Search for dissertations about: "islam and politics"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 17 swedish dissertations containing the words islam and politics.

  2. 1. The politics of Islam, non-violence, and peace : the thought of Maulana Wahiduddin Khan in context

    Author : Mattias Dahlkvist; Tomas Lindgren; Jan Hjärpe; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Islam; Islam in India; Islamic modernism; global Islam; Religious minorities; Nonviolence; Pacifism; Political theology; Hindu Nationalism; Islamophobia;

    Abstract : This is a study of the multifaceted thought of Maulana Wahiduddin Khan (b.1925–), Indian writer, public intellectual, and Muslim religious leader. Khan has been a prolific writer since at least the 1970s and is also an ālim, a Muslim scholar learned in religion. READ MORE

  4. 2. Religion, Politics, and Development : Essays in Development Economics and Political Economics

    Author : Erik Meyersson; Torsten Persson; Asim Khwaja; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Economics; Nationalekonomi; Economics; nationalekonomi;

    Abstract : This thesis consists of three essays in development and political economics."Islamic Rule and the Emancipation of the Poor and Pious". I report new findings on the causal relationship between political Islamic control and female participation in public institutions. READ MORE

  5. 3. Inscription on Stone : Islam, State and Education in Iran and Turkey

    Author : Reza Arjmand; Holger Daun; Jan Härpe; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Religious education; Islam; Islamic Education; Iran; Turkey; Hegemony; International education; Internationell pedagogik; internationell pedagogik; International Education;

    Abstract : This study explores the role of education as means of creation and maintenance of religious hegemony in Iran and Turkey. In the context of this study, state-sponsored systems of mass education aim to socialize generations of children into accepting the ideology and values of the dominant groups as the normal state of affairs. READ MORE

  6. 4. Piety and Politics : Nurcholish Madjid and His Interpretation of Islam in Modern Indonesia

    Author : Ann Kull; Centrum för teologi och religionsvetenskap; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Nurcholish Madjid; Indonesia; takwa; Islam; context; ijtihad; Paramadina; tolerance; pluralism; gender; Sufism; spirituality; democracy; human rights; Pancasila; Ibn Taymiyya; education; Non-Christian religions; Världsreligioner ej kristendom ;

    Abstract : This dissertation in the field of Islamic studies offers a critical analysis of Nurcholish Madjid's attempt to interpret Islam within the framework of modern Indonesia. Nurcholish, who recently passed away at the age of sixty-six, had been active in the reform of Islamic thought for over thirty years, and while remaining deeply coloured by the local Indonesian context, was also part of a global and century-old tradition of reform. READ MORE

  7. 5. The Soundtrack of Politics. A Case Study of Anashid in Hamas and Hezbollah

    Author : Carin Berg; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Hamas; Hizbullah; anashid; music; politics; Islam; organizations; political;

    Abstract : Music is commonly used as a tool in political organizations in general. Due to religious norms and interpretations, Islamist organizations use anashid as the main musical genre for political aims. READ MORE