Hayat Alvi
Biographic Data
| ID | 678797 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Hayat Alvi |
| GIVEN NAMES | Hayat |
| FAMILY NAME | Alvi |
| SIGNATURE | ALVI H |
| AFFILIATIONS | US Naval War College |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4184-2741 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Eastern Religious Cults
The chapter reviews the past literature on this topic, identifies some areas where Eastern religious cults may impact our life in the West, and also raises new questions and ideas for future scholarship. The study of all cults has been hampered by problems of definition and such problems (Eurocentric bias, Orientalism) are even more relevant in the study of Eastern religion. We review religious cults from three contrasting parts of the East, incl…
Kristian Coates Ulrichsen (2024). Centers of Power in the Arab Gulf States
Terrorism in Africa: The Rise of Islamist Extremism and Jihadism
Africa is the springboard for al-Qaeda's global terrorism in modern history. The U.S. Embassy bombings in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, and Nairobi, Kenya in August 1998 put al-Qaeda on the map and led to major counter-terrorism operations throughout parts of Africa. Bin Laden made a strategic decision to use Africa as a launching pad for al-Qaeda's global network and appeal. The linkages of Jihadist terrorism in Africa trace back to the fight against…
How Pakistan Got Divided
Rao Farman Ali Khan’s book How Pakistan Got Divided is a treasure chest for historians and South Asia scholars. It is written with profound insights and emotive value from the first-person accounts
The Islamic Principles of Social Justice: Maulana Abul Kalam Azad and Nonviolent Civil Disobedience
The idea of nonviolent civil disobedience is to act against injustice and unjust laws. This has been Mahatma Gandhi’s motivation, as well as Maulana Abul Kalam Azad’s. For an Islamic religious authority of Maulana Azad’s stature and caliber to embrace nonviolent activism for the sake of social justice, it is a significant change in the course of action in Islam against oppression. The concepts of justice/injustice, oppression, and social justice …
The Human Rights and Development Impetuses for Tunisia’s Jasmine Revolution
Economics Nobel laureate Amartya Sen contends that socio-economic progress cannot happen without freedoms. The thesis for this article is that human rights and development variables, which were appalling under the Ben Ali regime, served as primary causal factors for the 2011 Tunisian Revolution. Dismal human development indicators, rampant corruption and severe repression of freedoms and rights led to widespread protests. Other regional actors al…
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The Human Rights and Development Impetuses for Tunisia’s Jasmine Revolution
Economics Nobel laureate Amartya Sen contends that socio-economic progress cannot happen without freedoms. The thesis for this article is that human rights and development variables, which were appalling under the Ben Ali regime, served as primary causal factors for the 2011 Tunisian Revolution. Dismal human development indicators, rampant corruption and severe repression of freedoms and rights led to widespread protests. Other regional actors al…
The Islamic Principles of Social Justice: Maulana Abul Kalam Azad and Nonviolent Civil Disobedience
The idea of nonviolent civil disobedience is to act against injustice and unjust laws. This has been Mahatma Gandhi’s motivation, as well as Maulana Abul Kalam Azad’s. For an Islamic religious authority of Maulana Azad’s stature and caliber to embrace nonviolent activism for the sake of social justice, it is a significant change in the course of action in Islam against oppression. The concepts of justice/injustice, oppression, and social justice …
Terrorism in Africa: The Rise of Islamist Extremism and Jihadism
Africa is the springboard for al-Qaeda's global terrorism in modern history. The U.S. Embassy bombings in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, and Nairobi, Kenya in August 1998 put al-Qaeda on the map and led to major counter-terrorism operations throughout parts of Africa. Bin Laden made a strategic decision to use Africa as a launching pad for al-Qaeda's global network and appeal. The linkages of Jihadist terrorism in Africa trace back to the fight against…
How Pakistan Got Divided
Rao Farman Ali Khan’s book How Pakistan Got Divided is a treasure chest for historians and South Asia scholars. It is written with profound insights and emotive value from the first-person accounts
Eastern Religious Cults
The chapter reviews the past literature on this topic, identifies some areas where Eastern religious cults may impact our life in the West, and also raises new questions and ideas for future scholarship. The study of all cults has been hampered by problems of definition and such problems (Eurocentric bias, Orientalism) are even more relevant in the study of Eastern religion. We review religious cults from three contrasting parts of the East, incl…
Kristian Coates Ulrichsen (2024). Centers of Power in the Arab Gulf States
Sociology (4 works) · History (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Politics (3 works) · Ancient history (2 works) · Economics (2 works) · Ideology (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Mathematics (2 works)