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Angola: Religion and repression
(CMI Working Paper WP 2022:1, Working paper, 2022-03-01)The history of religious repression in Angola stands in sharp contrast to the official representations of religious tolerance. The regime keeps religion under government control, through formal and informal methods, and ... -
Corporate Social Responsibility in Islamic Economies – the Case of Sudan
(Sudan Working Paper SWP 2016:1, Working paper, 2016-05-01)Introduction Since the 1950s, there has been a growing international awareness of the need for business organizations to commit to a social role that goes beyond the sole objective of profit maximization. The term ... -
Democratizing Islam and Islamizing democracy: An inquiry into Hasan al-Turabi's conception of Shura in light of Western democratic theory
(Nordic Journal of Human Rights vol. 27 no. 3, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2009-08-01)This article explores Hasan al-Turabi’s conception of democracy with particular focus on the role and rights of non-Muslims. This is done through a qualitative analysis of his writings as well as semi-structured ... -
Feminist interlegalities and gender justice in Sudan: The debate on CEDAW and Islam
(Religion and Human Rights vol. 6 no. 1, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2011-01-01)The fundamental argument put forward by Islamists, who have ruled Sudan since 1989, for not signing the convention is based on cultural relativism; different cultures provide indigenous and local solutions to their women's ... -
Islam in Northern Mozambique: A Historical Overview
(History Compass vol. 8 no. 7, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2010-01-01)This article is a historical overview of two issues: first, that of the dynamics of Islamic religious transformations from pre-Portuguese era up until the 2000s among Muslims of the contemporary Cabo Delgado, Nampula, and ... -
Questioning the Secular-Religious Cleavage in Palestinian Politics: Comparing Fatah and Hamas
(Politics and Religion vol. 7 no. 1, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014-01-01)Following the 2007 war between Fatah and Hamas, Palestinian politics appears to have followed the regional trend where the competition between secularism and Islamism is developing into a major political cleavage. Through ... -
Women’s Equal Rights and Islam in Sudanese Republican Thought: A Translation of Three Family Law Booklets from 1975, Produced and Circulated by the Republican Sisters
(Sudan Working Paper SWP 2015:5, Working paper, 2015-08-01)This paper includes a translation of three booklets produced by the Sudanese Republican Sisters in commemoration of International Women’s Day in 1975: (i) Women Rights in the Constitution and under Sudanese Sharia Laws , ...