Sökning: "Twelver- Shia"
Hittade 4 uppsatser innehållade orden Twelver- Shia.
1. Holy Politics : Understanding how religion is instrumentalized in the proxy conflict between Iran and Saudi Arabia
Kandidat-uppsats, Stockholms universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenSammanfattning : This thesis aims to contribute to the existing gap in the research of religion in international relations by applying the theory of elite instrumentalism to the proxy conflict between Saudi Arabia and Iran. The analysis was able to demonstrate that the elites of both states have instrumentalized religion by utilizing concepts of Islamic rulership to legitimize their rule and justify their political actions. LÄS MER
2. Läroböcker och Shia-islam
Uppsats för yrkesexamina på grundnivå, Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för kulturvetenskaper (KV)Sammanfattning : This essay has focused on the presentation of shia-islam in textbooks. It is a study of textbooks for lower secondary school and has analysed three different textbooks. The essay looks into what the textbooks and its authors writes about shia-islam and what information they leave out. LÄS MER
3. Taqiyya i Sverige, en studie av begreppet taqiyya in en nutida svenska kontext.
Kandidat-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Centrum för teologi och religionsvetenskapSammanfattning : In this bachelor thesis I study the prevalence of taqiyya among a group of Swedish Muslims belonging to the Twelver Shia sect. Furthermore I examine their opinions regarding its use and whether taqiyya is relevant in a contemporary Swedish context. LÄS MER
4. Khomeini and Sufism : Ayatollah Khomeini’s influence on the oppression against Sufi Orders in the Islamic Republic of Iran
Kandidat-uppsats, Stockholms universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenSammanfattning : Since the 1979 Islamic revolution in Iran many Shia Sufi Orders, who are religious groups that exercise the mystical and spiritual elements of Shia Islam, have been forced to exile due to oppression from the government. The largest Sufi Order, The Nematollahi Soltan Alishahi Gonabadi are still in the country, but are oppressed by the Islamic regime; From an arson attack in central Tehran in 1980; The Iranian government being blamed to have imprisoned 11 members of the Soltan Alishahi Order for peaceful activities in 2013 (HRW, 2013); To the odd arrests and physical abuses of the Order’s members in March 2014. LÄS MER