This dissertation explores the ways Muslim bloggers writing in English use social media site Tumblr. Muslims have historically been framed as scary others who threaten the ideals which are said to structure life in the western world. This framing dates back to Europe's colonial …
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Violence and discrimination against Muslims and immigrants from countries with a Muslim majority is a pervasive problem that is becoming entrenched in Western societies. Sweden, often considered a bastion of peace and tolerance, is experiencing the escalation of violence against…
This master's thesis is a rhetorical analysis of eight fatwas issued by the Grand Mufti of Saudi Arabia, intended to legitimate the actions taken by the Saudi Government in regards to the first Persian Gulf War. Using Burke's redemptive cycle of rhetoric, this thesis analyzes th…
This study attempts to clarify the role of religious values in the rise of new pious Muslim entrepreneurs in Turkey, based on field study carried out in Kayseri from 1980 to the present. It particularly attempts to account for the influence of religion on the work ethic of these…
This dissertation explores how Spanish Moroccans are negotiating their identities in post 3-11 Madrid. In doing so, I explore and capture the lived discourses that reveal the underlying processes that are shaping their identities at the micro, meso, and macro level. The data for…
This study investigates aspects of the history and doctrine of the Z[dotbelow] ahiri madhhab . Due to the lack of primary sources from any Z[dotbelow]ahir i scholar other than Ibn H[dotbelow]azm al-Andalusi, it seeks to identify what is knowable about the madhhab and Dawud ibn '…
This dissertation is about the layers of meaning across the text, sound, and experience of the recited Qur'an. In my research, I draw on hermeneutic methods, interviews with reciters and appreciators of recitation, and the tools and literatures of several disciplines-Islamic stu…
Since colonial times, religious groups in the United States have strengthened their religious identity and expression through education. As America has grown, so have the educational needs and options of its increasingly diverse religious groups. The growth of Islamic schools in…
This portfolio follows the development, from conception to completion, of the original stage play The Disguise of Honor. The script subtly explores several questions including: What is honor? What is shame? Who is God? What is the core conflict between Islam and Christianity? Wh…
This study argues that mysticism, as found in representations of sanctity (walaya ) in Sufi philosophy and practice formed the basis of schema of leadership among the Egyptian elite and politics through a case study of Abu al-Anwar al-Sadat, head of the Wafa'i brotherhood in Egy…
In this thesis, I examine the musical and social performance of the class of musicians known as singing slave girls in the early Islamic court at Baghdad from 661 to 950CE as seen through their representation in three 9th century texts. The singing slave girls, called qayna in A…
This dissertation explores why some Muslim clerics adopt the ideology of militant Jihad while others do not. I argue that clerics strategically adopt or reject Jihadi ideology because of career incentives generated by the structure of cleric educational networks. Well-connected …
This paper probes the history of the Temple Mount complex during the British Mandate for Palestine. Approaching this sacred space from three different perspectives--British, Arab, and Jewish--the paper examines how people and events surrounding the site contributed to the evolut…
The majority of academic works relating to Islam in China discuss the Hui people as a Muslim-majority ethnic group predominant in certain areas of China, however, this is an oversimplification that fails to adequately represent historical reality. Furthermore, presenting the Hui…
Even before 9/11, there has been a long history of attitudes and public policies that were biased against people of Middle East descent in the United States--regardless of whether or not they are Muslim. This research uses Status Characteristics Theory (SCT) and stigma theory to…
This dissertation engages notions of the contemporary American ghetto as a distinct socio-spatial order, one marked by extreme isolation. This engagement is through exploration of the ghetto as an alternative socio-spatial order, distinguished by cosmopolitanism and the role som…
In 218/833, the theological controversy between traditional Hadith-oriented 'Ulama (usually referred to as Sunni Hanbalis) and rationalist theologians (usually referred to as Mu'tazilis) over the createdness of the Qur'an was institutionalized by the 'Abbasid state into an organ…
In 1998, the U.S. government made the promotion of religious freedom official policy. This policy has often been met with skepticism and hostility from foreign governments and publics. In the Muslim-majority world, it is commonly seen as an attempt to discredit traditional cultu…
This dissertation examines patterns of Islamist political mobilization in Egypt and Indonesia. It focuses on the development of major political organizations formed in both countries whose primary goal is the establishment of Islamic state. By focusing on these organizations, th…