The thesis was inspired from a basic observation: the lack of reflection with regards to the issues of identity, otherness and integration into western societies notwithstanding the fact that they are more and more heterogeneous. The treatment by the Quebec news media of the rea…
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The thriving of immigrant ethics and diaspora communities in contemporary urban environments is emblematic of cultural and socio-political navigation. In Southern California, numerous micro-communities identify their inferential beliefs in the way they engage, negotiate, and emb…
This thesis examines the confluence between pan-Islamist politics, neo-liberalism and urban development in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. After tracing a history of the Islamic revival in Bosnia, I examine the results of neo-liberal policy in post-war Bosnia, particularly reg…
This dissertation explores South Asian, Islamicate definitions of religion, imperial uses of those definitions, and their relationship to later colonial definitions and uses. Contemporary debates in religious studies center on the relationship between the developments of the dis…
Abū Ishāq al-Husrī died in Qayrawān in 413/1022 and gained renown as an adīb through his mentorship of the youth of Qayrawān, including Ibn Rashīq (d. 456/1063) and Ibn Sharaf (d. 460/1067), and through his authorship of several works, most notably the Zahr al-ādāb wa-thamar al-…
Death and grief are a natural part of human development. However, the meaning of death and how individuals react to it is deeply embedded in their cultural norms (Osterweis, Solomon, Green, 1984). Emotional expressions to death have been indicated to be non-universal, and cultur…
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is a prosperous country struggling with the threat of cybercrime. Deep packet inspection (DPI) technology offered an enterprise-level solution to the cybercrime problem, enhancing firewalls and threat detection capabilities. Controversy surrounded …
This thesis examines three American Muslim women's organizations that sprang up in or near New York City in the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. The Muslim Women's Institute for Research and Development (MWIRD), the American Muslim Women's Association (AMWA) and …
Scholars of religion and education have claimed the U.S. suffers from religious illiteracy. This, combined with the rise of Islamophobia in the U.S. beckons a need for more research on religious education in Social Studies classrooms. Conceptually grounded in postcolonial theory…
The sixteenth century of the Iberian Peninsula was marked by the persecution, torment, and execution of the newly converted Christians by the “old” ones. In effect, it was a time in which the mere suspicion –let alone presence– of Semitic blood or comportment was enough to cost …
In the wake of uprisings across North Africa, Morocco's protests on 20 February 2011 offer a critical snapshot of the democratic potential of the street as a political venue. It is in the street that a variety of actors deliberate difference together, outside of state control an…
Despite contextual conditions unique to every manifestation of political Islam, there exist certain commonalities among movement identity politics which allow for an analysis of how collective action changes over time. The initial formation of group identity in these movements i…
Since death is the only real certainty in life, it is necessary to understand how individuals respond to mortality salience and how it impacts others within our society including outgroup members. Within ethnically and religious diverse communities across the U.S., religion rela…
There is continued pressure for girls to formulate a positive identity in a society that privileges specific identity constructions along the lines of race, class, gender, ethnicity, sexuality and religion. This difficulty, however, may be even greater for a teen girl who also j…
France is a secular society with a deeply rooted Catholic tradition. This environment affects the acceptability of demonstrations of Muslim religious identity. Muslim immigrants to France are often ghettoized into rent controlled housing in suburbs around the cities. Rejected fr…
The thesis, based on research into written works, aims to de-essentialise the terms 'feminism' and 'fundamentalism'. Drawing on the growing anthropological evidence of a 'feminist' type activism within an Islamic framework, I analyse this global phenomena of Gender Activism. I e…
The purpose of this study was to identify the important factors influencing Muslim Americans, 18 years of age and above, to attend (in person) or watch (on television) professional team sport events. Furthermore, important theory of planned behavior (TPB) factors were identified…
An opportunity for Muslims to challenge the Islamic extremists may be pursued through cultural and religious educational outreach in non-formal educational settings with non-Muslims. The problem addressed in this study was that overall non-Muslims and Muslims remain unaware of t…
This dissertation traces the evolution of premodern historical writing about Yazd, Iran, in order to explore the changing function and utility of local history writing as a key means of engagement in imperial affairs. Yazd had been an important intellectual, religious, and econo…