ISLAMIC ETHICS
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Islamic Movements in Lebanon
Throughout the last two years of our work with youths in North Lebanon, we, in MASAR, started noticing the impact of Islamic…
The changing religious composition of Nigeria: causes and implications of…
At nearly170 million inhabitants, Nigeria is Africa’s most populous country by twofold and fertility levels remain higher than…
Mapping the Activities of Faith-based Organizations in Development in…
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Islam and Business
The underdevelopment of many of the Muslim economies along the Silk Road is often ascribed to the negative effects of Islam. Yet…
John Buchan’s British-Designed: Jihad in Greenmantle
John Buchan (1875–1940) was the director of British Intelligence in the last two years of World War i and a novelist, too. His…
A German “Illusive Love”: Rashīd Ridā’s Perceptions of the First World War…
The inevitable event comes to pass … as enticed by the vanity of the Great States. It was thought that their politicians due to…
The Man Who Would Be Caliph: Sharīfian Propaganda in World War I
The purpose of Sharīfian propaganda during the war was first and foremost to gain Muslim, Arab and British recognition of the…
War, Propaganda and Architecture Cemal Pasha’s Restoration of Islamic…
In the following I am sending a few notes on the German survey of Damascus. The copy I am sending, from which the accompanying…
Architectural Jihad: The “Halbmondlager” Mosque of Wünsdorf as an…
During World War i two camps for Muslim prisoners of war were established in Wünsdorf and Zossen about 50km south of Berlin: the…
Gendering Jihad Ottoman Muslim Women and War during the Early Twentieth…
In November 1914 the fatwas issued by the Shaykh ül Islam Hayri Efendi, in which Muslims were called upon to take up arms against…
Propaganda or Culture War: Jihad, Islam, and Nationalism in Turkish…
During the period of the jealously guarded absolute power of the cup, from the Bab-ı âli (Sublime Porte) Raid of 23 January 1913…
Ottoman Jihad or Jihads The Ottoman Shīʿī Jihad, the Successful One
In his provocative Holy War Made in Germany, the Dutch orientalist Christiaan Snouck Hurgronje maintained that the Ottoman grand…
Domestic Aspects of Ottoman Jihad: The Role of Religious Motifs and…
Discussions on the Ottoman proclamation of the Great Jihad (Cihad-ı Ekber) in World War i usually focus only on its repercussions…
(Not) Using Political Islam: The German Empire and Its Failed Propaganda…
The defeat of Nazi Germany in World War ii brought to an end what Bloch has termed the imperial phase of German history…
The Ottoman Proclamation of Jihad
Why did the Ottoman empire proclaim Jihad in November 1914 and who was the proclamation’s genuine author? Did the impetus come…
Christiaan Snouck Hurgronje, “Holy War” and Colonial Concerns
In the January 1915 issue of the leading Dutch cultural journal De Gids Christiaan Snouck Hurgronje (1857–1936) published an…
Classical Islamic Discourse on the Origins of Language: Cultural Memory and…
Classical Islamic scholarship developed two principal theses on the subject of the origin of language (aṣl al-lugha). The first…
Media in Muslim Contexts: Inventing and Reinventing Identities (Abstracts)
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Religious Ideas: Islam in the Malay Press
The coverage of Islam in Malaysian newspapers is an intricate matter. This paper discusses the concept of Islam and other…