…Muslim communities worldwide. George Mason University The University is an innovative and inclusive academic community committed to creating a more just, free, and prosperous world. As the largest comprehensive public…
In this episode On The Square commemorates Black August. Sapelo Square Senior Editor Su’ad Abdul Khabeer speaks with community activist, playwright, freedom fighter, and chairperson of the National Jericho Movement,…
…to one’s own community, “while deliberately directing outward every impulse to violence.” ““Compassion,” argues the comparative mythologist Joseph Campbell, “like the will to plunder, is an impulse launched from the…
…Rogan then takes the reader on a whirlwind tour of political, social and military history of the Ottoman Empire. Chapter 3 examines how Germany seemingly manipulated the Ottomans to open…
…character and gentle manner, too, will be remembered by all who knew him, but inspiring thinkers of his type will be rare in the polarized Iran for sometime to come….
… FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 1 | Fenwick Library Reading Room 9:00 am – 9:30 am Opening and Preliminary Remarks Huseyin Yilmaz, Yasemin Ipek, Ahmet Selim Tekelioglu 9:30 am –…
…hierarchy remained largely subordinate. As a consequence, the clients’ self-image was not as closely wedded to the Maliki notion of a continuous normative communal tradition, and they were more open…
…intra-Muslim sectarian tensions within the country are quite unlikely. This is different, however, for Jordan’s Salafi community, whose claim to emulate “the pious predecessors” (al-salaf al-salih; usually equated with the…
…the post-prophetic developing and culturally diverse Muslim societies. The present study on Islamic ethics comes at almost the end of my career in academia. From all that I had studied…
…in competition with other group-based identities. In times of crises, these competitions may turn into conflicts, threatened by individual agendas and purposes, or competing group-based identities with compelling claims on…