Search for dissertations about: "political islam"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 25 swedish dissertations containing the words political islam.

  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. Islamic Activism in Azerbaijan : Repression and Mobilization in a Post-Soviet Context

    Author : Sofie Bedford; Johan Eriksson; Drude Dahlerup; Raol Motika; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Islamic activism; social movements; mobilization; non-democratic contexts; soft repression; post-Soviet religion; official Islam; Azerbaijan; Political science; Statsvetenskap; Political Science; statsvetenskap;

    Abstract : Post-Soviet Azerbaijan is often portrayed as a very secular country. Thus the mobilization of mosque communities in the late 1990s and their conflictual relationship with the authorities came as a surprise. READ MORE

  5. 3. 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

  6. 4. Motivating eParticipation in Authoritarian Countries

    Author : Wairagala Wakabi; Åke Grönlund; Anders Avdic; Sirajul Islam; Kim Normann Andersen; Örebro universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Civic voluntarism; IS artefact; Uganda; eParticipation; citizen participation; social networking sites; authoritarian regime; ICT4D; Informatik; Informatics;

    Abstract : Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) can enrich the ways in which citizens participate in civic and political matters. Indeed, many theorists on online participation, or eParticipation, proclaim the potential of digital technologies to empower citizens with convenient ways to participate in democratic processes and to hold leaders to account. READ MORE

  7. 5. ISLAMIST GOVERNANCE HAMAS STYLE: Readings from the Palestinian experiment in Islamic democracy

    Author : Björn Brenner; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Hamas; Islam; Palestine; Gaza; govern; liberal; demo; sharia; jihad.; Hamas; Statsvetenskap med inriktning mot strategi och säkerhetspolitik;

    Abstract : This study investigates how the Palestinian Islamists in Hamas came to govern following their success in the 2006 parliamentary elections. The study poses the overarching research question: How can Hamas's governance in the Gaza Strip between 2006 and 2012 be characterised and understood? Hamas has attracted particular research interest, partly due to its seemingly contradictory conduct, and partly due to the fact that this was the first case of Islamists in the Arab world to ascend to power by democratic means. READ MORE