Interview – Juliane Hammer
Professor Hammer addresses Islamic studies, theology, feminism, gender violence, queer theory and how these areas relate to borders, borderlands and border thinking.
The Clash of Civilizations Thesis: A Critical Appraisal
Proponents and critics of Huntington’s thesis have created a ‘clash of scholarship’ in IR. This article demonstrates this clash whilst adding a new dimension to it.
Post-9/11 Afghanistan: An Alternative Critical-Theoretical Perspective
The article aims at unfolding the genealogy of the post 9/11 Afghan crisis, providing an understanding of the temporal and spatial dimensions of social reality.
The Far Right in the US and the Religious Right in Iran
In the age of Trump and a rising tide of intolerance globally, a universalist outlook that critiques all forms of repression is an important theoretical perspective to adopt.
Crime against Humanity?
Ayatollah Montazeri’s critique of executions in the 1980’s is an admittance of crimes against humanity. Recognising them as such could raise awareness of other crimes.
Inhabiting Orthodoxy: Discussing Islam and Feminism, Continued
Examining how Muslim women in the Middle East inscribe themselves in their own religion can help clarify differences and similarities between ‘us’ and ‘them’.
Hidden Victims of International Terrorism: Muslim Women in the USA
Muslim women face a dilemma: in some places they are attacked for not wearing a headscarf, in others for wearing one. After every new terrorist attack, they are targeted.
Times of Tumult: Discussing Islam and Feminism
Religion, far from being what separates us, may actually be one of the things that we share in common.
Disrupting the ‘Conditional Selfhood’ of Threat Construction
It is essential to interrogate how representations of the homegrown threat in security practice may instead be influencing insecurity.
Review – Holy Ignorance: When Religion and Culture Part Ways
With philosophically rigourous analysis, Roy goes beyond the well-trod tropes of ‘radical Islam’ and pushes us to think outside of a ‘clash of civilizations’ paradigm.
