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BLACK ISLAM SOUTH AFRICA Religious Territoriality, Conversion
BLACK ISLAM SOUTH AFRICA Religious Territoriality, Conversion, and the Transgression of Orderly Indigeneity Dissertation zur Erlangung des Grades Dr. phil. im Promotionsfach Geographie am Fachbereich Chemie, Pharmazie, Geographie und Geowissenschaften der Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz vorgelegt von Matthias Gebauer geb. in Lichtenfels 2019 i Abstract Social alienation and the struggle to belong in the South African society are not only matters of political discourse but touch the practical sphere of everyday life in the respective places of residence. This thesis therefore approaches the entanglements of religion and space within the processes of re-ordering African indigeneity in post-apartheid South Africa. It asks how conversion to Islam constitutes the longing for a post-colonial and post-racialized African self. This study specifically engages with dynamics surrounding Black and Muslim practices and identity politics in formerly demarcated Black African areas. Here, even after the official end of apartheid, spatial racialization and social inequalities persist. Modes of orderings rooted in colonialism and apartheid still define what orderly belonging and African indigeneity mean. Thus, the inhabitants of those spaces find themselves in situations every day in which their habitat continuously ascribes oppression and racialization. The post-1994 promise for equal citizenship seems to be slowly fading, becoming a broken promise, on whose fulfillment the majority of people who were previously—by official definition and demarcation—only granted the right of being a migratory workforce, sojourners in the White spaces, are still waiting. Against this background, this thesis engages with the attempts to reformulate and recreate African indigeneity on the basis of a counter-hegemonic ideology of being Black and Muslim. -
“Fight Is an Inside Path” – a Minor Field Study of How Members of Nur Ashki Jerrahi Sufi Order Perceive Religious Freedom in Mexico
Södertörn University | School of Historical and Contemporary Studies Bachelor thesis 15 hp | Religious studies | Fall 2014 The program of Journalism target religious studies “Fight is an inside path” – A minor field study of how members of Nur Ashki Jerrahi Sufi Order perceive religious freedom in Mexico By: Sandra Forsvik Supervisor in Sweden: Simon Sorgenfrei Supervisor in Mexico: Israel Rojas Cámara Abstract The interests for academic studies of contemporary Sufism and Sufism in non-Islamic countries have become more popular, but little has been done in Latin America. The studies of Islam in this continent are limited and studies on Sufism in Mexico seem to be an unexplored area. As a student of journalism target religion I see this as an important topic that can generate new information for the study of Sufism. This thesis is therefore aimed to describe the group of Sufis I have chosen to study, Nur Ashki Jerrahi Sufi Order in Mexico, linked to Human Rights in form of how members of the Sufi order perceive Religious Freedom in Mexico. A minor field study was carried out in Colonia Roma, Mexico City during October and November 2014. The place was chosen because this is the place where Nur Ashki Jerrahi Sufi Order exists in Mexico. The investigation is qualitative and based on an ethnographic study of eight weeks and semi structured interviews with three dervishes of the Sufi order, where two of them are men and one is a woman. Based on my purpose I have formulated the following questions: – How do members of Nur Ashki Jerrahi Sufi -
Issue 1 President Gilbert Joseph Yale University
winter 2016 | volume xlvii | issue 1 President Gilbert Joseph Yale University Vice President Joanne Rappaport Georgetown University Past President Debra Castillo Cornell University Table of Contents Treasurer Timothy J. Power University of Oxford Incoming Treasurer Patricia Tovar Rojas City University of New York, John Jay College 1 From the President | by GIL JOSEPH EXECUTIVE COUNCIL LASA2015 KALMAN SILVERT AWARD For term ending May 2016: Carmen Martínez Novo, University of Kentucky 3 La vocación de una generación: Discurso de recepción del Premio Kalman Silvert, Angela Paiva, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro LASA, Puerto Rico, 29 Mayo 2015 | por MANUEL GARRETÓN Charles Walker, University of California, Davis For term ending May 2017: DEBATES: LATIN AMERICA AND THE MIDDLE EAST Evelina Dagnino, Universidade Estadual de Campinas Lauren “Robin” Derby, University of California, Los Angeles 7 Refuge, Alliance, and South-South Exchange: Latin America and the Maria Helena Machado, Universidade de São Paulo Middle East | by JESSICA STITES MOR Ex Officio 9 Syrian Refugees in Latin America: Diaspora Communities as Interlocutors Ariel C. Armony, University of Pittsburgh Amy Chazkel, City University of New York/Queens College by LILY BALLOFFET Philip Oxhorn, McGill University 15 Nuevas agendas para una antigua migración: La migración siria, libanesa y Milagros Pereyra-Rojas, University of Pittsburgh palestina desde una mirada Latinoamericana | por JORGE ARANEDA TAPIA FORUM EDITORIAL COMMITTEE 21 El régimen militar chileno e Irán: -
Studying Religious Diversity in Suriname and Trinidad: Review and Research Design
Academic Journal of Suriname 2011, 2, 139 – 143 Social Sciences Concepts and comments Studying Religious Diversity in Suriname and Trinidad: Review and Research Design Mirella P. Nankoe 1*, Soulamy A. Laurens 1, Rayah Bhattacharji 1 1Institute for Graduate Studies and Research, Anton de Kom Universiteit van Suriname, Paramaribo, Suriname Abstract This article reviews the research design of the master thesis “Religious Diversity in Suriname and Trinidad: An Exploration of the Institutional Development of Christianity, Hinduism and Islam” (Algoe 2011). We identified a few limitations in the existing design, concerning: (1) the number, the comparability and the definition of the social spheres, (2) the criteria for selecting the media as a case, (3) the definition of politics and (4) the relationship between religion and ethnicity. Unlike Algoe’s thesis that focused on the institutional development of religions and on interreligious relations, we propose an alternative design with a focus on the sphere of national decision-making in general, and the interaction between the state and religious institutions as part of development in particular. The key questions and concepts of the alternative design would include (a) the vision of colonial and post-colonial government, and Christian and Hindu institutions on religiously diverse societies and the nation, (b) the policy of colonial and post-colonial governments regarding religious diversity, and (c) Christian and Hindu institutions’ interaction with and participation in national decision making processes. The proposed design would be a comparative study between Suriname and Trinidad & Tobago, using a quantitative and qualitative research strategy and mixed methods such as secondary analysis of quantitative data, qualitative content analysis, and interviews. -
A Study on Islam in Brazil: Shiite Cultural Centers in the Creation of the Dialogue of Coexistence in Social Networks
A Study on Islam in Brazil: Shiite Cultural Centers in the Creation of the Dialogue of Coexistence in Social Networks Author: Dr. Karina Arroyo1 (Brazil) Reccive: 03/09/2019 Accept: 23/08/2020 Abstract In this work, the objective is to analyze through an empirical research the function of the social networks used by the Mosques and Cultural Centers shi'as in Brazil for the promotion of peace and coexistence among the diferent religious groups. Shiite Muslims in Brazil participate Shiite Muslims in Brazil actively participate in government political instances in Committees to Combat Religious Intolerance (CCIR) and use social media to convene, disseminate and strengthen the community and the Islamic speech of peace. Two main examples will also be presented: Imam Hussein Cultural Center (CCIH) and The Shiite Human Rights Observatory (OXDIH), both in the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The discourse and actions developed also support the pretension of educating and informing the Brazilian population about the true mission of Islam to promote peace and peaceful coexistence. Key Words: Social Networks, Interreligious Speech, Islam in Brazil, Shiite Cultural Centers 1. PhD in Department of Geography, Faculty of Humanities, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil,[email protected] 98) / Journal of PURE LIFE, Vol. 7, No. 23 (September 2020) Introduction Start this topic by presenting an overview of the place of analysis of this subject. The Brazil, a country discovered in the year 1500 and colonized by the Portuguese in the European continent, with many points of interest related to your history, culture and civilization, composed by three different peoples: Indians, the natives of the land, Portuguese, the colonists and finally, Africans from Angola, Benin and Guinea, brought in compulsorily to slavery for three centuries until the extinction of human trafficking with the Áurea Law, enacted in 1888. -
Brazil-Turkey Fundação Alexandre De Gusmão Fundação Two Emerging Powers Intensify Emerging Powers Two
coleção Internacionais Relações Relações coleção coleção Internacionais 811 Ekrem Eddy Güzeldere is a political Eddy Güzeldere Ekrem Ekrem Eddy Güzeldere The bilateral relations of Brazil and Turkey scientist from Munich with a specialization Within the theoretic frame of role theory, this book represents a first attempt at are a little researched subject. Therefore, this in international relations. He holds a PhD describing the bilateral relations of Brazil and Turkey since the 1850s until 2017 book offers a first attempt at analyzing both (2017) from the University of Hamburg. with an emphasis on contemporary relations. Both states are treated as emerging the political, economic, cultural and academic From 2005 to October 2015 he worked in powers, which intensify their relations, because of two main motivations: to raise bilateral relations, especially since they have Istanbul for the German political foundation their status in international affairs and for economic reasons. In the period of 2003 been intensifying in the 2000s. However, there Heinrich Böll, an international ESI think until 2011, Brazil and Turkey succeeded in intensifying their relations in many is also a historic chapter about the relations in tank, as a journalist and political analyst fields, with 2010 being the year of most intensive politico-diplomatic relations, the 19th century, which in its depth, using both for international media and consultancies. because of both a major diplomatic initiative, the Tehran Declaration, and an Turkish and Portuguese-language sources, Before moving to Istanbul, he worked in ambitious Strategic Partnership. The economic relations reached a high in 2011 represents a first endeavor in English. -
The Architectural Representation of Islam Tural This Book Is a Study of Dutch Mosque Designs, Objects of Heated Public Debate
THE ARCHI THE R EPRESEN tat T EC THE ARCHITECTURAL REPRESentatION OF ISlam T ION OF OF ION This book is a study of Dutch mosque designs, objects of heated public UR debate. Until now, studies of diaspora mosque designs have largely A consisted of normative architectural critiques that reject the ubiquitous L ‘domes and minarets’ as hampering further Islamic-architectural evolution. I The Architectural Representation of Islam: Muslim-Commissioned Mosque SL Design in The Netherlands represents a clear break with the architectural A critical narrative, and meticulously analyzes twelve design processes M for Dutch mosques. It shows that patrons, by consciously selecting, steering and replacing their architects, have much more influence on their mosques than has been generally assumed. Through the careful transformation of specific building elements from Islamic architectural history to a new context, they literally aim to ‘construct’ the ultimate Islam. Their designs thus evolve not in opposition to Dutch society, but to those versions of Islam that they hold to be false. ERIC ROOSE THE ARCHITECTURAL Eric Roose (1967) graduated with M.A. degrees in Public International Law, Cultural Anthropology, and Architectural History (the latter cum laude) from REPRESENtatION OF ISLAM Leiden University. Between 2004 and 2008 he conducted PhD research at Leiden University, and between 2005 and 2008 was also an Affiliated PhD Fellow at the International Institute for the Study of Islam in the Modern MUSLIM-COMMISSIONED World (ISIM) in Leiden. He is currently a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Amsterdam School for Social Science Research (ASSR) of the University of Amsterdam. MOSQUe DeSIGN ISBN 978 90 8964 133 5 ERIC ERIC IN THe NetHERLANDS R OOS E Eric Roose ISIM ISIM DISSERTATIONS ISIM EBSCO Publishing : eBook Collection (EBSCOhost) - printed on 10/15/2020 10:54 AM via MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY AN: 324550 ; Roose, Eric.; The Architectural Representation of Islam : Muslim-commissioned Mosque Design in the Netherlands Copyright 2009. -
Educational Democracy in Graduate Education: Public Policies and Affirmative Action
Educational democracy in graduate education: Public policies and affirmative action Hugo Augusto Vasconcelos Medeiros Federal University of Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil Ruy de Deus e Mello Neto University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA Afrânio Mendes Catani University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil Abstract This paper is a discussion on the possibilities of educationl democracy in Brazilian Graduate Education, with a focus on the current Graduate Education Field regulations and the recent affirmative actions and public policies of access. We analyzed laws, decrees, government plans and selections edicts, through categories derived from historical materialism and praxeological sociology. Hence, this is a qualitative and critical research paper that aims at pointing paths to overcome the conflicts between the interests of different social groups by defending the need and urgency of an overall discussion and structural change. Keywords: educational democracy; affirmative action; graduate education; historical materialism; praxeological sociology Introduction In 2003, a World Bank report stated that knowledge was, in current society, the main factor for economic development and poverty reduction. Therefore, higher education was recognized as a very important component in development and inequality reduction—being graduate education (GE) and scientific research (SR) the central factors for attracting and retaining the most capable minds in order to provide innovation and develop a country. In -
Islam in Latin America: Beginning and Continuation of a Migration
İbn Haldun Çalışmaları Dergisi, 6 (2) 2021, 121-128 DOI: 10.36657/ihcd.2021.80 Islam in Latin America: Beginning and Continuation of a Migration Latin Amerika’da İslam: Göçlerin Başlangıcı ve Devam Etmesi İD Sefa Bulut⁽¹⁾, İD Daniela Urueña Garcia⁽²⁾ ⁽¹⁾İbn Haldun Üniversitesi, Türkiye ⁽²⁾İbn Haldun Üniversitesi, Türkiye ⁽¹⁾[email protected], ⁽²⁾[email protected] Received: April 29, 2021 Accepted: June 07, 2021 Published: July 15, 2021 Abstract: During migration individuals or groups are displaced geographically their place of living for economic or social reasons. America is one continent which was conquered and then formed by immigrants from every other continent. After colonization and its migrations Latin America was enriched with multiracial and multicultural population. Furthermore, there is one immigrant that is not well known, has been lost during the history and in the present time, is opening a new opportunity in Latin America which is Islam. On the other hand, due to lack of historical resources the manifestations and how Islam arrived to Latin America is not clear, not uniform. This paper brings an idea of how after the discovery and formation of the American continent and its semi continent Latin America, Islam became present. There were found three common stages which were: slavery, colonial migration and postcolonial migration. Through the paper those stages were quite described to light up how Islam was born or how developed in this land. It is interesting to observe how Islam could help or enriched Latin America as a multicultural and multiracial and how this land could keep evolving and developing. -
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Becoming Sisters Reworking Femininity and Relatedness among Muslim Converts in Buenos Aires Tiffany Utvær Gasser Master Thesis Department of Social Anthropology University of Oslo May 2016 © Tiffany Utvær Gasser 2016 Becoming Sisters Tiffany Utvær Gasser http://www.duo.uio.no Print: Mail Boxes Etc. ii Abstract This thesis is based on six months of fieldwork among converts to Islam in Buenos Aires, Argentina. It is located at the theoretical intersection of gender, kinship, and religious studies. I explore how religious conversions lead to processes that involve the reworking of identity and femininity. This multilayered point of departure enables a unique approach to conversion to Islam, and in this case, allows me to tackle the importance of the concept of sisterhood. I argue that sisterhood is a platform on which women can rework identity issues and religious piety along Islamic guidelines, which also brings forward new imaginations of kinship ties. In addition, a focus on the practices of Islam in Buenos Aires can illustrate new understandings of how the religion is appropriated in a Latin American context. At the same time, the conjunction of the local and the global highlights how Islamic practices in Argentina cannot be disassociated from global connections. An important dimension of this study is how I approach the mundane and ordinary practices of Islam. Also, by illustrating religious practices within a less explored context, namely Latin America, I wish to complicate the often rather simplified picture of Islam we are faced with these days. These explorations begin with an investigation of what religious conversion to Islam implies. -
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Chapter 4 – Dutch Colonialism, Islam and Mosques 91 4.2
UvA-DARE (Digital Academic Repository) Constructing mosques : the governance of Islam in France and the Netherlands Maussen, M.J.M. Publication date 2009 Link to publication Citation for published version (APA): Maussen, M. J. M. (2009). Constructing mosques : the governance of Islam in France and the Netherlands. General rights It is not permitted to download or to forward/distribute the text or part of it without the consent of the author(s) and/or copyright holder(s), other than for strictly personal, individual use, unless the work is under an open content license (like Creative Commons). Disclaimer/Complaints regulations If you believe that digital publication of certain material infringes any of your rights or (privacy) interests, please let the Library know, stating your reasons. In case of a legitimate complaint, the Library will make the material inaccessible and/or remove it from the website. Please Ask the Library: https://uba.uva.nl/en/contact, or a letter to: Library of the University of Amsterdam, Secretariat, Singel 425, 1012 WP Amsterdam, The Netherlands. You will be contacted as soon as possible. UvA-DARE is a service provided by the library of the University of Amsterdam (https://dare.uva.nl) Download date:01 Oct 2021 CHAPTER 4 Dutch colonialism, Islam and mosques 4.1. Introduction The Dutch East Indies were by far the most important Dutch colony. It was also the only colony where a purposeful policy towards Islam was developed and this aspect of Dutch colonial policy in particular attracted attention from other imperial powers. In 1939 the French scholar Georges Henri Bousquet began his A French View of the Netherlands Indies by recalling that: “No other colonial nation governs relatively so many Moslem subjects as do the Netherlands”.