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Ali, Ghazoan. "Substance and things : dualism and unity in the early Islamic cultural field." Thesis, University of Exeter, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10036/3591.
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The purpose of this study is to sample a number of disparate texts from the early Islamic cultural field to explore the shared grounds or themes that bind them together. The focus of the sampled texts and their analysis is the different relations between God and the real things of this world. The method that is applied in the selection of the texts of this research relies on Pierre Bourdieu’s approach to the study of cultural production. It assumes a relational and dynamic intellectual field which creates interlinked differences and similarities. This is the reason for sampling texts which are assumed to be reasonably marginal to the main cultural establishment. The kalām of the early stage, exemplified by the texts of the Zaydī al-Qāsim al-Rassī and the eastern Ibādīs, is found to emphasise the radical separation between the creator and the created. The development of this relation, which is explored through an intertextual reading of Qurʾānic exegesis, bridges the fissure, between creator and created, through the process of re-interpreting the terms of creation. The act of creation itself becomes an act of transformation, and the objects of creation become eternal ‘non-existent things’ that acquire the quality of existence. In the philosophical works of Jābir Ibn Ḥayyān, the things of this world are also reduced to transformations within the one substance that encompasses the intelligible and the material world. The results of this research show that there is a great degree of diffusion of ideas in this early stage of Islamic culture, from an assumed centre to the margins, and vice versa. The general tendencies in the texts considered reflect, on the one hand, a critique of multiplicity of principles, particularly dualism, and an emphasis on God’s unity, through different interpretations of tawḥīd. On the other hand, the sought unity itself established God’s radical transcendence from the real world, thus leading to another form of dualism dividing the world and the absolute other. The process of opposition to dualism seems to have eventually produced two forms of affirming and defining unity. Both forms define the existent things in terms of substance (jawhar), however, the kalām model expresses it in atomistic terms whilst the alchemical model of Jābir expresses it in terms of a hylomorphic model. One of these redefines the meanings of the existent and the non-existent things in term of subsistence, and the other, develops the idea of a single substance with different gradation in being.
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Walters, Albert Sundararaj. "Contemporary presentations of the Trinity in an Islamic context : a Malaysian case study." Thesis, University of Birmingham, 1999. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.368798.
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Alenezi, Fahaad J. M. M. "Usuli Shi'ism and state approaches to Islamic unity : the ecumenical movement in post-Safavid Iran." Thesis, Durham University, 2009. http://etheses.dur.ac.uk/1950/.
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Abdullah-Bukhari, Mohd Kamarulnizam. "The socio-political implications of the Dakwah phenomenon (Islamic revivalism) in Malaysia : questions of Malay unity and national security." Thesis, Lancaster University, 1998. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.242834.
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Barker, Gillian. "A well of living waters' Patterns of unity and diversity in gardens of the Islamic world form the seventh to the fourteenth centuries and their reflections in later garden des-sign." Thesis, University of Bristol, 2010. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.529886.
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Oliva, Cristiana <1996>. "L'etica islamica nelle politiche ecosostenibili degli Emirati Arabi Uniti." Master's Degree Thesis, Università Ca' Foscari Venezia, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/10579/15451.
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Nell’elaborato si intende discutere il tema dell’eco-sostenibilità all’interno della linea politica degli Emirati Arabi Uniti, facendo particolare riferimento alla gestione delle risorse energetiche (produzione e consumo).
In una prima parte si tenterà di fornire una panoramica del fenomeno accademico dell’eco-islam. Dopo una breve introduzione sul rapporto tra religione e ambiente, si illustreranno i principi islamici per la conservazione dell’ambiente naturale, ripercorrendo il pensiero degli studiosi, all’interno dell’ambiente accademico musulmano, i quali per primi hanno sviluppato un discorso ambientale prettamente islamico. Questa prima analisi è basata su elaborati accademici redatti in lingua inglese ma anche in lingua araba.
Si vedrà come oltre agli eco-pensatori individuali, le istituzioni e organizzazioni ambientali internazionali, le istituzioni e organizzazioni religiose e interconfessionali ed anche i governi nazionali e le istituzioni regionali di tutto il mondo hanno avuto un ruolo nella discussione globale questioni ambientali o di sostenibilità.
Verranno inoltre presentate le principali istituzioni amministrative di ispirazione islamica che possono svolgere il ruolo di tutela ambientale.
Dal momento che l’orientamento politico egli EAU è in qualche modo dettato dall’indirizzo regionale del Consiglio di Cooperazione del Golfo è importante analizzare il quadro regionale. Per questo motivo nella seconda parte, dopo una presentazione dell’istituzione del Consiglio di cooperazione del Golfo e del quadro energetico della regione verranno illustrate le politiche ambientali della stessa: in particolare le istituzioni coinvolte e le principali problematiche.
Per questo capitolo si è deciso di utilizzare rapporti governativi o di agenzie internazionali, oltre a articoli ed elaborati accademici di esperti del settore.
In seguito saranno posti i riflettori sull’ambiente emiratino. Nello specifico si fornirà un quadro delle principali istituzioni coinvolte nel processo decisionale, i messaggi dei capi di stato, i piani futuri di governo nel campo della salvaguardia ambientale ed il ruolo dell’islam nella politica ambientale.
Infine saranno presentati alcuni progetti, che rappresentano l’applicazione pratica dei principi e delle teorie islamiche ambientali all’interno degli Emirati Arabi Uniti.
DOMANDE DI RICERCA –
Esiste un’eco islam? Chi sta parlando per l'Islam delle questioni ambientali? Questi attori come si relazionano con gli altri che parlano per l'Islam, o altri che parlano per l'ambiente?
Quali idee, teorie, prospettive e punti di vista sono proposti? Quali principi e principi islamici sono chiamati in gioco? Come l’eco-islam si relaziona con i discorsi ambientali comunemente noti?
Sono presenti potiche sostenibili negli Emirati Arabi Uniti e nella regione del Golfo?
In riferimento alle politiche ambientali emiratine si analizzerà se è presente un approccio religioso nei progetti e nei piani del governo emiratino o se sono presenti progetti che in qualche modo associano il concetto di eco sostenibilità ai principi etici islamici.
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Spitaleri, Giulia <1995>. "Gli Emirati Arabi Uniti: fra sviluppo economico e diritti delle donne." Master's Degree Thesis, Università Ca' Foscari Venezia, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/10579/20262.
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La storia e l’organizzazione della Regione Araba è strettamente legata alla religione islamica, soprattutto quello che riguarda i rapporti interpersonali. Dalla nascita dell’Islam ad oggi si può notare un cambiamento sociale e di genere fra i credenti, parallelo allo sviluppo della Regione. Gli Emirati Arabi Uniti sono una realtà islamica che ha, però, affrontato uno sviluppo economico non indifferente e che ha indubbiamente influenzato gli abitanti del luogo. Questa tesi si propone di analizzare il benessere ed il ruolo dalla donna emiratina all’interno dei territori degli EAU cominciando dalla nascita della religione islamica e raccontando le varie vicissitudini che hanno portato all’affermazione del credo islamico. Inoltre, si prenderanno come esempio diversi messaggi del libro sacro analizzando le interpretazioni che vengono rivelate ed utilizzate all’interno della comunità islamica. La tesi continuerà ad analizzare il territorio degli Emirati Arabi Uniti esaminando l’area economica del paese dall’inizio dell’Unione ad oggi ed evidenziando il ruolo che la donna ha avuto all’interno della comunità facendo poi un paragone con la situazione attuale. In fine, si metterà in evidenza il funzionamento, le debolezze, i punti di forza e le sfide che questo sistema dovrà fronteggiare per raggiungere un’adeguata eguaglianza di genere.
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Carr, William J. "The Paradox of political Islam : unity and diversity in the greater Middle East /." Thesis, Monterey, Calif. : Springfield, Va. : Naval Postgraduate School ; Available from National Technical Information Service, 1996. http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA311140.
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MARCHI, CARLOTTA. "La Sanusiyya e la nascita del Regno Unito di Libia. Il ruolo della Confraternita islamica nel processo di transizione all'indipendenza (1931-1958)." Doctoral thesis, Università degli studi di Pavia, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/11571/1440034.
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La tesi di Dottorato ha come oggetto una confraternita islamica sufi, la Sanusiyya, e la sua evoluzione nel corso del Ventesimo secolo. L’obiettivo è duplice: da una parte, l’indagine e la ricostruzione della funzione della ṭarīqa a fronte del processo di creazione e consolidamento del Regno Unito di Libia (1951); dall’altra l’analisi della sua trasformazione da istituzione religiosa a strumento politico e amministrazione parallela allo Stato all’interno del neonato Regno.
Gli estremi temporali della ricerca sono gli anni Trenta e Cinquanta, momento di maggior connubio tra Sanusiyya e Stato. La tesi segue una progressione cronologica propria della Sanusiyya (dal 1931 al 1958) e si articola attorno a tre snodi tematici: la ridefinizione territoriale attraverso un approccio trans-coloniale; l’analisi del rapporto tra Islam e politica e, dunque, della strumentalizzazione politica della Sanusiyya a livello locale ed internazionale. Infine, l’inserimento ed il riconoscimento della ṭarīqa all’interno dello Stato ed il cambiamento della percezione sociale della stessa da parte della componente giovanile, influenzata dagli ideali del nazionalismo arabo e del nasserismo.
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Al-Yaqoobi, Ali. "La constitution irakienne de 2005 : entre diversité et unité." Thesis, Clermont-Ferrand 1, 2014. http://www.theses.fr/2014CLF10466/document.
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La Constitution de 2005 est une étape essentielle dans l’histoire de l’Irak moderne. Des années de dictature et de régime de parti unique sous Saddam Hussein ont entraîné l’Irak dans une série de crises externes et internes. Le changement politique en 2003 et les événements qui l’ont suivi ont créé les conditions pour la reconstruction juridique de l’Irak. L’Assemblée Constituante a élaboré la Constitution que les Irakiens ont approuvée par une large participation au référendum du 15 octobre 2005. Ce travail a bénéficié du soutien de la communauté internationale et du Conseil de Sécurité de l’ONU. La Constitution a établi une forme fédérale de l’État et un régime « parlementaire » donnant de larges pouvoirs au Conseil des Représentants.Ces principes et l’application de la démocratie « consociative » ont garanti le respect du pluralisme, mais, par ailleurs, ils ont amplifié le sentiment d’appartenance à une composante au détriment de celui d’appartenance nationale. Malgré l’inachèvement des textes législatifs permettant l’application complète de la Constitution et de quelques-uns des piliers de la démocratie ce texte est arrivé à ce que soient organisées plusieur sélections, transmis pacifiquement le pouvoir et garantie la vie démocratique en Irak. Elle reste la meilleure chance pour rassembler les IrakiensThe 2005 Constitution is an essential step in the history of modern Iraq. Years of dictatorship and one-party rule under Saddam Hussein led Iraq into a series of external and internal crises. Political change in 2003 and the events that followed have created the conditions for the legal reconstruction of Iraq. The Constituent Assembly drafted the Constitution that the Iraqis have approved by a large turnout in the referendum of 15October 2005. This work was supported by the international community and the Security Council of the UN.The Constitution founded a federal form of government and a "parliamentary" system gives broad powers to the Council of Representatives. These principles and application of "consociational" democracy ensured respect for pluralism, but otherwise, they amplified the feeling of segmental membership at the expense of national belonging. Despite the incompleteness of legislation to the full implementation of the Constitution and some of the pillars of democracy, this text came to be that organized several elections, peacefully passed power and guarantee the democratic process in Iraq. It remains the best chance to gather the Iraqis
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Macêdo, Martina Bolz de Jesus. "Der Stand der Demokratisierung und der Herausbildung einer Zivilgesellschaft in Ägypten am Beispiel des Diskurses über die autochthone christliche Minderheit der Kopten." Doctoral thesis, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Philosophische Fakultät III, 2009. http://dx.doi.org/10.18452/16017.
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Die Meinungen über die Chancen einer Demokratisierung im Nahen und Mittleren Osten sind geteilt. Diese Arbeit versucht für Ägypten eine Einschätzung zu geben. Als bevölkerungsreichstes und eines der politisch bedeutsamsten Länder der Region könnte es eine Vorbildfunktion einnehmen. Die Dissertation untersucht an einem Fallbeispiel, den Ausschreitungen zwischen Muslimen und Christen in einem oberägyptischen Dorf 1999/ 2000, in welcher Form und in welchem Ausmaß sich staatliche Akteure, religiöse Institutionen und die Bürger zum heiklen Thema der Gefährdung der Rechte von Minderheiten im öffentlichen Diskurs zu Wort melden und dabei das Kriterium des Pluralismus, im Sinne von Toleranz und Ablehnung von Gewalt, erfüllen. Pessimistische Stimmen versagen dem Nahen und Mittleren Osten insbesondere wegen der dort vorherrschenden Religion eine Reformierbarkeit der politischen Kultur und stigmatisieren den Islam als Demokratisierungshindernis. Diese Arbeit beobachtet jedoch, dass es empirisch bereits einige Merkmale gibt, die auf eine Zunahme von Pluralismus in der ägyptischen Gesellschaft hindeuten. Sie zeigt die Anzeichen für die Herausbildung einer freien Öffentlichkeit und einer Zivilgesellschaft auf, die langfristig auf die Konsolidierung von Demokratie und nicht auf deren Zerstörung hinarbeitet. Gleichzeitig ist diese Arbeit eine Art in Szene gesetztes, lebendiges „Who is who?“ der gegenwärtigen Minderheiten- und Menschenrechtsbewegung in Ägypten. 1The current status of democratization and civil society development in Egypt through the example of the discourse on the indigenous Christian minority of the Copts. Opinions regarding the chances of democratization in the Middle East are divided. The thesis attempts to give an evaluation in the case of Egypt. As the most populous and one of the politically most influencing countries of that region Egypt could take the function of a role model. The dissertation investigates, on the basis of a case study – the clashes between Muslims and Christians in an Upper Egyptian village in 1999/ 2000 - in what form and to what extent state actors, religious institutions and citizens take a stand in public discourse on the sensitive issue of endangering the rights of minorities and thereby meet the criteria of pluralism in the sense of tolerance and rejection of violence. Pessimistic voices deny the Middle East a reformability of its political culture particularly with regard to the predominating religion there and stigmatize Islam as an obstacle to democratization. This study however, shows empirically that there are already some indications that point towards an increase of pluralism in Egyptian society and towards the development of a free public sphere and a civil society that in the long term can lead to the consolidation of democracy and not to its destruction. At the same time this study is a kind of status report and “Who’s who?” of the current minority – and human rights movement in Egypt.
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Moosa, Mustaq H. "Light as the manifestation of the concept of unity in the sacred built form of Islam : a study with reference to the Alhambra, Granada, Spain." Kansas State University, 1995. http://hdl.handle.net/2097/36117.
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Weber, Anne Françoise. ""On peut dialoguer sans vivre ensemble et vivre ensemble sans dialoguer" : relations interreligieuses et construction d'une unité nationale au LIban." Paris, EHESS, 2005. http://www.theses.fr/2005EHES0060.
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Au Liban, l'appartenance confessionnelle joue un rôle politique et social important. Le travail examine comment l'interreligieux contribue à la construction d'une unité nationale dans ce pays marqué par une guerre civile. Deux domaines sont étudiés à l'aide d'entretiens et d'une analyse de discours : le dialogue islamo-chrétien et le vécu de familles bireligieuses. Le dialogue national vise à constituer une religion civile basée sur la pluralité religieuse et sur sa gestion par le confessionnalisme politique. Confrontées aux frontières intercommunautaires, les familles bireligieuses développent différentes stratégies face au refus de leur environnement et face à leur double appartenance religieuse. L'étude de trois débats socio-politiques (concernant le système politique, le mariage civil et l'enseignement religieux) permet de distinguer deux logiques dans la conception des relations interreligieuses et de l'unité nationale, celle de la différence collective et celle du mélangeIn Lebanon sectarian affiliation plays an important political and social role. This study analyses how interreligious relations contribute to the construction of national unity in this civil-war-torn country. Interviews and a discourse analysis are conducted on two topics : Muslim-Christian dialogue and the experiences of bi-religious families. National dialogue aims at the establishment of a civil religion based on religious plurality and its management through the system of political sectarianism. The bi-religious families experience the intercommunitarian frontiers; they develop different strategies facing the rejection by their environment and facing their double religious adherence. The study of three socio-political debates (concerning the system of political sectarianisme, civil marriage and religious relations and national unity : the logic of collective diffrence and the logic of mixture
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Huff, Livingstone M. "A Christian introduction to Islam suggested course content for a missions unit at the Baptist Leadership Education Centre of the Baptist Convention of Ontario and Quebec /." Online full text .pdf document, available to Fuller patrons only, 2002. http://www.tren.com.
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Magalhaes, Margaux. "Les Etats-Unis, la Turquie et l’UE. Du soutien américain aux ambitions européennes d’Ankara au délitement de la relation triangulaire (1993-2017)." Thesis, Sorbonne Paris Cité, 2019. http://www.theses.fr/2019USPCA051.
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Depuis la fin de la guerre froide, les Etats-Unis militent en faveur de l’intégration de la Turquie à l’UE et deviennent, sous la présidence Clinton, les plus ardents défenseurs de la cause turque, avant même Ankara. Comment expliquer ce positionnement de la superpuissance mondiale, elle qui n’appartient pourtant pas au continent européen et ne dispose pas d’un pouvoir décisionnel dans l’UE ? Cet activisme s’explique par la mutation des enjeux et des défis au XXIe siècle : résurgence éventuelle de la Russie, influence iranienne dans le monde musulman, montée de la menace djihadiste ou « choc des civilisations » prédit par Huntington. Pour y faire face, Washington regarde l’alliance de l’UE chrétienne à la Turquie musulmane comme une stratégie préventive : l’adhésion d’Ankara, outre son aspect symbolique qui permettrait de contrer la rhétorique des djihadistes tout en signalant aux musulmans vivant en Europe qu’ils ne sont pas étrangers au continent, ferait de la Turquie un modèle pour l’ensemble de son voisinage et une force de projection occidentale dans le monde musulman. L’UE, grâce à son pouvoir normatif, est indispensable à cette fin : sans elle, la démocratie ainsi que le libéralisme politique et économique pourraient-ils s’implanter en terre d’Islam ? Sans elle, la Turquie restera-t-elle un Etat laïc ancré à l’Occident ? Les attentats du 11 septembre 2001 propulsent cette stratégie au sommet des priorités des administrations Bush : elle s’intègre désormais dans leur Freedom agenda. Si la survenue des printemps arabes en 2011 aurait dû rendre indispensable l’ancrage de la Turquie à l’UE afin de s’assurer qu’elle puisse influencer les événements en propageant les valeurs occidentales auprès de ces populations en quête de démocratie, l’Amérique cesse pourtant progressivement son militantisme envers une adhésion qui devient chimérique. Au lieu de souder l’alliance entre les Etats-Unis, la Turquie et l’UE, les printemps arabes auront fissuré les fondations déjà écornées de ce partenariat, si bien qu’à la fin du mandat d’Obama, la relation triangulaire est déliquescenteIn the aftermath of the Cold War, the US has asserted a strong lobbying in favor of Turkey’s accession to the EU, and became the first supporter of this integration, before Ankara itself. How could we explain the US involvement since it doesn’t belong to the European continent? The new world order brought new challenges for the 21st century. Therefore, such an integration was perceived as a preventive strategy by Washington to deter upcoming threats facing the West, such as Russian resurgence, Iranian influence in the Muslim world, jihadism, or the « clash of civilizations ». Indeed, it would help bridging the growing gap between the West and the Muslim world by uniting under the same roof Christian countries within the EU, and the former Caliphate. It would also enable Turkey to be a Western projection force in its neighborhood — stretching from the Balkans to the Middle East — by becoming a model. To do so, Turkey has to become more liberal politically and economically. However, would it be possible without European prospects? From a US perspective, the normative power of the EU is necessary to see Turkey succeeding in proving that Islam, secularism and democracy are compatible and to spread Western values in its neighborhood while anchoring Ankara firmly in the West. 9/11 reinforced the significance of this strategy, which got integrated into the Freedom agenda and the global war on terror. Therefore, supporting Ankara’s accession became a top priority of Bush administrations. Barack Obama maintained this policy, even though the US lobbying slowed down, since it appeared this integration might never occur. The Arab awakening could have been the perfect occasion to bring closer together Turkey and the EU so that Ankara could become the model Arabs were calling for. However, instead of strengthening the US-Turkey-EU relations, those events damaged their alliance, which was already strained. At the end of Obama’s presidency, this triangular relation seemed on the verge to collapse
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Tsai, Yuan-Hsun, and 蔡元勛. "Application and Discussion of Modular Unit in Plane Geometry -The Symmetrical Form of Islamic Art Deco." Thesis, 2017. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/65vk65.
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Islamic culture has a solemn and concise, and the Islamic art revealing the balance of its artistic , and there are some main elements that can represent Islamic art , e.g: the symmetrical with harmony, pattern structural type with stable , these are our understanding of Islamic culture and imagination, perhaps for the Islamic culture and art "Mathematics is not just a science, but also a cultural phenomenon", therefore these reason makes the Islamic culture bring it to the higher artistic level. In this paper, using the mathematical language of seventeen plane symmetry groups in Islamic art being arranged as the main description item. In the concept, through the Identifying the seventeen Plane Symmetry Groups of the preliminary study, e.g: plane geometry analysis of the integration of the plane polygon category distinction, the pattern of morphological changes as the basis of the tone , and to explain the design principle of the building blocks, the concrete implementation and its follow-up influence the development factors and the future contribution achievements, and construct the innovative thinking logic as the main goal.
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Torns, Christina Lynne. "Reflections of unity the social, political, and cosmological dimensions of mosque architecture in early Islam and Persia /." 2008. http://purl.galileo.usg.edu/uga%5Fetd/torns%5Fchristina%5Fl%5F200805%5Fma.
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(9794621), Hatem El Zein. "The military media of ‘The Islamic Resistance’ - the military arm of Hezbollah: History, messages, and objectives." Thesis, 2015. https://figshare.com/articles/thesis/The_military_media_of_The_Islamic_Resistance_-_the_military_arm_of_Hezbollah_History_messages_and_objectives/13436195.
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In the context of the Arab-Israeli conflict, Islamic Resistance, the military arm of Hezbollah, was an early guerrilla movement, which established a military media unit in 1984. This unit developed its work to specialise in the following procedures: issuing statements about the activities of Islamic Resistance and its fighters' obituaries; filming the military operations initiated by Islamic Resistance against the Israeli army in Southern Lebanon; and, producing videos of fighters' testaments, video songs and flashes. This unit uses the official website of Islamic Resistance and cooperates with media outlets established and operated by Hezbollah, particularly Al-Manar satellite station, to transmit its messages. However, the success of this unit has demonstrated, particularly the significance of media units, to the Palestinian military arms in the Gaza Strip in the context of psychological warfare against Israel, as shown in the recent war with Israel in 2014. The establishment of media units by military arms of many militant organisations in the Middle East has promoted new forms of discourse. These forms, when accompanied with developments in communication technologies, have allowed the military arms to develop their media platforms by which they freely convey their discourse; the latter forms are embedded with signs and frames, and have objectives aimed at a wider audience. This thesis identifies and analyses the media discourse of Hezbollah's military arm, contextualised by reviewing the use of media by militant organisations in the Middle East and the spawning of military media units. The point of departure in this thesis resides in identifying the media discourse of Islamic Resistance. Thus, the thesis critically reviews the current literature and the organisational structure of Hezbollah; in doing so, it reaches the conclusion that such media discourse is comprised of the output of the military media unit and the speeches of Resistance of Hezbollah's Secretary-General, who is also the leader of its military arm. In contrast to previous studies, the present review explores that the establishment of Hezbollah's military arm, Islamic Resistance, is likely to have occurred before that of its parent organisation. This thesis bridges the gaps in the studies existing in the literature, which have never identified the media discourse of Islamic Resistance, nor analysed the total output of the military media unit of Islamic Resistance. Thus, there is a dearth of studies relating to the following outputs: the written statements, fighters' testaments, video songs and flashes, and the footage of the capturing of Israeli soldiers. However, this thesis analyses the media discourse of Islamic Resistance. It analyses samples of archival data representing the total output of the military media unit, as well as the speeches of Resistance of Hezbollah's Secretary-General, Sayyed Hassan Nasrullah. Under its aim and sub-aims, it explores the embedded signs, codes, frames and objectives of the discourse. To achieve its aim, this thesis has developed a critical discourse analysis (CDA) model, utilising tools from the fields of (critical) linguistics and (social) semiotics, and guided by framing theory. The findings of this thesis bridge a gap in the current studies relating to the media discourse of Islamic Resistance. In addition, the theoretical foundations and the approach utilised here can be replicated in future studies of the media discourses of other guerrilla groups in the Middle East, particularly the Palestinian military arms.
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Sahib, Muzdalifah. "Shayh Yusuf Al-Maqassari's literary contribution with a special attention to his Matalib Al-Salikin (The Quests of the spiritual seekers)." Thesis, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/27388.
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The importance of this research on the life of Shaykh Yūsuf‟s life and legacy is eviden t from the
depth of the reports on "Shaykh Yūsuf al-Maqassarī’s literary contribution with a special attention
to his Maṭālib al-Sālikῑn [The Quests of the Spiritual Seekers].” We contend that without a
comprehensive knowledge of it, some of the subtleties and nuances of the Shaykh as well as his
treatises will remain concealed from us.
I utilised the comprehensive religious historical and philological approaches following the
methodology of Sultan, Nabilah Lubis, and Suleman Essop Dangor to complement al-Maqassarī‟s
history, his literary contribution in general and to gain the essence of his Maṭālib al-Sālikῑn through
commentaries. I also used hermeneutic‟s theory for interpreting some of the texts.
Shaykh Yūsuf (1626-1699) is considered a national hero of Indonesia and South Africa. His
movements from Gowa South Sulawesi to other countries including the Middle East were
motivated by his wish to deepen his understanding of Islamic mysticism. This was supported by his
local teachers and the needs of Gowa Kingdom for a qualified Islamic scholar to convert its
animistic society into real and fervent Muslims. This responsibility fostered in him a sense of
bravery and adventure, and he ended up wandering around the world in search of knowledge. In
their purpose to rule the East Indian countries and remove his influence over his fellow citizens,
the Dutch banished Shaykh Yūsuf initially to Ceylon and then to Cape of Good Hope, South Africa
(1684-1699). He left behind a large body of literary contributions, many of them still preserved at
UB Leiden and the National Library of Jakarta.
His Maṭālib al-Sālikῑn holds a special place among his literary contributions. It discusses three
important issues that are illustrated with parables which should be understood by spiritual seekers;
namely tawḥῑd, ma‘rifa, and „ibāda {Divine Knowledge, Divine Recognition and Worship]. They
constitute a tree with leaves, branches, and fruit. Its practitioners are directed to the Oneness of
God and to none other. These teachings have become a foundation of his reformist ideas and a
basis to build his Islamic community in South Africa and finally to be implemented in his own ṣūfī
order, Ṭarīqat al-Yūsufiyya/Khalwatiyyat al-Yūsufiyya.Religious Studies and Arabic
D. Litt. et Phil. (Islamic Studies)