What.I will say may surprise both Muslims who "know" women's place and non-Muslims who "know" what Islam means for women. It is this: I am a Muslim, a theologian, and a women's rights activist. and while I am critical in a number of ways of the life that most Muslim societies offer to women, twenty years ot theological study, as well as my own deepest faith, convince me that in real Islam, the ...

religion, as a factor, was a very important pretext both before and after the advent of islam for invading the georgian settlements. of the ruling dynasties in post-islam iran, ak-koyunlus or bāyundurian, under the leadership of uzun ḥasan, were among those invaders who, under the guise of religion and in the name of campaign (ghazā) and jihād, carried out destructive attacks on georgians. five...

İran İslam Cumhuriyeti’nde (İran) 2017 seçimleri ardından Hasan Ruhani ikinci kez Cumhurbaşkanı seçilmiştir. Ruhani’nin seçim süreci ve sonrasında İran-Amerika Birleşik Devletleri (ABD) ilişkilerinde uzlaşmacı söylemlerin sürdürülmesinin zorlaştığı bir döneme girilmiştir. İran-ABD yükselen gerilim bölgesel politikalara yansımış başta Suriye, Irak, Lübnan, Yemen olmak üzere aktörler arasında rek...

This paper focuses on the symbiotic relationship between the media in one respect andthe motion picture industry, educational institutions and policy-makers in perpetuating misrepresentations about Islam. The scope of this paper will be on the representations associated with Islam and Muslims primarily in the United States of America and the United Kingdom.Much news coverage about Islam and Mus...

Any student of comparative religion will notice - and seek to identify as well - the points of similarity and difference between various religions. One might even claim that the discipline of “influence studies” has its roots in these discussions of comparison and contrast. However, these discussions persistently fail to address the nuances of particular faiths. Here, I intend to shed some ligh...