Regulating religious authority for political gains: al-Sisi’s manipulation of al-Azhar in Egypt

RELIGION AND POLITICS IN EGYPT: THE ULEMA OF AL-AZHAR, RADICAL ISLAM, AND THE STATE (1952-94) A vast literature

A vast literature has been produced since the 1980s on the emergence of Islamist movements in the Middle East. This literature offers different rationales for the emergence of new kinds of foes to the political regimes of the region. Filling the void left by the leftist opposition, the Islamist militants appeared around the 1970s as new political actors. They were expected neither by the state ...

الازهر و نقش آن در تحولات سیاسی‌اجتماعی مصر

Throughout its history, Al-Azhar University has undergone some changes. Before and after the recession in Ottoman era, with the rise of Mohammad Ali Pasha, this university entered a new phase. In this period, Al-Azhar became completely dependent  on the government financially. Seyyed Jamal took important steps toward reforming this scientific center that were followed by Abdeh. Each of the ment...

the translators agency and ideological manipulation in translation: the case of political texts in translation classes in iran

در این تحقیق به نقش واسطه ای مترجم در ایجاد تغییرات ایدئولوژیک در ترجمه متون سیاسی پرداخته شده است. بدین منظور محقق متنی سیاسی در خصوص ادعاهای آمریکا در مورد برنامه هسته ای ایران را انتخاب کرد. این متن از سایت spacewar.com انتخاب شد که دارای ایدئولوژی مغرضانه در مورد برنامه هسته ای ایران است. سپس یک گروه 30 نفره از دانشجویان کارشناسی ارشدرشته مترجمی زبان انگلیسی دانشگاه شیخ بهایی انتخاب شدند. ا...

Conflicts of Discources on political-religious ideas of Baghawi's Mo'jam al-Sahabah: case study of narrations about Rashidun califs

Baghawi's Mo'jaem al-Sahabah is one of the most important sources of 3rd and 4th century AH which like other epistemological resources in the field of history, is not a transparent and neutral work reflecting social, political and religious realities, but is a book that has hidden or distorted facts. These sorts of sources are not accurate and objective in reflecting the facts, but are somehow ...

Models of Religious Authority