The Hijab as an act of Resistance

The Hijab as an act of Resistance

Many Muslim women are putting up a spirited resistance against those who attempt to impose upon them. The hijab thus becomes a strong political statement of resistance, by which Muslim women assert their existence and their identity.

Hasidic Jews – the origins and growth of Hasidism

Hasidic Jews - the origins and growth of Hasidism

It has now been over 250 years since the Ba’al Shem Tov sowed the seeds of what has become today a vibrant Hasidic community. What began in a small, impoverished village in the Ukraine has now become an integral part of the ultra-Orthodox community, numbering 1.175M members

Evans-Pritchard and the Religion of the Nuer

Evans-Pritchard and the Religion of the Nuer

Evans-Pritchard describes the religious beliefs of the Nuer tribe as “spiritual” in that they conceive God to be Kwoth, a “being of true spirit” who is everywhere and in everything. They believe that everything they are and everything they have and everything that happens is so because it is his will.