Human rights, civil rights

In recent years, Islam whether via the derivatives of 'Political Islam' or 'Islamism' has come to be seen as an 'activist' force in social and political spheres worldwide.

In recent years, Islam whether via the derivatives of 'Political Islam' or 'Islamism' has come to be seen as an 'activist' force in social and political spheres worldwide.

This timely 2 volume edited collection looks at the extent and nature of global jihad, focusing on the often-exoticised hinterlands of jihad beyond the traditionally viewed Middle Eastern 'centre'.

This timely 2 volume edited collection looks at the extent and nature of global jihad, focusing on the often-exoticised hinterlands of jihad beyond the traditionally viewed Middle Eastern 'centre'.

This timely 2 volume edited collection looks at the extent and nature of global jihad, focusing on the often-exoticised hinterlands of jihad beyond the traditionally viewed Middle Eastern 'centre'.

This timely 2 volume edited collection looks at the extent and nature of global jihad, focusing on the often-exoticised hinterlands of jihad beyond the traditionally viewed Middle Eastern 'centre'.

Why did Islamists respond so differently to the Arab Spring?

Why did Islamists respond so differently to the Arab Spring?

Martin Luther King Jr.

This book analyzes the role of laws and the judiciary in the process of censorship in India.

This volume contains two Open Access Chapters.

Current political discourse emphasizes the globalized nature of security threats, and focusing on Latin America, this book identifies local complexities of Human Security.

This volume contains two Open Access Chapters.

The global spread of COVID-19 has led to devastating effects on countries worldwide in terms of population health, economy, politics, and sustainable development.

The global spread of COVID-19 has led to devastating effects on countries worldwide in terms of population health, economy, politics, and sustainable development.

In Media and Law: Between Free Speech and Censorship, Mathieu Deflem and Derek M.

In Media and Law: Between Free Speech and Censorship, Mathieu Deflem and Derek M.

Current political discourse emphasizes the globalized nature of security threats, and focusing on Latin America, this book identifies local complexities of Human Security.

This book chronicles the 1968 sanitation strike in Memphis that led to the assassination of Dr.

Christian Missionaries worked hard to convert immigrants.

Christian Missionaries worked hard to convert immigrants.

This book explores the authors' legal thinking on artificial intelligence (AI), a topic of burgeoning interest in the technology sector and among the general public.

Instead of religion influencing political outcomes, this analysis examines how politics influences religious outcomes.

This volume asks how religious convictions inform citizens' engagement in American democratic life, particularly across deep political divides.

This volume asks how religious convictions inform citizens' engagement in American democratic life, particularly across deep political divides.

The concept of dignity is essential to discourses of human rights, and to understand what dignity means and requires, we must address a number of difficult questions with input from a wide range of disciplines.

The concept of dignity is essential to discourses of human rights, and to understand what dignity means and requires, we must address a number of difficult questions with input from a wide range of disciplines.

How are refugee crises solved?

How the misuses of Martin Luther King's legacy divide us and undermine democracyIn the postcivil rights era, wide-ranging groups have made civil rights claims that echo those made by Black civil rights activists of the 1960s, from people with disabilities to women's rights activists and LGBTQ coalitions.

On February 22, 1895, a naval force laid siege to Brass, the chief city of the Ijo people of Nembe in Nigeria's Niger Delta.

This volume sets out to describe the political and philosophical underpinnings of the idea of human rights by bringing together a collection of original essays by a group of highly distinguished theorists.

'I hope that this short thought provoking meditation on rightful responses to injustice will trigger a societal discussion for the conscience and future of liberal democracies.

In Beyond Chutzpah, Norman Finkelstein moves from an iconoclastic interrogation of the new anti-Semitism to a meticulously researched expos, of the corruption of scholarship on the Israel-Palestine conflict, especially in the work of Alan Dershowitz.

On May 26, 2004, the New York Times issued an apology for its coverage of Iraq's purported weapons of mass destruction.

In September 1910, the human rights activist and anti-imperialist Roger Casement arrived in the Amazon to investigate reports of widespread human rights abuses in the vast forests stretching along the Putumayo river.

The idea that we should 'do something' to help those suffering in far-off places is the main impulse driving those who care about human rights.

The history America never wanted you to read.

The Byzantine cathedral of Hagia Sophia has been a source of wonder and fascination since its sixth-century construction.

The Byzantine cathedral of Hagia Sophia has been a source of wonder and fascination since its sixth-century construction.

Based on extensive field research, the essays in this volume illuminate the experiences of migrants from their own point of view, providing a critical understanding of the complex social reality in which each experience is grounded.

Based on extensive ethnographic research, this book delves into the thriving industry of religious infrastructure in Romania, where 4,000 Orthodox churches and cathedrals have been built in three decades.

With its rapid industrialization, modernization, and gradual democratization, Imperial Germany has typically been understood in secular terms.

Bringing together some of the world s leading scholars, practitioners, and human-rights activists, this groundbreaking volume provides the first systematic analysis of the 2012 2014 Brazilian National Truth Commission.

Through retelling the story of Jesus and his followers, Open for Liberation restores the radical spirit of the Jesus movement and argues that social action is essential to faith.

If money troubles your soul, try this down-to-earth Quaker perspective on economies large and small.