The Muslim Brotherhood is often represented in mainstream media as a theocratic organisation that preaches Qur’an-based violence and is out to grab power in the West. As this book shows, such representations are wrought with prejudice and oversimplification; the organisation is in reality much more dynamic and diverse. Its goals, ideology and influence have never been static and vary greatly amongst its descendants in both Europe and the Middle East. Joas Wagemakers introduces the reader to...

This book deals for the first time with the cultural history of media in nineteenth-century Iran, a history that deals with how modern techniques of representation and communication were received in the Iranian Shiʿa society. This reception history is examined in religious photography, military reforms, Persian passion plays, Shiʿa medicine, and the burgeoning telegraphic culture. The problematic relationship between Shīʿa Islam and 19th-century media is conceptualised and contextualised,...

Tegenslagen voor de islamitische wereld en (mogelijke) oplossingen – Damascus Preek 1911

Zoals Said Nursi heeft verklaard, is Hutba-i Shamiyeh een uitstekend geheel van sociale projecten waarin een aantal sociale en politieke voorschriften, voorspellingen en oplossingen naar voren komen. De concepten en oplossingen die wij thans moeilijk kunnen vatten, zijn ons honderd jaar van tevoren door Said Nursi voorspeld en hij zegt: “Hierin ligt jullie oplossing van de problemen”. Niet alleen de...