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- Svensson, Jonas, 1969-
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Baraka
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Ingår i: Islam. - Stockholm : Liber. - 9789147112043 ; , s. 21-22
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Bokkapitel (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)
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God's rage : Muslim representations of HIV/AIDS as a divine punishment from the perspective of the cognitive science of religion
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Konferensbidrag (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- Research from a number of disciplines indicates that the interpretation of HIV/AIDS as a divine punishment for illicit sexual practices dominates both a contemporary intra-Muslim public religious discourse and perceptions of the disease among Muslims. This dominance persists despite the existence of alternative theological interpretations, and despite seemingly contradictory empirical evidence. The paper develops a hypothesis on why this is the case and poses it against existing attempts at explanations. The theoretical basis for this hypothesis is elaborated with the help of findings from within cognitive science of religion, and particularly the notion of an ‘epidemiology of representations’. According to the hypothesis a combination of general psychological and cognitive factors and specific contextual factors provide the notion of HIV/AIDS as a divine punishment with a selective advantage in certain social contexts over both theological alternatives and non-religious understandings of the disease. The article finally puts forward some predictions that may be tested empirically in further research.
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- Svensson, Jonas, 1969-
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Islam, HIV/AIDS and activism : A critical analysis of some themes in Positive Muslims’ ‘theology of compassion’
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Ingår i: Islam and Christian-Muslim Relations. - : Informa UK Limited. - 0959-6410 .- 1469-9311. ; 24:1, s. 91-109
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The present article is a critical analysis of the South African organization Positive Muslims' ‘theology of compassion’, put forward by its proponents as a Muslim religious initiative to combat the spread of HIV/AIDS and the stigmatization of those affected by the disease. The article addresses the hermeneutics applied and the results reached in relation to a wider contemporary Muslim religious discourse on HIV/AIDS. It also connects the ‘theology of compassion’ to a broader transnational movement of progressive Islam, of which the ‘theology of compassion’ is a practical, grass-roots application. The main analytical focus, however, is on the way in which certain features in this theology are shaped by basic assumptions on the part of its producers concerning the beliefs, emotions and background knowledge of its main stated consumers: believing Muslims.
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- Svensson, Jonas, 1969-
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Islamic education in East Africa
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Ingår i: Handbook of Islamic Education. - Cham : Springer. - 9783319646824 - 9783319646831 ; , s. 651-672
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Bokkapitel (refereegranskat)abstract
- During its prosperous phase, Islam spread to North Africa, where a total Islamization and Arabization took place, and the coastal areas of East Africa, where a new synthesis of the Perso-Arabic and Bantu languages and cultures emerged. East Africa has considerably higher rate of enrolment in primary and secondary education, and therefore Qur’ānic schools have tended to be relegated to complementary nonformal education or preschool institutions. In the former case, a deterioration has sometimes taken place so that the teaching and learning processes consist of rituals including a large proportion of pre-Islamic elements. Also, a prolongation of schooling has occurred in some places, a fact implying that children first attend Qur’ānic education for a couple of years and then primary (and secondary) education or vice versa. Most of the Qur’ānic teachers do not have any other income than the produce supplied by the pupils in their fields and the gifts they receive from the parents of the pupils. Qur’ānic schools are sustained by and continue to operate and expand due to the help of the community and parents.A few, more sophisticated or developed institutions of Islamic education may be found in East Africa; the dirāsahs in Tanzania and some Qur’ānic schools in Uganda may be mentioned as examples. Islamic education in a district of Kenya will serve as an example illustrating the nature of such education in East Africa.
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- Svensson, Jonas, 1969-
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ITZ BIDAH BRO!!!!! GT ME?? : YouTube Mawlid and voices of praise and blame
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Ingår i: Muslims and the new information and communication technologies. - Dordrecht : Springer. - 9789400772465 ; , s. 89-111
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Bokkapitel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The celebration the Prophet Muhammad’s birthday, mawlid al-nabi, on the 12th (or 17th in the Shiite tradition) of the Islamic month of Rabi’al-awwal is a widespread, albeit understudied, Muslim religious festival. Classic outlines by Muslim religious scholars present the celebration as an occasion of showing gratitude to God for sending his ‘beloved’ messenger and of praising ‘the best of creation’. It forms part of an ‘economy of salvation’ (Katz 2007, 87) and divine rewards (thawab) for ritual participation can be expected, rewards that can outweigh sins on the day of reckoning. However, the legitimacy of mawlid is heavily contested. Muslim critics deem it to be an illegitimate innovation that should be eradicated. The following is an explorations into what happens when both celebration and discourse go online.
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- Svensson, Jonas, 1969-
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Mawlid
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Ingår i: Islam. - Stockholm : Liber. - 9789147112043 ; , s. 186-187
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