This study discusses status of women in contemporary Islamic societies. The approach adopted to develop the discussion is an analytical one. Because of the wide controversy over status of women in Muslim societies, particular and deliberate emphasis is given to the Islamic rules…
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There is a perception, held not only by scholars in the field but by many Muslims as well, that Islamic law in Indonesia is strongly colored by "non-Islamic" local custom (adat). Historically, this notion has given rise to a number of movements which have sought to ensure that r…
This research was grounded in the writer's assumption that Islam--with its polygamy and veiling practice--and feminism were not compatible. Being a student of Women's Studies, who believes in feminism, and a Muslim woman, the writer experienced a conflict. In an attempt to resol…
Epilepsy in Medieval Islamic History focuses on the perception, etiology and treatment of epilepsy in the work of four medieval Islamic scholars, Ibn Sina, Razi, Ibn Qayyim and S[dotbelow]anawbari, while attempting to place their views in the wider context of a medieval Islamic …
This thesis considers the Qubbat al-S[dotbelow]akhrah's construction to have been a regional response, couched in a regional artistic vocabulary, to counter what was perceived to be a serious regional problem, the distracting effect of the beauties of Christian churches and, tha…
This dissertation seeks to explain the moderation of the Turkish Islamic party since the end of 1990s. It is hypothesized that in a relatively open and pluralist political system, like Turkey, Islamic entrepreneurs may rely on the power of capital to motivate political Islamists…
This dissertation uses legal traditions (h[dotbelow]adith ) dating from the early 2nd /8th century to assess the historical reliability of sectarian narratives purporting to be early but preserved in non-contemporary historical and heresiographical works. These legal texts are p…
This thesis establishes a framework for analysing and evaluating human rights within the contexts of global, African-Islamic and Sudanese cultural diversity. The normative impact of culture on international human rights is viewed from the perspective that culture is adaptive and…
This dissertation explores the ways in which the current constitutional system in Turkey is being contested and negotiated around the constitutive norm of secularism and the place and role of Islam, as these negotiations are carried out in various sites of everyday life. Islamic…
The thesis argues that women's productions of scientific knowledge in the Arab-Islamic world, particularly in its feminist articulations, are seldom addressed systematically. Consequently, the literature on the region reflects both pro-conceptions about women and science, and mi…
The inclusion of representational imagery in a sacred context is extremely rare in the history of Islamic art. This dissertation examines the evolution of the Ottoman En'am-i Serif , a group of manuscripts dating from the sixteenth to the nineteenth centuries, in which sacred te…
This study provides a comprehensive analysis of Islamic entrepreneurs in Turkey. The majority of these entrepreneurs emerged in the post-1980, a period marked by dramatic transformations in Turkish society, culture and economy initiated by the process of neoliberal globalization…
This study examines the recent rise of political Islam that challenges the secular state primarily in the context of social identity, and tries to determine the extent to which the movement is a reaction to perceived external threats, specified as the imposition of unwanted out-…
The theory of servant leadership resonates with Muslims, and the founder of Islam exemplified servant leadership. Muslim organizations, however, are not necessarily in optimal health. The purpose of this mixed methods study was to determine the extent to which job satisfaction w…
This dissertation investigates the interpretation of the Golden Calf episode in the Quran and Islamic commentary literature ( tafsir ). Part I shows that modern scholars have misunderstood the Quranic version of the story as an example of Jewish influence on Islam. Muslim exeget…
This thesis investigates the Islamic response to modernization and its common dilemma as seen through the eyes of Nurcholish Madjid, one of the most influential and prominent Muslim thinkers in Indonesia today. He and his followers represent the most radical development in Indon…
The Victorian obsession with an imaginary orient is well known; its products were countless objects adopting eastern forms or allusions, representing a cultural otherness that helped better to define the nation itself. Victorian experience in the geographical equivalent to this …
The term ma'na ("meaning"; "image" or "literary conceit") has occupied a unique position as a category in both Arabic-Islamic literary criticism and rhetoric from their very inception. From the third century AH (Hijra)/ninth century CE (Common Era) up until the fifth century/ele…