This dissertation challenges the prevailing rentier state interpretation of political life in the countries of the Arab Gulf, a theoretical framework little changed for more than a quarter century. It does so by evaluating for the first time the fundamental claim of rentier theo…
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Within the international relations and political science literature about violent non-state actors claiming inspiration from the Islamic faith (frequently referred to as "jihadists"), there is a debate about whether religious ideas are a causal factor in motivating people toward…
Since the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, Islamic terrorism has been propagated as a seemingly unavoidable threat to our daily lives. However, the globally oriented anti-Western jihad movement peaked in the late 1990s and early 2000s and has since been in decline. Acros…
The purpose of this study was to examine and explore the meanings, structures and essence of the lived experience of Muslim women via an Islamic theoretical (Kalam) framework. The study's goal was to describe a detailed and comprehensive description of how Muslim women use Islam…
The pivotal role Islamism will play in the post-Arab Spring global dynamic drives this thesis. It analyses the various origins and ideologies of the most seminal Islamist movement, the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood. As Egypt serves as the socio-political fulcrum of the Middle East…
This dissertation explores the intersection of secular and historically Islamic forms in Iranian debates over the role of Muslim scholars in the modern world. I draw on textual publications (both print and online) that are intended for public consumption and authored by governme…
This dissertation traces the fate of groups in Indonesia who sought to make their country an Islamic state by transforming politics and society. Although these groups played a critical role in winning Indonesia's independence during the Indonesian Revolution (1945-1949), divisio…
This dissertation presents an ethnography of the ways in which an ideology and practices of "paying attention" (kolosi in Bamana and Maninka) pervade modes of sociality, knowing, and being among contemporary rural Muslims living in the Mande region of Mali, between Bamako and th…
In general, my research examines how groups of Muslims interpret and embody religious and environmental beliefs and practices, create religious identities, craft communities, and negotiate the boundaries and points of connection between their communities and larger Muslim, cultu…
In this dissertation, I ask what happens to our understanding of transnational jihadism, and specifically the work of al-Qaeda if we enter into dialogue with jihadists on what they advance and elide in their use of martyrdom operations qua politics through the use of comparative…
The dissertation addresses the social and political experiences of Muslim-Americans within the Muslim community and as part of the larger pluralistic society. It focuses specifically on experiences of distrust and disenfranchisement and the challenges they pose to social and pol…
The Iranian Constitutional Revolution of 1906-1911 was a complex event with diverse ideological orientations. It established Iran's first elected parliament (the Majlis ), which included members of various social classes and also succeeded to ratify Iran's first Constitution, wh…
This dissertation addresses the Insider Movement paradigm in ministry to Muslims by assessing to what extent Muslims who come to faith in the Lord Jesus Christ may permanently retain Muslim identity. This research presents data from Islamic literature on Muslim identity, as well…
This thesis analyzes Shia-Sunni sectarianism in the northern tribal areas of Pakistan, and the role of Iran in exacerbating such violence in recent years. The northern tribal regions have been experiencing an unprecedented level of violence between Sunnis and Shias since the ris…
This dissertation evaluates the political history of Islam through the prism of the Sunni conception of authority. It finds an historical red thread that explains the legal and political evolution of different types of Islamic government that have, instead of a European-type sov…
My dissertation asks how influential is Islam for political participation in Indonesia. I examine the varied ways in which Islam presents itself in contemporary Indonesian politics, particularly at the level of the masses, and the conditions under which Muslim Indonesians engage…
This thesis examines the need to revisit ijtihad (critical and interpretive reading of Islamic law and religious texts) in order to effectively deal with contemporary dilemmas and challenges to globalization. Contemporarily, Muslim majority countries are facing conflict, ethical…
This phenomenological study describes the subjective experiences of three white American males' conversion to Islam. The study explored the experiences prior to and following the participants' conversion, as well as looked specifically at how their whiteness and masculinity infl…
Scholarly research on African American based Mosques in Baltimore City is minute when compared to scholarly works done on African American based Churches. Masjid Al Haqq, which was previously called Mosque Six, has been a mainstay for African Americans seeking Islamic guidance i…