Report Review: World Muslims: Religion, Politics, and Society

This report discusses the political and social views of Muslims around the world. It is based on a worldwide survey conducted by the Pew Research Center between 2008 and 2012. Results of the survey came from 93 countries and regions in total within three continents, namely Africa, Asia and [...]

2024-02-03T06:36:15+02:00March 5th, 2023|Religion and Power, Reviews|0 Comments

Les Schismes dans I’Islam (Schisms in Islam): A Review

Les Schismes dans I'Islam: Introduction à une étude de la Religion Musulmane (Schisms in Islam: An Introduction to the Study of Islam) is a book by Henri Laoust, a French orientalist and a professor of sociology of Islam at the College of France. The book deals with the beginning [...]

2024-02-03T07:14:14+02:00February 2nd, 2021|Religion and Power, Reviews|0 Comments

About “Experiences of Political Islamic in the Corridors of the Modern State” project

Leading Participants Prof. Dr. Nadia Mustafa Professor of International Relations, Faculty of Economics and Political Science, Cairo University Dr. Abdulaziz Kamel Writer, Islamic thinker, and former lecturer at King Saud University Counselor Mohamed Naji Derbala Former Vice President of the Egyptian Court of Cassation [...]

Guardians of Islam: Scholars of al-Azhar in Contemporary Egypt

Reviewed by: Mohamad Jamal Ali This book is a serious study on scholars of al-Azhar and their social and political practices between 1961 and 1992. It deals with the influence of the law on Re-organising al-Azhar, which was passed in 1961. The law included the addition of knowledge and [...]

2024-02-03T07:25:58+02:00December 19th, 2018|Religion and Power, Reviews|0 Comments

Political Literature in Islamic Heritage

This study attempts to give an answer for a question that has long been making politicians scratch their heads in terms of theory and practice, the question is: Can Islamic political heritage construct a full-blown political theory? By looking into political thinking heritage publications in various entry points: jurisprudential [...]

2024-04-18T05:29:53+02:00December 19th, 2018|Religion and Power, Studies|0 Comments

Myanmar and Renewed Violence: Local Dimensions and International Contexts

Authored by: Amna Hussein The recent years have witnessed some Arab and global media paying attention to Myanmar’s bloody events. Even though the media attention wasn’t enough or considering the depth of the crisis, it revealed a lot about the international situations that showed an enormous disparity between the [...]

2024-01-24T08:27:08+02:00December 10th, 2018|Religion and Power, Studies|0 Comments

Separation of Political Action from Preaching (Dawa): The Concept and Context… Ennahda Party as a Model

Authored by: Dina Ragaey Ennahda party in Tunisia faces an issue of applying Islamic political vision from a traditional perspective in a society where secular power represents a considerable proportion. After that, the party decided to apply a modernist vision based on the separation of Political Action from Preaching [...]

2024-01-24T07:23:07+02:00December 10th, 2018|Studies, Religion and Power|0 Comments

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