing tailored strategies to enhance …
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New Frontiers in Islamic Feminism: How Islamic Feminism is Being Shaped by Digital Media
By examining how Muslim women bloggers ground their feminism in Islam, this research disrupts oppositional framings of Islam and feminism. This study looks at how Muslim women bloggers on the Muslim Girl website highlight the feminist bent of Islamic teachings. The project asks: 1) What are some …
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Marriage and celibacy in mediaeval Islam : a study of Ghazali's Kitāb ādāb al-nikāḥ'
… debate on the merits of marriage, the particular Muslim attitude to sexuality, and the Islamic legal view of marriage. The Kitab adab al-nikah was written in the context of a religious debate on the merits of marriage and celibacy, a debate which first emerged in Sufi circles. The Kitab adab …
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Ijtihad in Twelver Shi-ism : the interpretation and application of Islamic law in the context of changing Muslim society
… and adapted to meet the changing needs of modem Muslim societies. The focus is on the Shi'ites' approach to the law with special reference to the debates in Iran following Imam Khomeini's emphasis on the "role of the time and place in Utihad". The thesis suggests that scientific knowledge in …
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