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Category Archives: Student Post
Essentialization and Erasure in the Occupation of Palestine
Since at least the mid-nineteenth century, with the increasing spread of colonialism and the fall of the Ottoman empire, imperial world powers have essentialized the practitioners of the religion of Islam to be constitutive of a unified race. As with … Continue reading
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Tagged Edward Said, essentialization, modernity, orientalism, Palestine, Politics, Power, racialization, Religion
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Long Read: Colonialism, Modernity, Racialization, and African American Muslims
When I first began my research for this blog, I wanted to investigate how it is that black Muslim identity has and continues to inform Islam in America today. Drawing from David Chidster, D.V. Kumar, and Tomoko Masuzawa’s works on … Continue reading
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Tagged Black Islam, Colonialism, gender, Hip Hop, Intersectionality, Islam, longread, modernity, muslim, Racailization, Race, Religion
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Towards Light and Hands: Visual Grammars of Shirin Neshat and Saba Taj
In Memoir as Iranian Exile Cultural Production, cultural anthropologist Amy Malek writes that the cultural production of exile makes possible new codes, inscriptions, and identities that can uniquely exist outside of hegemonic powers (Malek 356). Uniquely too is the transformative … Continue reading
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Tagged cultural production, long read, orientalism, saba taj, shirin neshat, visual arts
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The ways in which Islamic mysticism (Sufism) presents as part of the so called ‘Muslim world’, in India during the British Raj.
When the British came to India they made distinctions between the Hindus and Muslims living there based on experiences that the Western world had already had with Muslims, namely the idea of a simple and unified ‘Muslim world’ (Aydin, p.3). … Continue reading
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Tagged 'Muslim World', Archibald Wavell, British, British Raj, Colonialism, Deobandi, fatwa, Gangohi, Hanafi, India, Indian Muslims, Islam, Islamic Mysticism, Muslisms, Mysticism, Spiritual, Sufi, Sufism
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Relationships Between Young Nation-States and Established Religious Institutions
During time from the end of WWI to the present day, many predominantly Muslim societies have had to face a similar set of challenges and questions surrounding their governing systems. Following the fall of the Ottoman empire after WWI, … Continue reading
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Tagged Family Courts, family law, Iran, Iraq, Islam, Law, Ottoman Empire, Pakistan, Turkey
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Revolutionary People, Revolutionary Bodies: Birth Control and Abortion in Iran
In the United States, conversations surrounding birth control and abortion access are controversial, heavily politicized and deeply infused with debates about religion. In Iran, a state known as a rival to the US, perceived as a threat to both American … Continue reading
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Tagged abortion access, Iran, Iranian women, Islam, modernity, Reproductive health
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Muslims in the Modern World
Stevya Mukuzo Muslims in the Modern World The issue of modernity has affected Muslim population, particularly those living in the modern world . Some Muslims living in America are faced with the challenges of assimilation and “othering” as a result … Continue reading
Iranian Cinema: An Apologetic Platform
In the Iranian film A Separation, the winner of the 84th Annual Academy Award for the Best Foreign Language Film, director Asghar Farhadi takes us through the story of two families with different socio-economic statuses and their conflicting relationships. A … Continue reading
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Tagged A Separation, apologetic, Asghar Farhadi, Faisal Devji, fashion, Film, Film Critics, Imperialism, international, Iranian Cinema, Islam, Liz Bucar, modernity, multiplicity, Universal truths, West
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The Fight Between the Veil and Secularity
Many Westerners view modest clothing as the ultimate sign of Muslim women’s oppression. They assume that the concept of the veil, whether a headscarf or a full-body covering, is based on the outdated idea that women’s bodies are overly sexual … Continue reading
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Tagged fashion, hijab, Islam, modernity, pious, secular, veil, veiling
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Muslim Youth: Struggle for Identity and Purpose in America
by Aden Haji In modern America, Muslim youth are making a huge impact in the world today.They are changing societal perceptions of Islam, giving light to Islam’s connection to modernity, and promoting peace within Islam. It is important to … Continue reading