Gulf Studies: Recent submissions
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Iran Under Ahmadinejad: When Crisis becomes a Pattern
( Ithaca Press , 2012 , Book chapter)Iran's foreign policy during this period was based on four fundamental principles: the rejection of all forms of foreign domination, the preservation of the independence of the country and its territorial integrity, the ... -
إيران والعرب في ظلال الدين والسياسة عبر التاريخ
( المركز العربي للأبحاث و دراسة السياسات , 2012 , Book chapter)تؤدي الجغرافيا دوراً أساسياً في تكوين وعي الأمم بعضها ببعض. ويتعزز دور الجغرافيا عندما تشتبك التجربة التاريخية لأكثر من أمة في مشتركات تحكم الفضاء الثقافي والسياسي والديني لتلك المجتمعات من دون استثناء إيران والعرب من هذه ... -
Iran-Saudi Relations: Is Pilgrimage a Mirror of Conflict?
( European University Institute , 2021 , Book chapter)Executive Summary The Hajj (pilgrimage) is considered one of the pillars of the relationship between Iran and Saudi Arabia. This aspect of their relationship starkly mirrors the political and sectarian polarisation in ... -
الحضور الإيراني في الأزمة السورية
( مؤسسة «سـتا» للدراسات السياسية والاقتصادية والاجتماعية , 2015 , Article)تقدم هذه الدراسة رؤية تحليلية لمسارات الموقف الإيراني من الثورة السورية التي تحولت إلى أزمة، تلك المسارات التي بدأت مع بدء الثورة السورية، وتشكلت وفق التطورات اليومية في المشهد السياسي السوري، وكذلك وفق تطورات المشهد السياسي ... -
إيران والحوثيين: صناعة الفوضى فى اليمن
( مركز البحرين للدراسات الاستراتيجية والدولية والطاقة , 2016 , Article)أثار الظهور المتسارع للحوثيين في المشهد السياسي اليمني بعد العام 2011 الكثير من الاهتمام، سواء على مستوى المنطقة أو العالم. وقد ارتبط الحضور السياسي للحوثيين وسيطرتهم على مفاصل الدولة اليمنية من 21 سبتمبر 2014 بالعلاقة مع ... -
محددات السياسة الأمريكية تجاه إيران في ظل عهد ترمب: بين الثابت والمتغير
( مركز البحرين للدراسات الاستراتيجية والدولية والطاقة , 2017 , Article)تسعى هذا الدراسة إلى فهم رؤية إدارة الرئيس الأمريكي دونالد ترمب تجاه إيران في ظل التطورات الإقليمية والعالمية. تأخذ الدراسة سياق الأزمات الإقليمية والتحالف المضطرب بين روسيا وإيران ومدى تأثير ذلك في سلوك الإدارة الأمريكية ... -
الانسحاب الأمريكي من الاتفاق النووي الإيراني: التداعيات والآفاق
( مركز دراسات الشرق الأوسط , 2018 , Article)تتناول هذه الدراسة بالتحليل التبعات المتوقعة الناتجة عن انسحاب الولايات المتحدة الأمريكية من الاتفاق النووي الإيراني الذي تم توقيعه بين إيران من جهة والدول الدائمة العضوية في مجلس الأمن، كما ركزت على التبعات المتعلقة بإعادة ... -
La Convivencia: The Spirit of Co-existence in Islam
( Islamic Research Institute, International Islamic University, Islamabad , 2009 , Article)The tremendous inter-dependence of our era underlines the importance of successfully removing racial, cultural and religious barriers in a manner that nurtures understanding, togetherness, and acceptance. To do so, would ... -
India, Islamophobia, and the Hindutva playbook
( Manchester University Press , 2022 , Book chapter)Among the most disingenuous and carefully orchestrated playbook strategies of the Hindutva fascist movement in India, of which the current Narendra Modi-led Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government is part and parcel, is ... -
Islam and the myth of the other: The noble colloquy between st. francis of assisi and sultan al-malik al-kāmil
( Wiley , 2019 , Article)This article aims to explore a profound ethical challenge confronting heterogeneous, multi-denominational, and ethnically variegated societies as they confront modernity, seek bonding capital, and come to terms with their ... -
Is there a symbiotic relationship between secularism and fundamentalism?
( Common Ground Research Networks , 2019 , Article)This article explores the relationship between secularization and fundamentalism in 'Western' liberal society and the manner it impacts socio-political "exclusionary" narratives, which is a theme both timely and important. ... -
Deconstructing the Gulf Crisis: Post-Colonialism and Competing ‘Projects’ in the Middle East
( SETA Foundation , 2020 , Article)This article deconstructs the stated reasons behind the quartet’s blockade on Qatar, including i) Iranian-relations; ii) funding ‘terror;’ iii) supporting ‘political Islam’ –Hamas, Muslim Brotherhood, etc.; and iv) ... -
Anomie Écrasant, Religiopolitical Fundamentalism and American Evangelicalism: The Advent of Rightest Americanism and Islamophobia
( Pluto Journals , 2018 , Article)This article explains how intensifying levels of Durkheim’s “anomie”—that is, the weakening of social bonds, social alienation and normlessness—lead to the development of a fundamentalist offshoot of American Evangelicalism ... -
The Post-Enlightenment Moral Crisis and the Emergence of Secular Tyranny in the Middle East
( the International Institute of Islamic Thought (IIIT) , 2017 , Article)This article explores humanity’s ethical transformation during Europe’s post-Enlightenment era and assesses its impact upon the origins and development of secularism. Thereafter, it investigates how secularism was introduced ... -
Europe's Dystopia: The Exploitation of Unaccompanied and Separated Child Refugees
( Pluto Journals , 2018 , Article)This article highlights the exploitation of unaccompanied and separated child refugees in Europe. Critically, the European Union has a manifest responsibility to child refugees, as outlined in both the Geneva Convention ... -
The Dynamics of Ideological Rivalry in the Middle East
( Publisher Instytut Kultur Śródziemnomorskich i Orientalnych PAN , 2014 , Article)This article focuses on analysing political culture for understanding the dynamics of ideological rivalry in the Middle East. It reviews the concept of political culture and locates, therein, constant references to the ... -
Islam, the West and ‘Man’ in the State of Nature
( German Orient-Institute , 2014 , Article)What is the natural condition of human beings in the state of nature? What are the circumstances that exist in the state of nature and what may one, convincingly, claim in regards to human nature? Or, better still, how do ... -
Islam, Religion and Society: The Movement for Pakistan
( Common Ground Research Networks , 2012 , Article)The relationship between the sacred and temporal has been an enduring phenomenon throughout history. Both in ancient and medieval times, religion and the formation of society, including the politicization of religion into ... -
Critiquing the Modern Western Theory of Knowledge and Insights into a Qur’anic Epistemology
( International Institute of Islamic Thought (IIIT) , 2012 , Article)This article compares and contrasts a western post-Enlightenment theory of knowledge with a Qur’anic epistemology. It first analyzes the development of post-Enlightenment epistemology, which resulted in the disappearance ... -
Competing Radicalisms: A Comparison of Saudi and Iranian Foreign Policies After 2015
( Springer , 2021 , Book chapter)On 5 June 2017, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, and Egypt initiated a blockade on the state of Qatar. While many justifications were offered for the blockade, the blockading countries, led by Saudi Arabia, ...
