Essays about: "Islamic Community"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 28 essays containing the words Islamic Community.

1. 1. Agonistic Peacebuilding Practices, in Practice? A Study of INGOs Programmatic and Advocacy Work With and For Yazidi Survivors in Northern Iraq

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Charlotta Johansson; [2024]
   Keywords : Agonistic peace; Thick recognition; Peacebuilding; Yazidi community; Iraq; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : After the 2014 invasion of contested areas in Iraq by the so-called Islamic State (IS), the Yazidi community has suffered dire consequences. Genocide, sexual enslavement, forced religious conversion and forced displacement were some of these horrendous acts committed by IS against the Yazidi community and other minorities in Iraq and Syria. READ MORE

3. 2. A Failure of Norm Diffusion: An Analysis of Saudi Export of Salafist Norms to Bosnia and Herzegovina

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Theodor Selimovic; [2023]
   Keywords : Bosnia and Herzegovina; Salafism; Norm Diffusion; Elite structure; Islamic Community; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : Saudi Arabia has been exporting Salafism, a fundamentalist version of Islam, to Bosnia and Herzegovina since the 1992-95 Yugoslav secession war. However, Salafism has been mostly rejected, even though one might expect Bosnian society to be susceptible to radicalism. READ MORE

4. 3. Holy Politics : Understanding how religion is instrumentalized in the proxy conflict between Iran and Saudi Arabia

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Hassan Jaber; [2023]
   Keywords : Religion; Instrumentalism; International conflicts; Iran; Saudi Arabia; Guardianship of the Islamic Jurist; Wahhabism;

   Abstract : 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

5. 4. From Dawn to Dusk: studying the origin of the Islamic fivefold daily liturgy in the Qur’ān

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Centrum för teologi och religionsvetenskap

   Author : Davide de Francesco; [2023]
   Keywords : Islam; prayer; Qur anic studies; Qur anic exegeses; Christianity; Judaism; Philosophy and Religion;

   Abstract : Despite prayer being one of the most central tenets of Islam, this subject has drawn the attention of surprisingly little scholarship, especially when it comes to studying its origin against pre-Islamic analogues. Thus, this thesis proposes a reconstruction of the very early history of the fivefold daily Islamic liturgy, attempting also to weigh the extent of the influence that pre-Islamic religions, primarily Middle Eastern Christianity and Judaism, might have had in its development. READ MORE

6. 5. The Role of Religion in Development Cooperation with Focus on Resilience Building

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

   Author : Reem Al-Jebzi; [2022]
   Keywords : Resilience; spirituality; faith; religion in development; faith actors; spiritual capital; social capital; INGOs; development cooperation.;

   Abstract : The lack of consensus and consistency in defining and integrating the role of religion in development cooperation as well as in resilience building agendas undermines the Global Development Agenda and the effectiveness of interventions being implemented in the Global South. This research examines international development and aid organizations’ resilience frameworks and concepts, such as the ACT Church of Sweden, Oxfam, Lutheran World Relief, Islamic Relief Worldwide, and Baha’i International Community. READ MORE