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131784
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2014.
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The madrasa, the Islamic institution of learning, has for centuries occupied a central role in the transmission of religious knowledge and the shaping of the identity of the global Muslim community (umma). This paper explores the sharp rise in the number of madrasas in contemporary Hong Kong. It examines, in particular, how South Asian Muslim youth, after receiving a modern education in a conventional day school, remain faithful to their religious tradition by spending their evenings at a madrasa studying and memorizing the Qur'an. Engaging with the stereotypical bias of Islamophobia and national security concerns regarding the ties of madrasas to Islamic terrorist movements over the last decade, this paper argues that the burgeoning South Asian madrasa networks have to be understood in the context of Hong Kong's tripartite Islamic traditions-South Asian Muslim, Chinese Hui Muslims, and Indonesian Muslims-and within each Muslim community's unique expression of Islamic piety. Furthermore, the paper also identifies factors contributing to the increase in madrasas in Hong Kong after the transition from British colonial rule to China's resumption of sovereign power in 1997.
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091538
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2009.
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Two months after one of the deadliest anti-Christian mob attacks in Pakistan, in which seven Christians were burnt alive and one shot dead, the residents of Gojra's Christian colony are still living in the shadows of perpetual fear. These worries turned to dread when another angry mob attacked a Christian neighbourhood in the Sialkot district on September 11.
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062431
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ID:
091539
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2009.
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On a recent Wednesday in mid-September, tension intensified in Gojra once again in the wake of the death of a Muslim young man, Mohammad Asif. He succumbed to injuries he had received during the August 1 violence in the town as Muslims attacked the local Christian community.
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127348
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090269
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2009.
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The debut of Turkish-language translations of the Qur?an in the newly founded Republic of Turkey sparked lively debates over whether Qur?an translation was possible or desirable, who should engage in interpretation of the text, and what characteristics a Turkish-language rendering of the Qur?an should have. Whereas the abolition of the Islamic caliphate, closure of the medreses, and prohibition of the Sufi orders have received considerable attention in histories of early republican Turkey, the state-sponsored translation of the Qur?an into Turkish remains both neglected and misunderstood. Muhammad Rashid Rida, who was highly influential in shaping opinion in the Muslim world, portrayed the state-sponsored project as a long-term plot to displace the Arabic Qur?an. Other accounts misrepresent the involvement of President Mustafa Kemal (Atatürk) in the promotion of Qur?an translation by anachronistically suggesting that he sparked the initiative and led a "campaign" in support of it. Mustafa Kemal had no hand in the composition of Turkish Qur?an translations published in 1924, other than helping create the political context in which they could be published. Their composition began well before the foundation of the Turkish republic, and their inspiration emerged from the intellectual milieu of the late Ottoman public sphere.
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107407
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093498
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2010.
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Notwithstanding its brevity, Firdausi's account of Iskandar's visit to the Ka'ba in Mecca was depicted regularly in illustrated manuscripts of the Shahnama from the fourteenth century to early modern times. An examination of these illustrations reveals the extent to which poetical and pictorial narratives diverged over the centuries, with an increasing expansion of the shrine's setting and emphasis on ritual performance and with Iskandar evolving from a passive bystander to a devout hajji. This study also offers a telling instance of the way the representation of a Shahnama scene could be transformed in response to another poetic text, specifically the Khamsa of Nizami.
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097790
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2010.
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Academics have paid far more attention to Islamist movements than to the political discourse of contemporary Islamist authors. This is regrettable for four main reasons. First, Islamists address issues of major importance to their societies and these societies' relations with the external world, especially the West. Understanding their discourse holds the key to a better understanding of Islamist movements. Second, Islamists form an integral component of the Arab intelligentsia. As opinion shapers they influence the attitudes, beliefs and value systems of Arab publics. Third, Islamists have been writing extensively and critically about the United States, especially since the end of the Cold War. It is of great importance to understand why they are so 'preoccupied' with America and why they view it the way they do. Finally, Islamists write in a distinct style that leans heavily, and in complex ways, on the sacred text (the Qur'an). It is intriguing and intellectually stimulating to analyze the substance and style of their discourse and to contextualize it historically. This article focuses on one specific and critical aspect of contemporary Islamist discourse: its treatment of the United States.
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098228
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100712
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Karachi, Oxford University Press, 2010.
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xxvii, 122p.
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9780195476941, hbk
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Copies: C:1/I:0,R:0,Q:0
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| Accession# | Call# | Current Location | Status | Policy | Location |
| 055530 | 297.211/RAS 055530 | Main | On Shelf | General | |
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128542
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102283
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111809
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119605
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118862
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054643
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Aldershots, Ashgate Publishing Limited, 2004.
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xxxiv, 363p.Hbk
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Formation of the Classical Islamic World
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Vol. XVIII
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0860787133
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120345
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100124
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120053
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