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WEBINAR: Gender and Sexuality in Islamic Politics

This event examines current trends, and current debates, in the study of gender and minority affairs within Muslim contexts.

INTRODUCTION: Islam and inter/intra-religious relations in Asia

  • Professor Abdullah Saeed & Associate Professor Matthew Nelson,

Understanding the past, present, and future of religious relations in Asia hugely important.

Toxic gastronationalism in India

  • Dr Shakira Hussein,

For the current Indian government, communal tensions about cows represent not so much a problem to be grappled with as a political opportunity.

The emerging trend of theological inclusivism in contemporary Muslim thought: some key examples

  • Dr Ali Akbar & Professor Abdullah Saeed,

There is an emerging trend among some contemporary Muslim scholars, which rejects the dominant exclusivist positions on theological matters.

Many Asian nations are experiencing a revival of religion in public and political life

  • Professor Azyumardi Azra,

Religion is returning to public and political life in many Asian countries contrary to predictions about the inevitable decline of religion due to modernisation.

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