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Following the high-profile end to the female driving ban in mid-2018, the Riyadh leadership launched a slew of social reforms, including new entertainment opportunities. Most…
The US political influence of the religious right.
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB231825
ISSN: 2633-304X
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Trump carried 52% of Catholic voters in 2016, but Biden -- himself Catholic -- could undercut Trump, including in the swing states that will decide the next president.
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB256741
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Lithuania is the most religious: the predominant Roman Catholic Church’s socio-political influence has been increasing regarding the still-sensitive issues of LGBT+ and women’s…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB266085
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Iran’s elections.
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB250931
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Earlier this month, President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo selected Ma’ruf Amin, head of the conservative Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI), as his running mate. Jokowi’s challenger will be…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB238067
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Erdogan is the second head of government (after Necmettin Erbakan, 1996-97) to emerge from a specifically Islamist political movement. Under his leadership, Islam has become more…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB250653
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At a time when political polarisation at the federal and state level makes the role of the Supreme Court as a neutral arbiter more important, the Court’s standing with the public…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB275756
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Brazil social conservativism and politics.
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB241623
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In Saudi Arabia, more than 2 million Muslims performed hajj (the annual pilgrimage required of all Muslims in their lifetimes to Islam's holiest sites, Mecca and Medina), reaching…