Using original empirical data and critiquing existing research, Samia Bano explores the
experience of British Muslim woman who use Shari'ah councils to resolve marital disputes …

The threats of ethnic, religious, and ethno-religious conflicts have endured in Nigeria and
become increasingly alarming in the fourth republic, which started in 1999. Ethno-religious …

The philosophical foundation of child rights is very contestable. Langlois's (2009; 2002)
postulated that there are several philosophical foundations of human rights which could be …

The formation of a theocratic state in Iran after the 1979 revolution has had profound and
lasting ramifications within the country and beyond. This article presents a renewed Marxist …

In this chapter, I ask how a feminist critique of current legal developments can contribute to
our conceptual understanding of women's religious subjectivity and agency, and whether …

This research investigated academic activism in UK higher education, a marginalised and
under-researched area. Universities are subject to increasing privatisation and intensive …

This study draws on sociological theories of education and the methodological frameworks
of Critical Discourse Analysis and Frames Theory and Analysis in order to examine print …

Afghanistan has claimed the armies of many great empires. Alexander the Great, Ghengis
Khan, Tamerlane, the British Empire, and the USSR have all attempted to conquer, rule, or …