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Producing Islamic Knowledge

Transmission and Dissemination in Western Europe

By: Martin van Bruinessen,Stefano Allievi

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Producing Islamic Knowledge

Transmission and Dissemination in Western Europe

By: Martin van Bruinessen,Stefano Allievi

Featuring contributions from leading sociologists and anthropologists, and presenting the findings of empirical research from a range of European countries, this book provides a discussion on the production and/or reproduction of Islamic knowledge and gives a new perspective on Islam and Muslims in Europe.

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Routledge

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1136932860

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9781136932861

Iran between Islamic Nationalism and Secularism

The Constitutional Revolution of 1906

By: Vanessa Martin

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Iran between Islamic Nationalism and Secularism

The Constitutional Revolution of 1906

By: Vanessa Martin

With the ratification of a new constitution in December 1906, Iran embarked on a great movement of systemic and institutional change which, along with the introduction of new ideas, was to be one of the most abiding legacies of the first Iranian revolution - known as the Constitutional Revolution. This uprising was significant not only for introducing secular understandings of government, but also Islamic visions of what could constitute a national assembly. The events of the Constitutional Revolution in Tehran have been much discussed, but the provinces, despite their crucial role in the revolution, have received less attention. Here, Vanessa Martin seeks to redress this imbalance. She does so by firstly analysing the role of the Islamic debate in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, and its relationship with secular ideas, and secondly by examining the ramifications of this debate in the main cities of Tabriz, Shiraz, Isfahan and Bushehr. When Muzaffar al-Din Shah came to power in 1896, on the assassination of his father Nasr al-Din Shah, Iran was in the midst of social and political upheaval, which culminated in the creation for the first time in Iran's history of a constitution and a new majlis (consultative assembly). In this book, Martin looks in particular at the idea of modern Islamic government as it was conceptualized at the time; an idea which had been emerging for some time before the revolution, having its origins in the vision of the reformist pan-Islamist, Jamal al-Din al-Afghani. She therefore traces the evolution of the debate around whether Iran was to be a secular or an Islamic society, or a combination of the two, together with the implications of this discourse in terms of popular perception and public opinion. By looking at the revolution outside of Tehran, she highlights the intra-elite rivalries, and the Islamic response to the Constitutional Revolution, from the moderate views of Thiqat al-Islam to the emergence of Islamic organizations and militancy. It is through this examination of Iran's major provincial cities that Martin concludes that in each region, the Constitutional Revolution took on a character of its own. From an exploration of the elites of Shiraz, including the effective mayor, Qavam al-Mulk, to the power centre of the then governor of Isfahan, Prince Zill al-Sultan, and from the revolutionary fervor of Tabriz to the commercial centre of Bushehr, Martin sheds light on the historical, political, religious and geographical importance of these cities. By examining the interaction between Islam and secularism during this tumultuous time, Iran between Islamic Nationalism and Secularism offers a vital new approach to the understanding of a key moment in Iran's history.

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451

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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085773427X

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9780857734273

Struggling for Recognition

The Alevi Movement in Germany and in Transnational Space

By: Martin Sökefeld

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Struggling for Recognition

The Alevi Movement in Germany and in Transnational Space

By: Martin Sökefeld

As a religious and cultural minority in Turkey, the Alevis have suffered a long history of persecution and discrimination. In the late 1980s they started a movement for the recognition of Alevi identity in both Germany and Turkey. Today, they constitute a significant segment of Germany’s Turkish immigrant population. In a departure from the current debate on identity and diaspora, Sökefeld offers a rich account of the emergence and institutionalization of the Alevi movement in Germany, giving particular attention to its politics of recognition within Germany and in a transnational context. The book deftly combines empirical findings with innovative theoretical arguments and addresses current questions of migration, diaspora, transnationalism, and identity.

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302

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Berghahn Books

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085745014X

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9780857450142

Kurds and Identity Politics

By: Martin van Bruinessen

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Kurds and Identity Politics

By: Martin van Bruinessen

Kurds and Identity Politics', by one of the world's leading specialists in this field is based on exhaustive fieldwork and research. Van Bruinessen's immense expertise allows him to take a broad view, exploring the issues from historical, linguistic and anthropological angles. He sets out the historic struggle of the Kurds and the formation of Kurdish identity in Turkey, Iran and Iraq, and explains it within the context of their global diaspora. He shows that even without an independent Kurdish state - Kurdistan - measures of Kurdish self-government are possible based on a broad understanding of what Kurdish nationhood means. A study of Kurdish identity and ethnicity that sets out the historic struggle of the Kurds in Turkey, Iran and Iraq, and shows that even without an independent Kurdish state (Kurdistan) measures of Kurish self-government are possible, based on a broad understanding of what Kurdish nationhood means.

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1860646948

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Producing Islamic Knowledge

Producing Islamic Knowledge

Iran between Islamic Nationalism and Secularism

Iran between Islamic Nationalism and Secularism

Struggling for Recognition

Struggling for Recognition

Kurds and Identity Politics

Kurds and Identity Politics

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