This dissertation studies the relationship between Sufism, the mystical branch of Islam, and political activism in Morocco. Its goal is to see if the Sufi saint, in his relation with the sultan, is apolitical, acquiescent, rebellious, or expert in retracing the boundaries of pol…
"1076" Result
Sort By:
This study is a feminist critique of the human rights discourse, with particular reference to modern Iran. My objective is to investigate the ways in which the discourse of human rights might be salvaged from both its nativist opponents and its universalist proponents--and then …
This dissertation focuses on how the Marrakech-based Almohads and their independent Muslim rivals in eastern al-Andalus contested spiritual and temporal power. The rulers of Sharq al-Andalus opposed Almohad claims to a divinely-granted authority rooted in a new messianic interpr…
This thesis examines the phenomenon of Islamophobia through the cultural pedagogical mediums of Hollywood films and news media both prior to and in the aftermath of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. A number of similarities in the types of Islamophobic messages and images were found i…
Research in the area of culture and mental illness suggests that cultural and religious beliefs can influence attitudes toward mental illness. Little research exists on Muslims' conceptions of mental illness and the potential influence of their religious and cultural norms on in…
Throughout Islamic history, Islamic schools of law (madhahib ) enjoyed tremendous authority. In addition, traditional religious institutions that have taught the doctrines of the various Islamic schools of law have also wielded similar authority within the Arab-Muslim states. Ho…
Utilizing data collected from 194 past and present members of Muslim Student Associations located across the United States, this study examined predictors of Muslim religious identity. Multivariate linear regression analysis was used to examine the relationship between Muslim re…
This study examined the perceptions of a sample of female Muslim-American students regarding their socio-cultural accommodation in California public high schools. The research provides insight into the daily lives of female Muslim-American high school students to be available to…
My thesis investigates how traditional notions of religious authority in Muslim societies are complicated and challenged by religious leadership roles and prescriptive stances that two female American Muslim figures, namely Ingrid Mattson and Amina Wadud, take on gender debates …
My dissertation examines the transformation of Islamic legal discourse and the impact of that discourse on Muslim society. More particularly, it analyzes fatwas (religious legal edicts) over the course of Muslim history so as to determine how this legal mechanism was instrumenta…
The purpose of this grant proposal was to develop a program, identify potential funding sources, and write a grant to fund an Afghan domestic violence program that offers culturally competent services to Afghan women survivors of domestic violence in the San Francisco Bay Area. …
Sex segregation, particularly one that is reinforced in the name of religion, is often blamed for fortifying gender discrimination in society as a whole. This dissertation examines this assumption in Islamic society and investigates how such segregation may actually benefit Musl…
The Islamic qas[dotbelow]s[dotbelow] (pl. qus[dotbelow]s[dotbelow]as[dotbelow] ) has been widely viewed as a teller of stories who gathered around him the uneducated public and filled their minds with fabulous stories while commenting on the Qur'an or while relating unreliable t…
Several Islamic organizations have experience major changes in their theological frames and political identities away from fundamentalist and revivalist theological orientation to one that embraces a progressive Islamic theology that synthesizes these norms with classical Islami…
The Shiite Imam--J`afar al-Sadiq (d. 765 AD) among many other fields of knowledge, such as law, theology, natural philosophy, and occult sciences, elucidated many spiritual teachings in his lifetime. He is one of the most vital and influential thinkers of the early centuries of …
This study analyzes the claims-making and counter-claims-making on citizenship and faith by American and Canadian Muslim political actors over the 2001-2008 period. It highlights the interactive processes by which competing discourses on citizenship and faith are negotiated to p…
Several criticisms regarding the treatment of women in Islamic Inheritance Laws have stated that these laws are in favor of males. The most common claim is that women receive half the share of men in the Islamic inheritance system. This thesis examines this issue from legal and …
When protests in Bahrain erupted on February 14, 2011, the Arab media covered the events as they unfolded. However, how the story was covered differed from one station to the next. This dissertation examines how five selected Arabic stations covered the protests over a period of…
Anecdotes about poetry in classical Arabic works of history and literature provide a picture of the role that poetry played in this history and the degree of influence exercised by poetry in the formation of social and historical events. In this study, I aim to discover the crit…