Essays about: "Sunni"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 23 essays containing the word Sunni.
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1. Representation Grounds for the Muslim Brotherhood with Focus on Muslim Brotherhood in Syria
University essay from Enskilda Högskolan Stockholm/Avdelningen för östkyrkliga studierAbstract : The relationship between religion and politics is a controversial issue. It is one of the most difficult issues in many regions of the world. READ MORE
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2. Holy Politics : Understanding how religion is instrumentalized in the proxy conflict between Iran and Saudi Arabia
University essay from Stockholms universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : This thesis aims to contribute to the existing gap in the research of religion in international relations by applying the theory of elite instrumentalism to the proxy conflict between Saudi Arabia and Iran. The analysis was able to demonstrate that the elites of both states have instrumentalized religion by utilizing concepts of Islamic rulership to legitimize their rule and justify their political actions. READ MORE
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3. The roots of Arab Islam as a state identity; A numismatic approach to the emergence of Arab Islam as a public identity in the Near East during the rule of ‘Abd al-Malik (685-705 C.E.)
University essay from Lunds universitet/Centrum för teologi och religionsvetenskapAbstract : The ideas and interests of how to move forward with the new religion and its new caliphate during the first century of Islam, were often varied and were in conflict. In the year 77 A.H (696-697 C.E. READ MORE
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4. TO PERFORM, OR NOT TO PERFORM? A queer reading of feminist theatre performances in Istanbul
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för kulturvetenskaperAbstract : Feminist theatre, I opine, is a tremendously valuable tool that could help individuals to gaze politically at their own lives. This thesis is compiled by an exploratory research into the theatrical stage of Istanbul aiming to analyse three plays with a queer lens as means to uncover the feminist politics that transforms the normative norms of both the theatre and the society. READ MORE
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5. Populism in Turkey and Hungary: A Search for Security and Belonging
University essay from Lunds universitet/Master of Science in Global Studies; Lunds universitet/Pedagogik; Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen; Lunds universitet/Graduate SchoolAbstract : The aim of this study is to gain an understanding of the potential relationship between populism and a population’s search for security and belonging. Furthermore, how this is expressed through the rhetoric and policies of a country’s leader, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in Turkey, and Viktor Orbán in Hungary, this is examined through conducting a qualitative content analysis. READ MORE