Essays about: "Muslim identity"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 47 essays containing the words Muslim identity.
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1. Mitigating Unintended Bias in Toxic Comment Detection using Entropy-based Attention Regularization
University essay from KTH/Skolan för elektroteknik och datavetenskap (EECS)Abstract : The proliferation of hate speech is a growing challenge for social media platforms, as toxic online comments can have dangerous consequences also in real life. There is a need for tools that can automatically and reliably detect hateful comments, and deep learning models have proven effective in solving this issue. READ MORE
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2. The role of Islam in Russian foreign policy : A constructivist perspective
University essay from FörsvarshögskolanAbstract : The purpose of this thesis is to obtain a deeper and more conclusive understanding of Russia’s public foreign policy with regards to the religious aspect through the research question - What indications for a religious agenda with respect to Islam are expressed in Russian foreign policy as it is presented in the international arena? A Muslim belt with a non-Soviet identity emerged along Russia's southern border after the fall of the Soviet Union. It was thus vital for Russia to define its attitude towards the Islamist threat and included the Islamic factor in its foreign policy. READ MORE
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3. The Rohingya Refugee Crisis : The Role of Identity in Bangladesh’s Foreign Policy and its Impact on the Rights of the Refugees
University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för globala politiska studier (GPS)Abstract : Human rights and foreign policy often come together in dealing with humanitarian crises, especially when we consider how a country’s foreign policy affects the rights of refugees as protection of the refugees often involves bringing together international actors and different countries. One such example is the Rohingya refugee crisis. READ MORE
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4. When Religious, Civil, and National Representations Clash : A Decolonial View on Georgian Muslims as Internal Others
University essay from Linköpings universitet/Avdelningen för migration, etnicitet och samhälle (REMESO)Abstract : The othering and exclusion of religious minority groups in Georgia is often understood through the prism of religious nationalism, which is argued to have developed as a result of the collapse of the Soviet Union and the respective need to fill up the leftover systemic void. Ethno-national and religious identity markers were used to create the image of true, pre-Soviet Georgian – Christian, ethnically Georgian group. READ MORE
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5. 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 religionsvetenskapAbstract : 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
