Essays about: "Sunni"

Showing result 21 - 23 of 23 essays containing the word Sunni.

  1. 21. Understanding Asymmetric Warfare - The plight of the strong: Actors, Dynamics and Strategy

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Stefan Jonasson; [2008]
    Keywords : Asymmetric warfare; Conflict outcome; Strategy; Algeria; Iraq; Peace and conflict research; polemology; Freds- och konfliktforskning; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : Asymmetric warfare has gradually become a common occurrence in an increasingly interconnected world, as the interactions between militarily unequal adversaries grow ever more frequent. Because the strong do not always emerge victorious, which we presume they would, the following question is warranted: how can asymmetric warfare be understood? In other words: how are we to understand the processes which enable weak actors to win against vastly superior adversaries. READ MORE

  3. 22. Uncovered Faith : Examples of Sunni Muslim Beliefs in Adana, Turkey

    University essay from Avdelningen för Socialantropologi

    Author : Maria Alphonce; [2006]
    Keywords : Social Anthropology; Turkey; Sunni Islam; Secularism; Muslim Faith;

    Abstract : This essay is about uncovered women's faith and worship in an urban setting in contemporary Turkey. It researches the possibility of any common factors for uncovered Sunni Muslims' faith and worship as well as what parts of classical Muslim faith they have found negotiable. READ MORE

  4. 23. Iraq: A Case Study in Nation Building

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Garth Peot; [2006]
    Keywords : Iraq; Nation Building; State building; United States; Post-Conflict Reconstruction; George W. Bush; Democratization; Political and administrative sciences; Statsvetenskap; förvaltningskunskap; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : This essay examines Iraq as a case study in nation-building. The purpose is to give the reader a thorough understanding of what nation-building is, the situation in Iraq since the U.S. invasion, and how the two (nation-building and Iraq) go together. READ MORE