Search Results - "Islam"

Arabs and empires before Islam by Oxford Scholarship Online

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Inside a Shari'ah court by BBC Worldwide Ltd, Films for the Humanities & Sciences (Firm), Infobase

Contents: “…Inseparable Islam and Shari'ah (3:06) -- Inside a Shari'ah Court (3:27) -- Shari'ah Law Is Divine Law (2:45) -- Islam: Social Harmony and Strict Adherence to Quran (3:49) -- Women and Islamic Law (2:44) -- Cases Before a Shari'ah Court (3:44) -- Immutability of Shari'ah Law (4:10) -- Non-Muslims in Nigeria (3:05) -- Lawyers and Shari'ah Law (3:50) -- Theft: Punishable by Flogging or Prison (3:32) -- Public Flogging: Deterrent to Crime (3:27) -- Jurisdiction: Common Law vs. …”
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Paper gods aspects of religion in Benin, Egypt, Ethiopia, Ghana, and Mali by Films for the Humanities & Sciences (Firm), Infobase, Octapixx Worldwide (Firm)

Contents: “…Voodoo and Christianity (2:25) -- Celestial Church of Christ (4:07) -- Polygamy and Exorcism (5:31) -- Celestial Church: Initiation Ceremony (4:58) -- Water Spirits and Genies (3:57) -- Islamic Sufism (2:35) -- Surfism and Dervishes (2:59) -- Celebration of the Prophet's Grandson (3:42) -- Practices of Sufism (2:46) -- Village for Women Accused of Witchcraft (4:51) -- Ethiopia: Caves of Sof Omar (4:46) -- Importance of Religion in Africa (5:48)…”
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Cinema Asia Iran by Films for the Humanities & Sciences (Firm), Infobase, Off the Fence Productions

Contents: “…Iran's Film Industry (3:30) -- Islamic Ideology and Film Restrictions (4:00) -- Iran's Films Attract Post-Revolution Audiences (3:32) -- Importance of Children in Iran's Films (4:11) -- Iranian Film Director's Influence (4:03) -- Children in Film: Expression of Truth (3:53) -- Carpets, Art, Poetry, and Theater of Iran (2:21) -- Revolutionary Iran: When Cinema Almost Died (2:35) -- Film that Changed Iran's Film Industry (3:41) -- Islamic Code and Iranian Filmmakers (4:06) -- Government Restrictions on Women in Film (3:54) -- Iran's First Feminist Poet (2:12) -- Iran's Independent Women (2:13) -- Iranian Directors: International Exposure (4:33)…”
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Who controls Africa? power structures in Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, and Mali by Films for the Humanities & Sciences (Firm), Infobase, Octapixx Worldwide (Firm)

Contents: “…Island Kings and Queens in Africa (4:28) -- Gender-Mixed Power Structures in Africa (3:33) -- Importance of Ritual and Spirit in Africa (2:53) -- Bijags Islands: Struggle for Autonomy (3:35) -- Importance of Spirits in African Celebrations (2:11) -- African Women: Engine of the Economy (3:08) -- Political Processes in Mali (3:42) -- Mali Elections and Islam (5:18) -- Africa: Jobs, Ablation, and Democracy (3:31) -- Election Challenges in Africa (3:36) -- Importance of Sorcery in Africa (4:03) -- Former Military Companies In Service of King (4:39) -- Superstition and Military Soldiers (3:05) -- Annual Festival in Ghana: Boat Races (5:00)…”
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