Essays about: "Sunni"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 23 essays containing the word Sunni.

  1. 16. Meta-Geopolitics of Central Asia : A Comparative Study of the Regional Influence of the European Union and the Shanghai Co-operation Organization

    University essay from Institutionen för ekonomisk och industriell utveckling; Filosofiska fakulteten

    Author : Hossein Aghaie Joobani; [2013]
    Keywords : Central Asia; Meta-geopolitics; the European Union EU ; China; normative power; the Shanghai Co-operation Organization; Realism; Constructivism; geopolitics; The Great Game; energy security; socialization; Confucianism; balance of power; Eurasia; the Shanghai Spirit; legitimacy; Tajikistan; Uzbekistan; Kazakhstan; Kyrgyzstan; Turkmenistan; Iran; Silk Road; geopolitics; John J. Mearsheimer; security dilemma; Xinjiang province; Sunni Muslims; Afghanistan war; 9 11 attacks; Soviet Union; human rights; defensive realism; East Turkestan; The EU Strategy for a New Partnership; China; SCO; CSTO; NATO; CIS.;

    Abstract : Central Asia has been the focal point of intense geopolitical power struggle throughout history. At the dawn of the 21st century, Central Asia has undergone major changes as the European Union and the China-led Shanghai Co-operation Organization have emerged as two normative powers, both seeking to influence the patterns of security governance in the region. READ MORE

  3. 17. In Search of a Lost Paradigm : A Case Study Approach to Retracing Traditionalist Influence in the Fatwas of Ali Goma, Grand Mufti of Egypt

    University essay from Avdelningen för mellanösternstudier

    Author : Fredrik Brusi; [2012]
    Keywords : Ali Goma; Fatwa; Dar al-Ifta; Islam; Egypt; Theology; Sunni; Modernity; Tradition; Religion;

    Abstract : This paper is an attempt to describe how two religious edicts by the current Egyptian grand mufti relate to an ongoing theological debate in the Muslim world on the nature of miracles and the state of mankind between life and death. The study illustrates how the mufti adheres to the Sunni theological school of Ash‘ariyya and in what way said school has emerged as a theological middle ground between the literal and interpretative schools of thought. READ MORE

  4. 18. Muslim Participation in the Public Sphere in Sweden

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/ Sociologiska institutionen

    Author : Imad Rasan; [2011-10-18]
    Keywords : Public sphere; Islamic collective identity; Securalism; Postcolonialism; Norms and values;

    Abstract : This paper aims to investigate Muslims’ participation in the various public spheres in Sweden. Using case study and discourse analysis as methods, textual and visual material from Swedish mass media has been analysed to explore certain questions. READ MORE

  5. 19. Political Values as Essential for Democratic Consolidation: The Democratic Failure of Contemporary Iraq

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Per Nobel; [2009]
    Keywords : “the Kurd issue”; liberal values; democratic consolidation; political culture; Operation Free Iraq; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : This thesis proves that the political culture of Iraq has possessed a major obstacle for the country to consolidate the new democratic regime, established after the overthrowing of the authoritarian Baath-regime in 2003. More specifically, it tries the theories of recognized scholar Larry Diamond, strengthening his interpretation that the presence of liberal norms and values among the people is central for a democratic regime to consolidate. READ MORE

  6. 20. Iraq’s Complex Foreign Policy Conduct: Major Iraqi Communities, their divergent Interests and the Intervening Neighboring Countries (2004-2009)

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Yosra Khalil Wahab; [2009]
    Keywords : foreign threat assessment; Iraq’s neighboring countries; foreign policy executive; neoclassical realism; Iraq’s major societal groups; national interests; international constraints; Social Sciences; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : This study is analyzing the foreign relations of three major Iraqi communities, namely the Shia Arabs, the Kurds and Sunni Arabs. In order to properly characterize these communities’ external relations with neighboring countries, some of their foreign policy choices are examined at national and regional contexts. READ MORE