…contributed to the historical construction of Muslim women’s identity. Through its investigation of how gender and sexuality were used to articulate cultural differences and formulate identities in Abbasid systems of power and thought, Women, Islam, and Abbasid Identity demonstrates the importance of women to the writing of early Islamic history….
…its presence to more countries and claims responsibility for an increased number of attacks, the need for a shared counter-extremism strategy that includes significant internal and international cooperation, coupled with confidence-building tools, has become more apparent. The measures to be implemented must also include robust stabilization and combine diplomatic, political,…
…decades have undergone profound changes, changes which continuously and increasingly alter mentalities and habits, whether belief-related or not. In this collective work, authors develop the major themes that are relevant to their country of expertise, while a final chapter is devoted to the role of the European Courts (ECHR and…
…if examples of religious cohabitation within a country could still be seen (for instance in the Polish-Lithuanian Comonwealth or in the Ottoman Empire) This changed in the eighteenth century (with the Enlightenment) and throughout the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, when the idea of religious tolerance and of a state not…
…together scholars from different historiographical sensitivities. They have recently contributed to the debate around the problem of historical significance of the existence of al-Andalus and the role played by the Arab and the Islamic heritage in the mainland over time. This event will contribute to the development of an open…
…growing segment of the Latino community, are more likely to vote Republican than their Catholic compatriots, giving George W. Bush over 60% of their vote in 2004, before reverting to majorities for Obama in 2008 and 2012, perhaps in response to GOP policy on immigration. Despite widespread agreement among scholars…
