To contextualize the analysis, the study pays special attention to Indonesia's relations with Pakistan as a major case study. Modern Algeria has been, in many ways, a harbinger of events and trends that have affected the Arab and Muslim worlds. The country's bold experiment in democratization broke down in the early s, largely over the question of whether the Islamic Salvation Front FIS should be permitted to come to power following its victories in local, regional, and national elections.
A devastating civil war followed. Now that order has been restored and the country has a new government, questions about governance, Islam and international relationships are once again at the top of Algeria's political agenda.
How these issues are resolved will not only determine Algeria's future, but will also have important implications for other states in North Africa and the western Mediterranean. A critical study reveals the story behind the increasingly popular call for the establishment of the traditional Islamic state in the modern Muslim world and provides a sweeping history of the traditional Islamic constitution, examining the various provisions of the shari'a and arguing for the creation of new institutions that can restore a constitutional balance of power.
Is it time to negotiate with bin Laden? Is lying about sex ever-or perhaps often-a good idea? To what extent do religion and culture shape the ways in which we communicate? What is the mysterious syndrome called CHOIS, with which many long-time pessimists suddenly find themselves diagnosed? In Almost a Foreign Country, a collection of columns, articles and aphorisms, Manfred Wolf brings his unique perspective to bear on a broad range of aspects characterizing our current reality and the way we live now.
From love and the relationships between men and women to time and aging, from current political and social issues to the ever-changing face of language-Wolf tackles them all, often combining humor with a sharp, somber perception of the issues that concern us all.
His point of view is always unflinching, original, and unapologetic. Manfred Wolf is a university professor, a widely published writer and a world traveler who has spent time in several very different cultures. Almost a Foreign Country provides its readers the unique opportunity to spend some time in his company and enjoy the many pleasures of his experience, wit, and always fascinating opinions.
The principal strength of this book is that it not only combines historical and theoretical arguments in order to provide a better understanding of the foreign relations of a predominantly Muslim country from a critical and interdisciplinary perspective, but it also applies the new approach to the analysis of Turkish foreign policy towards the South Caucasus between and Hence, it stands out with its original interdisciplinary approach to the Turkish transition and foreign policy-making that offers perspectives on the extant possibilities for the particular transitional states resulting from the Arab spring uprisings.
How do Muslims who grew up after September 11 balance their love for hip-hop with their devotion to Islam? How do they live the piety and modesty called for by their faith while celebrating an art form defined, in part, by overt sexuality, violence, and profanity? In Representing Islam, Kamaludeen Mohamed Nasir explores the tension between Islam and the global popularity of hip-hop, including attempts by the hip-hop ummah, or community, to draw from the struggles of African Americans in order to articulate the human rights abuses Muslims face.
Nasir explores state management of hip-hop culture and how Muslim hip-hoppers are attempting to "Islamize" the genre's performance and jargon to bring the music more in line with religious requirements, which are perhaps even more fraught for female artists who struggle with who has the right to speak for Muslim women.
Nasir also investigates the vibrant underground hip-hop culture that exists online. For fans living in conservative countries, social media offers an opportunity to explore and discuss hip-hop when more traditional avenues have been closed. Representing Islam considers the complex and multifaceted rise of hip-hop on a global stage and, in doing so, asks broader questions about how Islam is represented in this global community. Emon Anver M. Author : Anver M. This volume provides a comprehensive survey of the contemporary study of Islamic law and a critical analysis of its deficiencies.
Written by outstanding senior and emerging scholars in their fields, it offers an innovative historiographical examination of the field of Islamic law and an ideal introduction to key personalities and concepts. While capturing the state of contemporary Islamic legal studies by chronicling how far the field has come, the Handbook also explains why certain debates recur and indicates fundamental gaps in our knowledge.
This study concludes that Islam, to a limited degree, is used by the Indonesian government to relate with Pakistan, but it has not become the major consideration and real reference in shaping Jakarta's foreign policy towards Islamabad.
The role of Islam is marginal. The relationship between Indonesia and Pakistan is dominated by secular economic and political agendas The Islamic Revolution in has created a new Iran that, in its roots, accounts for fundamentalist Islamic laws and doctrines, the export of its revolutionary ideology and rejection of western culture or values. Has it always been an instrument for the expression of Islamic revolutionary ideas and animosity toward the west?
The period of transition Chapter 2. Chapter 3 will analyse the foreign policy of Iran during the presidency of A. Rafsanjani and identify a first shift in the policy paradigm.
The Preface maintains that we are living in a globally interdependent world in which it is imperative for the non-Muslim world to understand the faith of 1. This book also provides readers with a list of annotated Internet sites on Islam. In addition, a list of articles and books on Islam and the Muslim world, a selected glossary of key terms, and a comprehensive and easy to access index are provided.
Contemporary views vary tremendously, even among Sufis themselves. The three main themes: piety, politics, and popular culture are explored in relation to the Islamic and Western contexts that shape them, as well as to the historical conditions that frame contemporary debates. This book will fascinate anyone interested in the challenges of contemporary Sufism as well as its relationship to Islam, gender, and the West.
It offers an ideal starting point from which undergraduate and postgraduate students, teachers and lecturers can explore Sufism today. Those who have a voice don't care about the voiceless. What interests them most of the time is what's in it for them.
Every day you'll see a crusader making believe he is helping the little people. Not true. It is the glory of being seen on television. One crusader gave interviews and very soon he became one of them and forget all about the little people. He used to tell the voiceless that they are not alone. The sad part is they believed him, even though they knew it was too good to be true, but still hoping that he was different.
People always believed what they wanted to, even when they faced reality. They still refused to see it: Mistreatment can only happen in foreign country, and child abuse doesn't exist in the United States. Americans don't have to go to Bosnia, Honduras, or Pakistan to find the abusers, they are here with us every step of the way.
The powerful people refused to see them. The abusers are, and can be, everywhere. Abu Sulayman, Religion Posted on Social Science Posted on Posted on Political Science Posted on This book explores the roles of Islam in Indonesia's foreign policy.
History Posted on Literary Collections Posted on Anyway, most startlingly, unlike Indonesia, both Saudi Arabia and Iran have significantly claimed as the leading states for the world's Muslim community, in which accordingly they ought to bear a religious duty and responsibility to promote a peaceful Islam in the world amid the both countries' long standing rivalry regionally and globally. To read the book, you will find out the answer for a question, why do pragmatical approaches lead the countries to direct their respective foreign policies for achieving Islamic interests to be no more than just rethoric?
Have a read. Score: 4. A sincere and intelligent act of self-questioning. Increasingly, though, the disconnect between the chaos of world events and the response at home took on pressing urgency for her. Seeking to understand the Muslim world that had been reduced to scaremongering headlines, she moved to Istanbul.
Over the course of years of living in Turkey and traveling in Greece, Egypt, Afghanistan, and Iran, she learned a great deal about these countries and their cultures. But the most unsettling surprise would be what she learned about her own country - and herself, an American abroad in the era of American decline.
Blending memoir, journalism, and history, Notes on a Foreign Country is a moving reflection on America's place in the world. It is a powerful journey of self-discovery and revelation - a profound reckoning with what it means to be American in a moment of national and global turmoil.
During this time, the archipelago attracted international attention as the most-populated Muslim-majority country in the world. Combining field-collected data and a theoretical reflexion, it offers a distanced analysis which deepens theoretical approaches on transnational religious actors. Providing original research in Asian Studies, while filling an empirical gap in international relations theory, this book will be of interest to scholars of Indonesian Studies, Islamic Studies, International Relations and Asian Politics.
Indonesia is a country with the world's largest Muslim community, where the political meaning of Islam is contested in the process of nation-building. Islam has come under increasing scrutiny by international relations scholars, particularly since Islamic extremism has become one of the major challenges to the post-Cold War world order.
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