Virtual Colonialism (Ameli, 2011) is reflecting a new trend of colonialismin the virtual space parallel to the physical space. According to Ameli(2007), withthe “Dual Spacization” of life,the imperial powers like the United States of Americatake the advantage of the synchronization and translocality of the virtual space toexpand their realm of imperial power through the “attraction” and “persua...

using the analytic-historical method, this article attempts to explain the cultural policies of the first shah of the pahlavi dynasty toward women. relying on the theory of evolution and formation of national identity in iran, the article seeks to answer this question: ‘what is the impact of the cultural policies of the first shah of the pahlavi dynasty on the occurrence of identity crisis amon...

Abstract How do White Americans evaluate the politics of belonging in United States across different ethnoreligious identity categories? This paper examines this question through two competing frameworks. On one hand, given salience anti-Muslim attitudes States, we consider whether penalize Muslim immigrants to regardless their ethnoracial background. other is often conflated by general public ...

The article reports data from a study investigating the religious identity formation of young people in mixed-faith families. This involved parents Christian, Hindu, Sikh, and Muslim backgrounds, with spouse these four faiths. One ‘Muslim–non-Muslim’ families is considered here as case to shed light on social dimensions pertaining both children. parent has Muslim, other Christian background. ex...

the military domination of russia on transoxiana imported, for the first time, the title of russian turkestan in political geography in 19 century. what belongs to this territory includes the khanate of khoqand and some regions of bukhara, and khiva. the main difference between turkestan and two other khanates  was their relationship with russia. while turkestan was incorporated to russia the t...

In a world where we are constantly bombarded with countless images of Islamic terrorism, violence, and danger, it is not surprising that we have come to associate all aspects of Islamic society with malevolence. This destructive way of thinking has impacted the way we—as Westerners— think about, portray, and perceive Muslim men and women. While Muslim men are often depicted as hostile, cruel, a...

Coming from the perspective of World Literature Studies, this essay views Ms. Marvel series as post-9/11 Muslim-American work whose iconography is deeply transnational. Situated in what Alexander Beecroft termed national literary ecology, contains strong features anthropologist Ulf Hannerz called ‘transnational connections.’ built, at its core, around problematic superhero relation to gender an...

Addressing the cultural and religious beliefs around the issue of family planning has been a big challenge for the international development community. The concept of family planning has raised some concerns regarding its acceptability within Muslim populations. While some Muslim states and organisations have adopted a rather cautious approach to the issue, others have gone to the extent of inv...