Book Chapters by Mukerrem Miftah
Book Chapter , 2023
Bookmarks Related papers MentionsView impact
Journal Articles by Mukerrem Miftah
Journal Article, 2024
Ethio-turkish relations have gained momentum over the past few years. the first important point t... more Ethio-turkish relations have gained momentum over the past few years. the first important point that demands meaningful discussion concerns the temporal genesis and contours of this momentum. the article argues that although ethio-turkish relations can be traced back to the sixteenth century, momentum has started to take effect since 2002. the second equally important point concerns the manner in which this momentum is expressed. By thoroughly analyzing pertinent publications and official reports, this article explains how ethio-turkish relations have transformed in the fields of humanitarian aid and development assistance, as well as bilateral trade and investment. however, inter alia, the study found that turkey's humanitarian aid and development assistance to ethiopia do not seem to show any predictable pattern. another critical issue worth attention is the growing challenges that have the potential to undo this momentum.
Bookmarks Related papers MentionsView impact
"Muslims in Ethiopia", "Ethiopian Muslims", "Muslim Ethiopians"
Bookmarks Related papers MentionsView impact
The article engages closely with Marshall G. Hodgson's view of Islam in his theory of Islamicate ... more The article engages closely with Marshall G. Hodgson's view of Islam in his theory of Islamicate civilization. Despite his methodological consciousness and various revisions he introduced in the study of Islamic civilization, he failed to do the same in his conception of Islam. This contribution looks at three relevant aspects of Hodgson's take on Islam. Apart from explaining problems inherent in his conception of Islam, I examine the relative efficacy of the view shared in some important ways between Hodgson and Smith. To this end, first, I argue that Hodgson's every allusion of Islam breathes dualism. Even though he was indeed well aware of this dualism, he barely succeeded in accounting for it, either historically or in Islamic tradition. Second, I try to make a theoretical link between this view of Hodgson and Wilfred C. Smith. I also compliment this with a review of some of the key counter arguments posited. Third, the article ends with a brief comparative assessment of W. C. Smith's cumulative tradition, Talal Asad's discursive tradition, and Shahab Ahmed's " coherence " in the face of " outright contradictions " thesis.
Bookmarks Related papers MentionsView impact
Journal of Ibn Haldun Studies, Ibn Haldun University
Bookmarks Related papers MentionsView impact
African Studies Quarterly, 2019
Bookmarks Related papers MentionsView impact
Community development, Asset Based Community Development. A field work reflection in Ethiopia.
Bookmarks Related papers MentionsView impact
The article comparatively analyzes two major aspects of Islamic civilization in the writings of A... more The article comparatively analyzes two major aspects of Islamic civilization in the writings of Allawi and Nadwi. Apart from broadly introducing Nadwi as one competent theoretician of civilization studies in general and Islamic civilization, in particular, it analyzes the crisis and revival of Islamic civilization along intellectual, institutional and political domains. To this end, I argue, firstly, that Allawi's appraisal of the crisis of Islamic civilization lacks holism both in his articulation of crisis and potentials for possible revival; secondly, Nadwi presents a relatively realistic, multilevel, and solution focused diagnosis of Islamic civilization; and finally, unlike Allawi, Nadwi's extensive engagement with Islamic civilization allowed him to envisage the actuality of revival in Islamic civilization. He believed that reform efforts directed at education, finance, industry and military can potentially pave the way for the revival of Islamic civilization. However, Allawi's imagination of the future of Islamic civilization is overtly melancholic and colored by pessimism. The article concludes by pointing out the importance of intellectual, institutional and political factors in the study of both crisis and revival potentialities in Islamic civilization.
Bookmarks Related papers MentionsView impact
The Journal of Pan-African Studies, 2017
IntroductionIn the middle of the 16th century, an unprecedented development threatens one of the ... more IntroductionIn the middle of the 16th century, an unprecedented development threatens one of the ancient kingdoms in the world, the Abyssinian Christian Kingdom. Thousands of years-old traditional establishment, religious, cultural and political, was tested by the unwavering rise of various Islamic sultanates in-and-around Abyssinia. The most aggressive move, however, came from the Sultanate of Adal. Under the leadership of Imam Ahmed ibn Ibrahim al Ghazi, the Adal sultanate by organizing the already resentful Islamic sultanates in-and-around Abyssinia, made the first of its kind move that had devastated the Christian establishment in Abyssinia.Consequently, the war that broke out had more fundamental implications than simply a civil or internal friction between groups in a country but, equally, international. In fact, each of these sides has had a direct strategic and military support from foreign powers. The Christian kingdom was supported by the Portuguese and the Islamic Sultana...
Bookmarks Related papers MentionsView impact
The “Muslims in Ethiopia complex” envelops three interrelated fundamental dimensions in the relat... more The “Muslims in Ethiopia complex” envelops three interrelated fundamental dimensions in the relation between Muslims and Ethiopia. The first is viewing it as a discourse among academics in “Ethiopian Studies.” Utilizing the broader rubric of “Hi/storying,”the present article argues that, except for a few lately emerging counteractive discourses, it has largely remained unabated. The second view is that of it as the policy and praxis of many of the ruling elites in Ethiopian history. The article argues that although the expressions of this policy and practice have been changing over time, there are still instances of its continuation as policy to this day. Third, and related closely to the above dimensions, is the view of this complex as the actual marginalized lived experiences and the associated self-perception of Muslims. However, as the unintended outcome of this policy, the article argues for the progressively developing “Ethiopian Muslims” consciousness and identity. It conclud...
Bookmarks Related papers MentionsView impact
Bookmarks Related papers MentionsView impact
Bookmarks Related papers MentionsView impact
This article aims to tackle three fundamental dimensions in Abyssinia-Ottoman friction in the six... more This article aims to tackle three fundamental dimensions in Abyssinia-Ottoman friction in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. First, whether the sixteenth-century friction was the product of Ottomans and/ or Portuguese involvement induced or not; second regarding the binary opposition that framed this friction as foreign vs. indigenous or as a Christian Abyssinians vs. Muslim outsiders discourse; and third, whether behind the success of Muslims' conquest was local resource and strong leadership or external support. Utilizing Turkish, Arabic, and other pertinent sources, the article concludes the war was the product of historically evolved frictions sustained over time between Christian rulers and Muslims in Abyssinia and the Ottomans which helped to restore a relative peace and stability in Abyssinia.
Bookmarks Related papers MentionsView impact
Multiplexity in Civilization Studies: Insights from Ibn Khaldun and Said Halim Pasha, 2018
Bookmarks Related papers MentionsView impact
Books by Mukerrem Miftah
Book, 2022
Crossing The Border Between Religion and Civilization - Trends and Cases in The Study Of Islamic ... more Crossing The Border Between Religion and Civilization - Trends and Cases in The Study Of Islamic and Western Civilizations. ISBN: 9786257249256. Ibn Haldun University Press, Istanbul, Turkey.
Bookmarks Related papers MentionsView impact
Reports by Mukerrem Miftah
Bookmarks Related papers MentionsView impact
Report , 2020
Bookmarks Related papers MentionsView impact
A Report on Human Rights Violation in Africa in 2016, pp.33-36
Bookmarks Related papers MentionsView impact
Proceedings by Mukerrem Miftah
Poverty and Zakat: The Feasibility of Institutional Administration of Zakat in Ethiopia
Bookmarks Related papers MentionsView impact
Commentaries-Magazine and Web-based by Mukerrem Miftah
Commentary , 2024
Bookmarks Related papers MentionsView impact
Uploads
Book Chapters by Mukerrem Miftah
Journal Articles by Mukerrem Miftah
Books by Mukerrem Miftah
Reports by Mukerrem Miftah
Proceedings by Mukerrem Miftah
Commentaries-Magazine and Web-based by Mukerrem Miftah