This paper contends that there has been a definitive and negative change in the trajectory of so-called Islamic feminism. This change has been effected in large part in the West , as part of the growing discourse of Euro-Islam, European Islam, indigenization of Islam, etc., a discourse that comes not from governments (though it is mirrored, applauded and rewarded by governments in the region) b...

The contribution of the Deccan Traps (west-central India) volcanism in the CretaceousPaleogene (KPg) crisis is still a matter of debate. Recent U-Pb dating of zircons interbedded within the Deccan lava flows indicate that the main eruptive phase (>1.1 × 106 km3 of basalts) initiated ~250 k.y. before and ended ~500 k.y. after the KPg boundary. However, the global geochemical effects of Deccan vo...

this paper contends that there has been a definitive and negative change in the trajectory of so-called islamic feminism. this change has been effected in large part in the west , as part of the growing discourse of euro-islam, european islam, indigenization of islam, etc., a discourse that comes not from governments (though it is mirrored, applauded and rewarded by governments in the region) b...

Since the events of 9/11, the official line of most Western governments has been that the fight against Islamist terrorism is not a fight against Islam itself. Strategically, there are a number of reasons for this — successful intelligence cooperation with Muslim majority governments, civilians in Muslim countries such as Iraq and Afghanistan and in the West itself is seen as crucial for Suppor...

with regard to the islamic ban on usury, muslim governments and companies that intend to raise funds have to utilize financial instruments which, besides having economic and financial justification, need to be consistent with the principles and provisions of the jurisprudence. meanwhile, given the different motivations and interests of investors, diversity in financial instruments is a fundamen...

The question of whether a majoritarian setup is optimal in terms of broad representation takes up on paramount importance in the context of power-sharing in deeply divided places, whereby unqualified exclusion of segment(s) of the population from government can have potentially disastrous consequences. Governance in deeply-divided places presents a rather intriguing question --who governs the p...

Sir,?Can any of your readers give any information as to the nature of what has been called the " Hill Fever" of Mysore and the Deccan 1 In reading an account of malaria* recently, I came across the following: " The hill fever of Mysore occurs among bare rocks, stones and brown earth, at the hottest season from March to June, when the rocks in the sun show a surface temperature of 220?F. and rap...