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Showing 1 to 6 of 6 for “"contemporary Islam"”.
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Cyber-Islamic Environments and Salafī-Ṣūfī Contestations Appropriating Digital Media and Challenges to Religious Authority
… study focuses on significant online intra-Islamic ideological contestations with particular focus on the schisms between Salafism and Sufism. The main attention is on the content and strategies of Salafī contestations with Sufism and, to a lesser extent, with certain creedal schools of …
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A light in every home : Huda TV's articulation of Orthodox Sunni Islam in the global mediascape
… is a case study of Huda TV, an English-language Islamic satellite channel broadcasting from Cairo, Egypt. The author collected participant observation data as an employee of the channel in 2005-2006. The primary research question asks how Huda TV asserts an Islamic presence in the satellite …
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Gender, Martyrdom, and the Management of Stigmatized Identities among Devout Muslims in the U.S.
This dissertation explores the role of gender in contemporary Islam and the daily lives of Muslim minorities. Specifically, I examine how social constructions of masculinity and femininity are manifest in militant jihad, and how young Muslims in America manage the stigma placed on them as a result …
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After subjectivity: a study of knowledge, ethics and art in Shia Islam
… of subjectivity and its corollary, the idea that contemporary religious life is characterised by objectification. Through an ethnographic study of the transnational Shia community between Qom, Iran and Sydney, Australia, I explore the putative objects of contemporary Muslim life, and the utility …
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After subjectivity: a study of knowledge, ethics and art in Shia Islam
… of subjectivity and its corollary, the idea that contemporary religious life is characterised by objectification. Through an ethnographic study of the transnational Shia community between Qom, Iran and Sydney, Australia, I explore the putative objects of contemporary Muslim life, and the utility …
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E-mams and Hybrid Muslims in 'Convergent Spaces': Intersections of Online and Offline Religions for Canadian and American Muslims at Reviving the Islamic Spirit Convention
… attendance and participation at the Reviving the Islamic Spirit (RIS) convention - an annual conference in Toronto - illustrates their desire to meet in person even though they also engage in religious learning and activities online. Through qualitative interviews, I discover that these young …