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Showing 1 to 20 of 42 for “"Muslim world"”.
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The Oil Blessing: Reexamining Conflict in the Muslim World
… prevalence of domestic political violence in the Muslim world. I show that the relationship between oil and intrastate conflict in the empirical literature is more ambiguous than commonly assumed. I test to see if the various measures of the oil resource predict any dimension of intrastate …
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Islamic Reformism on the Periphery of the Muslim World: Rezaeddin Fakhreddin (1895-1936)
… and ultimately redefined to fit the new world order.</p>
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Islamic Bioethics: National Regulations and Guidelines of Human Stem Cell Research in the Muslim World
… of human stem cells emerged recently in the Muslim world as one of the essential valuable areas of medicine for their vital role in developing regenerative medicine and treating chronic and incurable diseases. Existing studies indicate that most human stem cell researchers rely on varying …
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Diplomacy and US-Muslim world relations: the possibility of the post-secular and interfaith dialogue
… culminated in its unfavourable perception in the Muslim world. To counter this setback, leading think-tanks recommended that US public diplomacy must lead the way in order for America to reclaim its positive image. During the Bush administration, this guidance was applied through the expansion of …
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Invisible Humans, Visible Terrorists: U.S. Neo-Orientalism Post 9/11 and Representations of the Muslim World
… to and representations of Islam and the Muslim world that have a different point of departure from that of classical Orientalism. U.S. neo-Orientalism rationalizes military intervention and the Afghanistan and Iraq wars, as well as promoting the mission of American democracy. This study …
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CAN ISLAM AND DEMOCRACY COEXIST? A CROSS-NATIONAL ANALYSIS OF ISLAMIC INSTITUTIONS IN THE MUSLIM WORLD
… Islam and democracy are compatible in the Muslim world. While some scholars have argued that Islam is inherently incompatible with democracy many have found, in contrast, that Islam has many resources to accommodate a successful democratic state. If Islam is compatible with democratic …
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The mosque between modernity and tradition : a study of recent designs of mosque architecture in the Muslim world
Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Architecture, 1987.
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Multilevel Factors Associated with Uptake of Biomedical HIV Prevention Strategies in the Muslim World: a Study of Central Asia, India, and Mali
Countries with substantial Muslim populations are experiencing rapid changes in HIV prevalence. HIV testing and circumcision, as biomedical interventions, are the focus of this dissertation since biomedical strategies are the among the most efficacious HIV interventions. This dissertation examines …
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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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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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Examination of the Biblical texts that form the basis of evangelical Christian support for Israel, with special reference to the response of the International Christian Embassy Jerusalem
… the Jewish people from the Evangelical Christian world. This phenomena is attracting attention from many quarters, including secular as well as religious parties. This support is all the more pronounced because it is happening despite a barrage of antagonism directed against Israel by the world …
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Fault Lines: Ideology, Pragmatism, and Geopolitics in the Islamic Republic of Iran
… or to pursue his revolutionary vision of a Muslim world transformed by Iran’s Islamic government, or to become more pragmatic in its dealing with other states. This tension between pragmatism and ideology has created several difficult challenges for Iran as it attempts to expand its sphere …
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Comparative study on Abul Hasan Ali Nadwi's political thought with particular reference to his contempararies : Abul a la Mawdudi and Sayyid Qutb
… and religious movements re-emerged in the Muslim world with the aim of establishing Islamic rule in Muslim countries. These movements presented different methodologies in restoring Islamic rule. However, it is the contention of this thesis that this thinking is seriously discussed by …
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The Impact of Medieval Debates on the Nature of the Soul on Modern Discussions of Abortion and Euthanasia in Islam
… national laws on abortion and euthanasia in the Muslim world, as represented by Egypt, Iran, and Saudi Arabia, and Islamic philosophy. The underlying assumption behind this examination is that there will be clearly visible links between the debates in classical Islamic philosophy concerning the …
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Rights of power vs. power of rights: synthesis of Muslim built environments
… production that coexist in the contemporary Arab Muslim world. It argues that the contemporary (acquired modem-capitalist) mode is based on the concept of power; however, the traditional Islamic (inherited) mode is based on the concept of rights as derived from shari 'a (Islamic legal system). …
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Exorcism in Islam
… the Islamic parameters of the spiritual world of created beings. The second chapter consists of a discussion of the orthodox understanding of spirit-possession and a delineation of the prophetic methodology of exorcism. The third chapter is devoted to a study of tabulated data from …
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Identity politics and intellectual trajectories in Bukhara, 1917-1924
… reformist movements in Central Asia and the Muslim world in an age of revolution? Second, following failed efforts at reform and Soviet conquest, how were communism and communists created in Bukhara, and how did Bukharans define their position vis-à-vis Bolshevik ideology? Third, how did …
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Shangri La : architecture as collection
… Doris Duke planned her honeymoon trip to the Muslim world in 1935. Still, there is very little hard evidence of the Duke's interacting with such people during Doris' childhood. This begs the question, how did Doris Duke develop an interest in Islamic art and culture? Since she was a very …
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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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The Imam's charisma: an analysis of Imam Warith Deen Mohammed's leadership
… this requirement has declined in the modern Muslim world, it still remained strong enough that it created problems for Imam Warith Deen Mohammed because, although reports indicate that he learned Arabic and Islamic studies from individuals such as Jamil Diab at the Muhammad University of …
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