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Showing 1 to 20 of 546 for “"Muslims"”.
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Making Muslims American: CAIR's Portrayal of American Muslims in Public Service Announcements
Although Muslims have resided in the United States since the early seventeenth century and have enriched the religious, cultural, and political fabric of our diverse country, the American media has historically portrayed Muslims as barbaric, irrational, and anti-modern non-citizens who reject the …
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Developing an Intergroup Anxiety toward Muslims Scale
… a measure that assesses levels of anxiety non-Muslims experience when thinking of interacting with Muslims. Two studies were conducted to assess the reliability and validity of the new measure. In Study 1, an exploratory factor analysis identified 16 items that reliably assessed intergroup …
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Some Principles of Christian Mission to Muslims
… should be formulated in Christian mission to Muslims to lead them to the saving power of Jesus Christ. The subject matter has been divided into two parts: 1) information relevant to theological doctrines and 2) the recommendations or findings.</p> <p>In the first part in regard to the doctrine …
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Muslims in Multicultural Western Societies and the Emergence of Western Muslim Identities – The Case of Muslims in New Zealand and Australia
In today’s globalised world, many Muslims live within the boundaries of multicultural Western societies. This has changed the academic debate from focusing on “Islam and the West” to including “Islam in the West.” Hence, it is crucial for research to focus on Muslims living in Western societies and …
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Muslims and the Relational State: Contesting Security, Identity, Diversity
Muslims and the Relational State: Contesting Security, Identity, Diversity Tobias Müller Interactions between Muslims and the state have become deeply contested political issues in 21st century Europe. States relate to Muslims in very different ways, in some instances as law-abiding citizens, …
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Understanding Hindus' and Muslims' solutions for peace in Gujarat, India
… and their solutions for peace between Hindus and Muslims in Gujarat, India. The study also focused on peacebuilding efforts after the Hindu-Muslim violence in Gujarat in 2002.Members of a local NGO collaborated on the project by acting as gatekeepers in the field. Semi-structured interviews were …
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Male Arab-Muslims Health and Health Promotion Perceptions and Practices
… was to develop knowledge about the male Arab-Muslims' health perceptions and health promotion perceptions and practices. This qualitative exploratory study used a grounded theory approach to gain an understanding of Arab Muslim men's health perceptions and practices within their cultural …
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Negotiating differences in mixed marriages - Christians and Muslims in Greece
… Asian Muslim-born immigrants, native minority Muslims and Greek converts to Islam. I follow intermarriage as an iterative process of trajectories and awakenings to mixedness and present identity shifts and exchanges, negotiations and practices during the family formation process. Novel data on …
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Religious Identity, Ideology, and Dilemma of Bangladeshi Muslims in Atlanta
… will analyze the religious life of Bangladeshi Muslims in Atlanta, Georgia. Previous research recognized a significant clash between secular nationalistic ideology and Islamic ideology in Bangladesh and elsewhere; therefore, this research focuses on Atlanta’s Bangladeshi Muslims’ identity and …
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A study of the dissolution of marriage among Javanese Muslims
… that the dissolution of marriage among Javanese Muslims in the area I investigated is governed by Islam in a number of ways. First, Islam is the source of law which regulates divorce. Second, Islamic divorce law is administrated by the religious officialdom. Third, socially, Islamic teachings …
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A study of the dissolution of marriage among Javanese Muslims
… that the dissolution of marriage among Javanese Muslims in the area I investigated is governed by Islam in a number of ways. First, Islam is the source of law which regulates divorce. Second, Islamic divorce law is administrated by the religious officialdom. Third, socially, Islamic teachings …
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The Yao Muslims : religion and social change in southern Malawi
… then moves on to the transformations of the Yao Muslims in the hundred years since their conversion. A model of religious change is developed that attempts to account for both the dynamics of change and the contemporary situation of Islam in southern Malawi. The Yao Muslims are shown to be …
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Evangelizing Bengali Muslims, 1793-1813: William Carey, William Ward, and Islam
… Islam and what was their resulting ministry to Muslims in Bengal during the first twenty years of BMS efforts in India? This dissertation argues that Carey and Ward had a deeply-held interest in Muslim evangelization and carried out that interest in an active ministry to Muslims. The first …
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Second generation South Asian Muslims' conceptualisations of religious and ethnic identity
Muslims have, in recent years, become the focus of political and social interest on a global scale. Protests against events such as the Gulf War and the Rushdie Affair have served to highlight in the media and popular consciousness that young Asian Muslims are perhaps not as 'passive and obedient' …
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South Asian Young British Muslims: Identity, Habitus and the Family Field
… Amongst other minority groups the position of Muslims, who are the second largest religious group in the UK, is particularly difficult. The 9/11 and London bombings (2005) have increased the moral panic about Muslims perceived as ‘hard to integrate’ and a threat to western democracies. In this …
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