Sökning: "sunni"

Visar resultat 31 - 35 av 44 uppsatser innehållade ordet sunni.

  1. 31. The Path to Civil Sectarian War

    Kandidat-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Författare :David Högardh; [2014]
    Nyckelord :Greed; grievances; opportunity; objective grievances; insurgents; Iraq War; civil sectarian war.; Law and Political Science;

    Sammanfattning : This study explains how the escalation of the Iraq War led to a parallel civil sectarian war between Sunni and Shia insurgents during the years 2003-2006. I used the method of process-tracing and the theory Greed and Grievances. LÄS MER

  2. 32. Intolerance and Liberal Democracy in Post 2003 Iraq

    Kandidat-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Författare :Jaime Mingot Aguirre; [2014]
    Nyckelord :Social Intolerance; Liberal Democracy; Democratic Political Culture; Sectarianism; Discrimination; Inequality; Sunni Muslims; Shia Muslims; Law and Political Science;

    Sammanfattning : Much literature on the topic of democratization in post 2003 Iraq claims that cultural factors have impeded a process of effective and sustained democratic development in the country. In many instances however, these claims are very general and fail to specify and theoretically defend how exactly, cultural facets relating to attitudes and behavior such as lacking religious tolerance, have functioned as variables conducive toward obstructing a process of democratization in the country. LÄS MER

  3. 33. Konstruktionen av alevitisk religiös identitet i turkisk media : - en diskursiv analys av de engelskspråkiga tidningarna Hürriyet DailyNews och Today´s Zaman

    M1-uppsats, Teologiska institutionen

    Författare :Johan Dynevall; [2014]
    Nyckelord :Alevism; religiös identitet; diskursteori; tidningsartiklar; Turkiet; minoritet.;

    Sammanfattning : Alevism as such is both contested and difficult to define, despite the fact that nearly a quarter of the Turkish population can be said to identify with it (See egMarkussen, 2005; Sirin, 2013). Discussions regarding whether alevism should bedefined as a religious minority or not is going on both in the research communityas among the Alevis themselves. LÄS MER

  4. 34. Meta-Geopolitics of Central Asia : A Comparative Study of the Regional Influence of the European Union and the Shanghai Co-operation Organization

    Master-uppsats, Institutionen för ekonomisk och industriell utveckling; Filosofiska fakulteten

    Författare :Hossein Aghaie Joobani; [2013]
    Nyckelord :Central Asia; Meta-geopolitics; the European Union EU ; China; normative power; the Shanghai Co-operation Organization; Realism; Constructivism; geopolitics; The Great Game; energy security; socialization; Confucianism; balance of power; Eurasia; the Shanghai Spirit; legitimacy; Tajikistan; Uzbekistan; Kazakhstan; Kyrgyzstan; Turkmenistan; Iran; Silk Road; geopolitics; John J. Mearsheimer; security dilemma; Xinjiang province; Sunni Muslims; Afghanistan war; 9 11 attacks; Soviet Union; human rights; defensive realism; East Turkestan; The EU Strategy for a New Partnership; China; SCO; CSTO; NATO; CIS.;

    Sammanfattning : Central Asia has been the focal point of intense geopolitical power struggle throughout history. At the dawn of the 21st century, Central Asia has undergone major changes as the European Union and the China-led Shanghai Co-operation Organization have emerged as two normative powers, both seeking to influence the patterns of security governance in the region. LÄS MER

  5. 35. In Search of a Lost Paradigm : A Case Study Approach to Retracing Traditionalist Influence in the Fatwas of Ali Goma, Grand Mufti of Egypt

    Kandidat-uppsats, Avdelningen för mellanösternstudier

    Författare :Fredrik Brusi; [2012]
    Nyckelord :Ali Goma; Fatwa; Dar al-Ifta; Islam; Egypt; Theology; Sunni; Modernity; Tradition; Religion;

    Sammanfattning : This paper is an attempt to describe how two religious edicts by the current Egyptian grand mufti relate to an ongoing theological debate in the Muslim world on the nature of miracles and the state of mankind between life and death. The study illustrates how the mufti adheres to the Sunni theological school of Ash‘ariyya and in what way said school has emerged as a theological middle ground between the literal and interpretative schools of thought. LÄS MER