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Spring 2012

Hosein, Jeremy O

This thesis is a cross examination of the life and writings of Sayyid Qutb and Muhammad Ibn Abd al-Wahhab. The main thesis argues that both Qutb and Ibn Abd al-Wahhab largely interpreted Islamic doctrines in light of their own relevant political issues. Through the process of legitimating their...

Spring 2012

Sayilgan, Mehmet Salih

This thesis examines the late Muslim theologian Bediuzzaman Said Nursi’s ethics of non-violence. It argues that the non-violent ethics of Bediüzzaman Said Nursi based on the Qur’an might aid in finding solutions to the global problem of religion and violence, particularly as it is experienced in...

Spring 2020

Khaira, Arshdeep

In this dissertation I explore how music can be used to assist in the process of reconciliation between the Sikhs and Muslims of East and West Punjab (respectively), who had exhibited centuries of interdependence - exemplified by the flourishing Sikh Empire, or Khalsa Raj, which encompassed the...

Spring 2010

Gordner, Matthew

In this thesis I address the topic ‘Islam and democracy.’ I argue that rather than asking whether Islam and democracy are compatible, Western theorists should be seeking out how Muslims practice democracy. The ultimate aim of this thesis is to present a groundwork for meaningful and inclusive...

Spring 2019

Yousif, Miraaj

Perennially, Islam has been viewed as a religion that subjugates women’s rights under the overwhelming pressure of the Islamic patriarchy. This work is an illustration of my journey as a third culture child through my home country, as I attempt to find answers to unusually difficult questions...

Spring 2012

Dyson, Katherine M

Islamophobic rhetoric used by popular media: such as television, newspapers and blogs, has heightened the fear of Islam to levels that have contributed to the US and Canada beginning to institute anti-Shari’a legislation. The financial backers of this rhetoric realise that fear has a strong...

Fall 2013

Saffari, Siavash

Over three and a half decades after his death, Ali Shariati (1933-1977) continues to occupy a major place in the ongoing academic and public debates about the relationship between Islam and modernity. Seldom, however, have commentators attended to the ways in which Shariati's intellectual...

Spring 2012

Gillani, Karim Nooruddin

For several centuries ginans have played an integral part of the Khoja Ismaili tradition. Community members learn, memorize, and sing ginans as part of their daily lives. Thus far, ginans have been studied mostly from textual and historical perspectives, however, it is through hearing, reciting...

Fall 2024

Abdulkadir, Abubakar Sadiq

This study focuses on the vibrant literary-intellectual tradition of the classical Arabic poetry of Mauritania and the role it has played in Saharan knowledge production and transmission. It attempts to illuminate an important and understudied facet of Afro-Islamic intellectual and artistic...

Fall 2021

Peters, Amber E

In my thesis, I analyse two composite animal Buraq paintings from the Medieval Deccan. These two paintings, apparent copies of each other, are significantly different from other images of the Buraq in the Muslim world. Instead of placing the Buraq in a narrative scene, the Buraq takes up the...