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The history of Shīʻism in Bahrain has long been a neglected area of academic attention; partly due to a lack of easily accessible sources...
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This article critiques the current literature, arguing that Sadr’s thought is neither authoritarian nor liberal-democratic, but rather it is a type of constitutional democracy meriting the...
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This paper aims at studying the fifth approach that studies the presence of intellect and rationality in Islamic history, culture, and...
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In this dissertation, the writer studies the political thought of a scholar and political actor who has long been viewed as a...
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In this study the writer aims to explore the roots of the 'Four Principles' in Islamic tradition and culture, and show that this particular set of principles are not something new but only...
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The rationale of this paper has been to high-light the conflict between the patients’ right to personalautonomy and medical and social...
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In this essay, the writer will pursue an alternative strategy towards reconstructing the history of taqlid within the early...
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Relying on an ethnographic research conducted both in the UK and Iraq, this article explores issues of cultural and religious identities among London-based young British Iraqi Shiis. Using Stuart Hall’s notions of...
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