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Constructing a Religiously Ideal “Believer” and “Woman” in Islam

Neo traditional Salafi and Progressive Muslims’ Methods of Interpretation

Adis Duderija

Palgrave Macmillan, 10/11/2011                                         ISBN: 978-0-230-12057-0, ISBN10: 0-230-12057-1, 5 1/2 x 8 1/4 inches, 288 pages,

Palgrave Series in Islamic Theology, Law, and History

Who . . . → Read More: Constructing a Religiously Ideal “Believer” and “Woman” in Islam

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What’s Your Theology Like? – As Seen Through the Triad of Knowledge, Good Deeds and Spirituality

Middle East Studies Online Journal- ISSN 2109-9618- Issue n°6. Volume 3 ( Summer 2011) Etudes  du Moyen-Orient. N°6. Volume 3. ( Eté 2011) .2011دراسات الشرق الأوسط، مجلة فكرية محكمة. العدد السادس . المجلد الثالث صيف

 

By: Dr.Adis Duderija*

Download the full paper (PDF): What’s Your Theology Like?

It would be  fair  to assert that . . . → Read More: What’s Your Theology Like? – As Seen Through the Triad of Knowledge, Good Deeds and Spirituality

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Debate: Duderija’s Answer to Marranci

Middle East Studies Online Journal- ISSN 2109-9618- Issue n°4. Volume 2 ( 2011) Etudes du Moyen-Orient. N°4. Volume 2. 2011.دراسات الشرق الأوسط، مجلة فكرية محكمة. العدد الرابع . المجلد الثاني

Middle East Studies publishes in this issue the debate between Dr. Marrancy and Dr. Duderija, initialized by . . . → Read More: Debate: Duderija’s Answer to Marranci

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A brief reflection on the religious justification behind wearing of faceveils (burqa and niqab) and its assumptions

Adis Duderija

A number of heated debates throughout the western liberal democracies have emerged recently over the issue of wearing of burqas and niqabs by Muslim women. In this short piece I would like to offer a brief reflection on the religious justification behind the practice of wearing of burqas and niqabs and the . . . → Read More: A brief reflection on the religious justification behind wearing of faceveils (burqa and niqab) and its assumptions

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Intra-Muslim Dialogue – is it possible?

By Adis Duderija

Having recently established an ‘e journal’ which solely aims to focus on intra Muslim dialogue ( www.intramuslimdialogue.org) the first comment sent to the website was , may I add predictably so, “Is such a thing possible” ?

This question prompted me to reflect more systematically on (and defend) the decision . . . → Read More: Intra-Muslim Dialogue – is it possible?

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Jihad, Fundamentalism, Western Muslims and Islamic Hermeneutics: Review Essay of G. Marranci’s ‘Jihad Beyond Islam’ and ‘Understanding Muslim Identity: Rethinking Fundamentalism’

Middle East Studies Online Journal- ISSN 2109-9618-  ( 2010) Volume 1 No 3

Adis Duderija, Centre for Muslim States and Societies, University of Western Australia

Jihad beyond Islam, 2006, London and New York: Berg. Hardback ISBN 1845201574. Paperback ISBN 1845201582

Understanding Muslim identity: rethinking fundamentalism, Houndsmills, Hampshire, UK, Palgrave Macmillan, 2009, iv + 174 pp., . . . → Read More: Jihad, Fundamentalism, Western Muslims and Islamic Hermeneutics: Review Essay of G. Marranci’s ‘Jihad Beyond Islam’ and ‘Understanding Muslim Identity: Rethinking Fundamentalism’

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Historical Influences in the Construction of Religious Identities Among Western Muslims

Middle East Studies Online Journal- ISSN 2109-9618- (2010) Volume 1 N° 3

Research Papers (Main)

Adis Duderija, Centre for Muslim States and Societies, University of Western Australia

Abstract: The aim of this article is to briefly outline the historical development and background behind the construction of distinct Muslim identity (the Self) at both individual and civilisational level ( Islamo-Arab ) vis-à-vis the religious Other (Christian -Western civilisation) and to understand its influence on the processes shaping different identity constructions among Western (born) generations of Muslims. Continue reading Historical Influences in the Construction of Religious Identities Among Western Muslims

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Debates Among Muslims About the Nature of Prophetic Authority

Implications for the Role Of Islam in the World Today

By : Adis Duderija

The contemporary inter-muslim disputes on the nature, character and scope of Prophetic authority centre around the central notion in Islamic thought that of nature of Sunnah and by extension the nature of the Revelation revealed to Prophet Muhammad, namely the . . . → Read More: Debates Among Muslims About the Nature of Prophetic Authority

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‘Interpreting the Qur’an –Towards a Contemporary Approach’

Middle East Studies Online Journal. Issue 3. Volume 1. 2010.

Etudes du Moyen-Orient. N°3. Volume 1. 2010. دراسات الشرق الأوسط، مجلة فكرية محكمة. العدد الثالث . المجلد الأول

BOOK RE-VIEW/ESSAY

By Adis Duderija, School of Social and Cultural Studies, University of Western Australia

Abdullah Saeed, ‘Interpreting the Qur’an –Towards a Contemporary Approach’, Routledge, 2006, . . . → Read More: ‘Interpreting the Qur’an –Towards a Contemporary Approach’

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Salient Features of Progressive Muslim Thought –Social Justice, Gender Justice and Irreducible Religious pluralism

Middle East Studies Online Journal. Issue 3. Volume 1. 2010.

Etudes du Moyen-Orient. N°3. Volume 1. 2010. دراسات الشرق الأوسط، مجلة فكرية محكمة. العدد الثالث . المجلد الأول

by Adis Duderija

(Paper presented at the World Parliament of Religions Conference, Melbourne,3-9 December 2009)

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Why Muslim Converts Wear Hijab

Middle East Studies Online Journal. Issue 2. Volume 1. 2010. Etudes du Moyen-Orient. N°2. Volume 1.  2010. دراسات الشرق الأوسط، مجلة فكرية محكمة. العدد الثاني . المجلد الأول by Adis Duderija Download this paper (PDF): Why muslim converts wear Hijab Sally Neighbour in her article ” Secret Unveiled” ( Feature Article in “The Australian, . . . → Read More: Why Muslim Converts Wear Hijab

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Contesting Justice- Women, Islam, Law , and Society

Middle East Studies Online Journal. Issue 2. Volume 1. 2010.

Etudes du Moyen-Orient. N°2. Volume 1. 2010. دراسات الشرق الأوسط، مجلة فكرية محكمة. العدد الثاني . المجلد الأول

 

 

Contesting Justice- Women, Islam, Law , and Society; SUNY Press, 195 pp., by A. Souaiaia; Appendices , Bibliography, Index; $70.00 (hardcover, 2008), ISBN13: 978-0-7914-7397-9; $20.95 . . . → Read More: Contesting Justice- Women, Islam, Law , and Society

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Believing Women in Islam

Middle East Studies Online Journal. Issue 2. Volume 1. 2010.

Etudes du Moyen-Orient. N°2. Volume 1. 2010. دراسات الشرق الأوسط، مجلة فكرية محكمة. العدد الثاني . المجلد الأول

Review of A. Barlas: Believing Women in Islam – Unreading Patriarchal Interpretations of the Qur’an, University of Texas Press, Austin, 2002, 254pp, index, illustrations, glossary, bibliography. . . . → Read More: Believing Women in Islam

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Construction of the Religious Self and the Other: The Progressive Muslims’ Manhaj

Adis Duderija

in : Studies in Contemporary Islam

1. Defining a Way of Being a Muslim:  We will begin by outlining a broad heuristic framework that we will employ to delineate Muslim identities and the ways of being a Muslim. The task is fraught with problems.2 What criteria can effectively describe groups or identities and can distinguish them from one another?
The basic premise of this article is that a most crucial factor in defining a particular Muslim religious identity is the differences in the
assumptions—methodological, ontological, and epistemological— used in conceptualizing and interpreting the Qur’an and Sunnah, the
two primary sources of the Islamic Weltanschauung. It is also important to consider the relationship of these differences to the larger,
cumulative intellectual tradition of conceptualization and interpretation of the two sources (…) Continue reading Construction of the Religious Self and the Other: The Progressive Muslims’ Manhaj

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Gender Justice Jihad in Ramadan

Adis Duderija

On a recent communal breaking of the fast event I witnessed several events that made me think about the real difficulties behind the changing of people’s behaviour in relation to gender justice in Islam. Before I do the purpose of what I will write below is NOT meant to be an exercise . . . → Read More: Gender Justice Jihad in Ramadan

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Muslims approaches to Interfaith Dialogue : The Authentic and the Apologetic

by Adis Duderija

This piece of writing was prompted by the author’s attendance of a recently organised inter-faith dialogue in his place of residence, Perth, W.Australia. As a committee member of one of the inter-faith organisations myself which ever since its inception some 4 years ago I found it a welcome development that the . . . → Read More: Muslims approaches to Interfaith Dialogue : The Authentic and the Apologetic

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