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— filed under: Societies, Religion, Middle East, Culture, Islamic Societies, Arabic, History, Arabic and Middle East Studies, North Africa, Islam

Orientalism and its Continuing Effects Today
The influence of Sufism
The life and times of famous mystic Rabi‘a al-Adawiyah (feel free to substitute some other Sufi figure, eg. al-Hasan al-Basri, al-Hallaj etc.)
The status of women in Islamic law
Gendered identities in Islamic Societies
The contemporary popularity of al-Rumi
Specific aspects of the Arab-Israeli Conflict
Clash of Civilizations or the Alliance of Civilizations?
The life and thought of Muhammad Abduh, a major modern reformist thinker in Islam (or substitute other figures)
Islamic revivalism
Compatibility of Islamic Thought with Democracy
Islamist movements and extremism
Effects of Globalization on specific Islamic societies
Islamic Societies (pick a couple to compare and contrast) in the Age of Cybernetics

Copyright 2009, by the Contributing Authors. Cite/attribute Resource. Afsaruddin, A. (2006, September 05). Possible Paper Topics. Retrieved November 23, 2009, from Notre Dame OpenCourseWare Web site: http://ocw.nd.edu/arabic-and-middle-east-studies/islamic-societies-of-the-middle-east-and-north/assignments/possible-paper-topics. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons License.

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	Info Possible Paper Topics Document Actions — filed under: Societies, Religion, Middle East, Culture, Islamic Societies, Arabic, History, Arabic and Middle East Studies, North Africa, Islam Orientalism and its Continuing Effects Today The influence of Sufism The life and times of famous mystic Rabi‘a al-Adawiyah (feel free to substitute some other Sufi figure, eg. al-Hasan al-Basri, al-Hallaj etc.) The status of women in Islamic law Gendered identities in Islamic Societies The contemporary popularity of al-Rumi Specific aspects of the Arab-Israeli Conflict Clash of Civilizations or the Alliance of Civilizations? The life and thought of Muhammad Abduh, a major modern reformist thinker in Islam (or substitute other figures) Islamic revivalism Compatibility of Islamic Thought with Democracy Islamist movements and extremism Effects of Globalization on specific Islamic societies Islamic Societies (pick a couple to compare and contrast) in the Age of Cybernetics Copyright 2009, by the Contributing Authors. Cite/attribute Resource. Afsaruddin, A. (2006, September 05). Possible Paper Topics. Retrieved November 23, 2009, from Notre Dame OpenCourseWare Web site: http://ocw.nd.edu/arabic-and-middle-east-studies/islamic-societies-of-the-middle-east-and-north/assignments/possible-paper-topics. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons License.