Following Wadie Jwaideh s dissertation defense, his doctoral chairman took aside Jwaideh s wife, Alice, and asked her to submit the work for publication without Wadie s permission, believing that Wadie s penchant for perfection would postpone its publication indefinitely. The thesis was never published during Jwaideh s lifetime, but its fame spread by word of mouth, and many scholars have recognized its importance not only as a study of the earlier phases of Kurdish nationalism but also as a framework for understanding later developments. Now forty years later, the work continues to stand...
Following Wadie Jwaideh s dissertation defense, his doctoral chairman took aside Jwaideh s wife, Alice, and asked her to submit the work for public...
Recent events have focused attention on the perceived differences and tensions between the Muslim world and the modern West. As a major strand of Western public discourse has it, Islam appears resistant to internal development and remains inherently pre-modern. However Muslim societies have experienced most of the same structural changes that have impacted upon all societies: massive urbanisation, mass education, dramatically increased communication, the emergence of new types of institutions and associations, some measure of political mobilisation, and major transformations of the economy....
Recent events have focused attention on the perceived differences and tensions between the Muslim world and the modern West. As a major strand of West...
How do Muslims in Europe acquire discursive and practical knowledge of Islam? How are conceptions of Islamic beliefs, values and practices transmitted and how do they change? Who are the authorities on these issues that Muslims listen to? How do new Muslim discourses emerge in response to the European context? This book addresses the broader question of how Islamic knowledge (defined as what Muslims hold to be correct Islamic beliefs and practices) is being produced and reproduced in West European contexts by looking at specific settings, institutions and religious authorities. Chapters...
How do Muslims in Europe acquire discursive and practical knowledge of Islam? How are conceptions of Islamic beliefs, values and practices transmitted...
