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A salient, as well as an intriguing feature of understanding the international behavior of Revolutionary Iran under the leadership of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini (1979-1989) revolves around an incorporation of the cultural underpinnings and exigencies of the Islamic Revolution i…

This study relates philosophy of science and philosophy of religion. It compares a system of western thought and its implications for contemporary Arab-Islamic philosophy. The basis for this approach lies in the concept of worldview as rooted in the process of systematization of…

This dissertation argues for the existence of a highly commercialized and industrializing economy during the Umayyad period (661–750 C.E.), with unprecedented levels of trade and production localized in cities of Bilād al-Shām (Greater Syria). It also seeks to demonstrate that t…

This dissertation, intended as a contribution to the fields of Islamic Urban Studies and Moroccan Jewish History, concerns the history of the mellah [Jewish quarter] of the southern Moroccan city of Marrakech. It argues that Moroccan society (like any society) acts on its enviro…

Utilizing the thesis that exposure and careful explication of foreign cultures within classroom settings can disarm cultural misconceptions and stereotypes, this study presents a methodology for acquiring “culturally-based” knowledge as content for curriculum. A strategy for det…

This dissertation examines Islamic collective action and patterns of mobilization in Jordan. Some Islamic movement groups mobilize through formal, grassroots organizations in civil society, while others operate through informal social networks. I argue that the differing pattern…

The present study was designed to explore and examine the degree of availability and comprehension toward the reflective teaching approach of teachers of Islamic education in Kuwaiti middle schools. I investigated the degree to which the teachers of Islamic education reflected u…

The main focus of the study is to show how Islamic education in Nigeria and Kano State can be integrated with Western-style education so as to fit into existing Nigerian educational structures to benefit the millions of Nigerian Muslims, especially women, who are living in its r…

The dialectical method refers to the scholarly investigation of a subject through argumentation between two opponents. In the early centuries of Islam, dialectics constituted the method in the disciplines of theology, law and linguistics until its validity was challenged by the …

The art education curriculum in Saudi Arabia is characterized by two shortcomings: first, as is the case in the West, it equates art education with instruction in art; and second, art education, along with the rest of the curriculum, was imported almost wholesale from the West a…

A group of mostly black converts to Islam attempted to overthrow the legitimate government of Trinidad and Tobago using both ethnic nationalist and Islamic fundamentalist rhetoric on July 27, 1990. Just twenty years earlier, the country experienced the Black Power riots which ra…

The concept of identity became popular among International Studies scholars in the aftermath of the Cold War, an era rife with ethnic confrontations across th world. Post-modern scholars brought the Foucauldian concept of identity making through the relationship with the “Other”…

Globalization, Informal Markets and the Collective Action. The Development of Islamic and Ethnic Politics in Egypt, Sudan and Somalia explains why structurally similar relationships to the international economy produce very different domestic political outcomes. Egypt, Sudan and…

The purpose of this study was to identify directions for improving elementary teacher education in the Islamic Republic of Iran. This exploratory study examined three conceptual themes: (1) the characteristics of productive teacher education, (2) the context for teacher educatio…

This dissertation uses a methodology based on the analysis of archaeological and documentary evidence to investigate the domestic architecture, city plan and urban development of the city of Ascalon in the Byzantine and Islamic periods. It develops an archaeological application …

This dissertation is an examination of some of the divergent forces influencing Islamic university student activists during a period of momentous societal transition. It is intended to provide a means for understanding the relationships between proponents of two overlapping soci…

A city is more than a physical imprint. Through its architecture and human use of urban space, it is an extension of its residents, an expression of their culture. This investigation is situated within the domain of urban historical geography, focusing on both humanistic and str…

Islamic banking system is one of the fastest growing segments of the international financial industry. This system has been receiving a growing attention nowadays especially after the global financial crisis which gave Islamic banks an opportunity to prove their resilience and c…