…of pride for their countries and communities. When it comes to Greece, Maria Callas comes to mind immediately, as does Frank Sinatra for America. For Iraq, the brothers Munir and…
…we need to accept that there are changes in the nature and form of these components across time and space.In addition, any combination of these three components may also be…
…Affairs Volume 14 Issue 1 Commentary: Features of a Post-Corona World By: Abdelilah Belkeziz The New Coronavirus and World Geopolitical Transformations By: Mouldi Benalya The New Coronavirus: The Anomia Phenomenon:…
…religious are blending together in a new format that requires either new definitions or new terminology. To use an ugly neologism, the new modes of movements and state policies are…
…history interviews with community elders, key themes related to communal ethics were revealed.[1] For example, early community member, Aisha Abdul-Aziz Beveridge, a Black convert from New York City, described her…
…[1] https://cup.columbia.edu/book/a-culture-of-ambiguity/9780231170659 [2] https://www.uni-muenster.de/Religion-und-Politik/en/aktuelles/2012/dez/News_Bauer_Leibniz_Preis.html [3] The most prominent example is Oliver Scharbrodt’s Muhammad ‘Abduh: Modern Islam and the Culture of Ambiguity https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/muhammad-abduh-9781838607302/, my personal favorite is ‘Did Modernity End Polyvalence?…
…Painting of the Prophet Muhammad. She Lost Her Job,” The New York Times, January 8, 2023, https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/08/us/hamline-university-islam-prophet-muhammad.html. [2] Kimia, Kowsari, “Who Belongs,” The Oracle, December 6, 2022, https://hamlineoracle.com/10750/news/who-belongs/. [3] Yonat…
…left unaddressed. How do these concepts compare? As an example of the state of the field and the work that needs to be done, let me turn to a very…
…publish@themaydan.com. **In the near future we plan to add to this page essays from scholars who have engaged these manuscript collections/catalogues. Collections Open Islamicate Texts Initiative (OpenITI) The Zaydi…
…Resources in education, news and entertainment. The best current example of this is the Creative Commons which allows a more open knowledge culture. This helps to minimize the commoditization of…