... at the Taliban’s approach toward the international community and the resulting limited pathways for constructive engagement. jackson@armedgroupscentre.org f.weigand@lse.ac.uk © 2023 by The Regents of the University of California 2023 Afghanistan Taliban governance religion Islam...

... heritage cities religion India Varanasi Hindutva Hindu nationalism Islam Religion, a beacon of peace and hope to humanity, has ignited acrimony and violent conflicts throughout history. Lately, heritage—both tangible and intangible, from monuments and cities to language and culture—has...

... of California 2023 Guatemala Pentecostalism evangelicals religion violence civil society Guatemala has a unique contemporary history, defined by a protracted armed conflict. This government-sponsored war of counterinsurgency against a small but persistent leftist militant movement lasted 36...

... offerings to this deity that sat in the middle of the train platform. Many interfaith relations among the poor are not about religion at all . The Muslim women sheltered in these secret sanctuary homes had been dressed up in saris and made to wear signs of Hindu womanhood (such as vermilion...

... the escalating censorship of dissenting voices in cinema. © 2022 by The Regents of the University of California 2022 India culture Bollywood cinema Hindu nationalism religion public sphere Comedian Vir Das’s state-of-the-nation monologue Two Indias oscillates between the vision...

..., this contradiction between theology and realpolitik is a veritable microcosm of the Middle East. The region’s paradoxes are crystallized in the multiplicity of political and security dilemmas faced by the adherents of this demographically diminutive religion. Given its history as a bellwether of regional religious...

... themselves as partners of the state, even if their beliefs are not always fully aligned. © 2021 by The Regents of the University of California 2021 Russia religion human rights civil rights racism authoritarianism In 2001, a congregant of one of Moscow’s oldest and largest Protestant...

...William F. S. Miles A new book explores how a community in southern Africa has turned to genetic testing to advance a claim to Jewish ancestry. The reviewer puts the episode in the broader context of diverse Jewish groups across the continent for whom religion is a matter of practice, not just...

... them. This tradition is not a muddled synthesis of Islam and Hinduism; it is rooted in the history of settlement in the region. © 2021 by The Regents of the University of California 2021 Bangladesh India religion Islam Hinduism environment climate change As Bangladesh took steps...

... historians who contributed to a Hindu-centric idea of India. © 2021 by The Regents of the University of California 2021 India history colonialism religion Hinduism The Loss of Hindustan: The Invention of India Manan Ahmed Asif Harvard University Press, 2020 Manan Ahmed Asif...

... Current History. All rights reserved. 2018 The Regents of the University of California Erol Balkan Ahmet Öncü Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdoğan globalization middle class social mobility inequality education culture religion Justice and Development Party 350 The AKP s neoliberal...

... Reformasi movement student activists Suharto Islam religion human rights populism Jakarta Basuki Tjahaja Purnama Ahok Prabowo Subianto 222 Reformasi-era values concerning citizen welfare and the public good remain deeply entrenched among a small but vocal segment of society...

... India Pakistan Myanmar South Asia religion intolerance blasphemy Narendra Modi Hindu nationalism democracy Rohingya Islam extremism Tehreek-e-Labbaik minorities PERSPECTIVE Rising Religious Intolerance in South Asia NEETI NAIR 148 South Asia has historically been known for its...

... Patriarchate Western liberalism civil rights human rights foreign policy Pussy Riot traditional values antiliberalism social conservatism religion Christianity 271 The Russian Orthodox Church has emerged as a powerful force for cultural, social, and political conservatism. The Russian...

...Robert P. Weller A veteran journalist explores the surprisingly varied and vibrant array of religious groups that are now thriving in a country that is officially atheist but searching for something to believe in. The Souls of China: The Return of Religion After Mao , by Ian Johnson...

... Ottoman Empire Turkey Caliphate pan-Arabism sharia political Islam Islamists religion state building women's rights 31 [The] incorporation of Islam within state institutions nationalized religious authorities and teachings, giving rise to a hegemonic version of the faith. The Nationalist...

... of California Rahsaan Maxwell Europe cultural diversity immigration globalization intermarriage international cuisine hip-hop music religion Christianity Islam 95 Cultural Diversity and Its Limits in Western Europe RAHSAAN MAXWELL The next generation of diverse Europeans will inhabit...

... of California T.V Paul soft power India global world globalization globalizing military economic demographic assets culture values institutions religion resources vegetarian marketing cuisine music bhangra karnatik ghazal sitar Shankar inherent Buddhism amartya sen Bollywood...

... Protestant religion repression Jiang Zemin China s leaders are well aware of the dangers of precipitating a Falun Gong style campaign against another religious group, and appear eager to avoid doing so. Stung by the Falun Gong s tenacity and exhausted by the extraordi- nary measures required to flog...

... of the University of California Balkans guerrilla Islam Israel Lebanon Palestine Liberation Organization religion revolutionary Russia terrorism The September 11 attack has created a resolve in America and elsewhere to end terror everywhere. But the history of terror does not inspire much confi...