Essays about: "Fatwa"

Found 5 essays containing the word Fatwa.

1. 1. Two Extreme Positions – A Gender Studies Approach to Homosexuality in Islam

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för litteratur, idéhistoria och religion

   Author : Alberto Ramos Vicario; [2023-08-15]
   Keywords : homosexuality; fatwa; Islam; homophobia; story of Lot; redescription;

   Abstract : In this thesis I compare two anti-gay fatwas by the Muslim scholar Muhammad Saalih al-Munajjid with the book Homosexuality in Islam by Scott Siraj al-Haqq Kugle, who is a professor at Emory University. The aim is to analyze how al-Munajjid and Kugle use the story of Lot in order to unpack and present two divergent readings of homosexuality. READ MORE

3. 2. THE POLITICS OF A CHILDREN’S BOOK Haroun and the Sea of Stories

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturer

   Author : Safija Zuko Turkovic; [2018-09-19]
   Keywords : Salman Rushdie; fatwa; post colonialism; totalitarianism;

   Abstract : Rushdie’s Haroun and the Sea of Stories is a multifunctional tale, representing and arguing for, among other things, political expression, opposition to censorship and not least a movement for free speech. Disguised as a children’s book, Haroun raises many issues central for Rushdie the author after he had been censored by a fatwa issued against him as a consequence of publishing the religious satire The Satanic Verses. READ MORE

4. 3. The Legality of Sex Change Surgery and Construction of Transsexual Identity in Contemporary Iran

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Graduate School; Lunds universitet/Master of Science in Social Studies of Gender; Lunds universitet/Rättssociologiska institutionen

   Author : Zara Saeidzadeh; [2015]
   Keywords : Law; Jurisprudence; Islam; Shari a; Misrecognition; Transsexuality; Iran; Homophobia; Medicine; Transsexual Identity.; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : The Islamic government in Iran has legalized transsexual surgeries and introduced a legal process which leads to medical intervention in transsexual cases. This has allowed thousands of Iranian men and women to undergo sex change every year. READ MORE

5. 4. Kulturspecifika begrepp

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturer

   Author : Renée Gustafsson; [2013-03-06]
   Keywords : översättning; From Fatwa to Jihad; Malik; kulturspecifika begrepp; källspråksorientering; målspråksorientering;

   Abstract : I denna uppsats undersöks vilka översättningsstrategier en översättare använder sig av vid överföring av kulturspecifika begrepp från källspråk till målspråk. Dessa begrepp är specifika för källkulturen och saknar ofta en motsvarighet på målspråket. READ MORE

6. 5. 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