The nineteenth century was a time of tremendous change for Islamic intellectual traditions in South Asia in an era of colonialism, the decline of traditional authority, and the transformations of modernity. In spite of these challenges, Muslim scholars, theologians, and intellec…
Khilaphah is at the heart of IS’s strategy to lure Muslims to their ideology and it is one of the most important factors that are conducive to the migration of western young Muslims to fight for this self-declared state. Given the fact that Muslims in the Western countries are e…
Previous research on the Qumran scrolls, and in particular, IQM, has only recently involved the use of the most stringent literary - and form - critical techniques. These are of great value to Qumran studies; the history of the sect and its ideas can be learnt only when the text…
This dissertation is a comparative ethnographic study of Islamic revival movements in Lyon, France, and Hyderabad, India. It introduces the importance of class and the state in shaping piety and its politicization. The project challenges the common conflation of piety and politi…
This thesis analyzes the effect of internal and external factors on the profitability of all full-fledged Islamic banks in Malaysia. Additionally, this study examines the robustness of results by using the financial crisis of 2008-2009 as a control variable. The study uses regre…
This dissertation views the usage of prostration in the Qur’an to understand the genesis of this phenomenon within the Islamic discursive formation. Through a literary, semiotic, and ritual analysis of the usage of the term for prostration in the Qur’an (sajada) and its derived …
This dissertation challenges a dominant trait in contemporary western thought that understands Islamist politics as holistic and antithetical to modernity and democracy; that presents Islamism as an expression of traditionalism in the modern world. I challenge this dominant west…
As the Twelver Shi'a coalesced into an increasingly distinct community between the 10th and 12th centuries CE, a new type of religious literature emerged. Writers began to collect narratives of the lives and deaths of the twelve infallible imams into single works. This study ana…
This study deals with the revelation of the Qur'an text and its preservation during the lifetime of the Prophet and its compilation in the reign of Abu Bakr and further, the second compilation by Uthman which was considered as the complete and authentic text of the Qur'an. The s…
This dissertation examines the reasons behind the rise and fall of the Union of Islamic Courts (UIC) in Somalia. The UIC was born out of the chaos of the Warlord Era in Southern Somalia from within the fabric of Somali Society. The peace and stability that the UIC brought to the…
This dissertation explores the role of gender in contemporary Islam and the daily lives of Muslim minorities. Specifically, I examine how social constructions of masculinity and femininity are manifest in militant jihad, and how young Muslims in America manage the stigma placed …
Physical Education is mandated and encouraged by both the Islamic faith and Ontario Ministry of Education. Teachers and administrators of Islamic schools in Ontario were surveyed to determine their beliefs and perceptions towards Physical Education. Both groups believed strongly…
The global Muslim population hosts a wide diversity of beliefs and sects, including some that are considered illiberal, non-normative, or even radical. Fear, inspired by the rise of violent extremism masked in the name of Islam, has led many to treat any and all non-normative Mu…