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Showing 1 to 13 of 13 for “"Shi'a"”.
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The Effect of the Sunni-Shi'a Conflict in Shaping Arab Countries' Response to the Shi'a Crescent and a Nuclearizing Iran
This paper examines the Sunni-Shi'a divide within Islam and the role it plays in shaping Sunni Arab governments' response to the rising "Shi'a crescent” and a revolutionary Shi'a Iran. Sunnis have politically dominated every country in the region, except non- Arab Iran, since their initial victory …
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Medina in the Ayyubid period and the Shi'a influence upon it
… the Ayyubid period, discussing and analysing the Shi'a emergence in the city in that time, and the transfer to them of power, the judiciary and the key religious positions. It also discusses their influence over the various facets of life there. The study comprises an introduction, six central …
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The Shi'a Muslims of the United Provinces of India, c 1890-1940
… religious, social and political change among the Shia Muslims of the United Provinces of colonial India, c. 1890-1940. Focusing especially, upon the towns of Lucknow and Amroha but discussing the region as a whole, it traces the formation of a community identity among Shia Muslims, and questions …
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Analysing contemporary Shi'a political landscape in post-2003 Iraq: a Bourdieusian perspective on power dynamics
… the evolving power dynamics within the Shi'a political landscape in post-2003 Iraq. The study employs Pierre Bourdieu's theoretical framework and conflict resolution theories to dissect the interplay of historical legacies, cultural, symbolic, and coercive capital among Shi'a factions. …
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Islamic nurture in the West : approaches to parenting amongst second generation Pakistanis and Khojas in Peterborough
… is in Pakistan, and the other group, the Khoja Shi'a Ithna'asheri, are East African Asian Muslims. This qualitative study is based on interviews with parents about their approaches to the religious nurture of their children and the ways in which this was similar to or different from their own …
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Varying Views of Democracy Among Iraqi Citizens, 2005-2018
… as the country moved from Authoritarian (Guardianship) and Thin (Successorship) views of democracy to a Deep (Western) liberal view. I trace the evolution of democracy in Iraq by probing the possible influences of religious, cultural, historical, external, socioeconomic, and physical factors …
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Women's rights in Islam and current discourse of international human rights law
… male over female in marriage), divorce, guardianship and custody, women's testimony which is worth half that of a man in financial transactions; inheritance rights of women where women are entitled to half the share of a man in a comparable situation; polygamy and some issues in Islamic penal law …
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Revolutions and 'Rough Cuts': Bodily Technologies for Regulating Sexuality in Contemporary Iran
… to the clerical-led Islamic Republic, there are shifts and continuities in the modes of regulation. This is especially evident during periods of economic, social, and political crises. Moreover, I contend that in most of these sites, the body is one of the ways through which sexuality is …
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Associational Life, Print Culture and Political Thought in Najaf, 1905-c.1941
… the twentieth century. One of the most important Shi’i religious and scholarly cities in the world, Najaf was transformed by the momentous political and social changes wrought by the demise of the Ottoman Empire and the formation of the Iraqi nation state. Despite increased interest in Iraqi …
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Persia Rising: Iran's Nuclear Program
… activities, and deception by the Iranian leadership require the United States to address the likelihood that Iran will continue to pursue nuclear weapons, will not peacefully change its current course, and without intervention, will succeed in its quest to become a nuclear power.</p>
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Fault Lines: Ideology, Pragmatism, and Geopolitics in the Islamic Republic of Iran
… was founded upon revolutionary interpretation of Shi’a Islam. This ideology, first articulated and implemented by Ayatollah Ruhullah al-Musavi Khomeini, served as the animating force behind much of Iran’s behavior in the 1980s. With Khomeini’s death in 1989, Iran was faced with an important …