Transnationality, Community and the Digital: Cultural Regrouping and the COVID-19 Pandemic—A Comparative Ethnographic Case Study of a Muslim and a Hindu Community in Germany by Gero Menzel, Viera Pirker

“…In this article, we discuss the results of two ethnographic case studies on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on a Sunni Muslim DITIB mosque community and an Indian Hindu temple community in Hesse, Germany, conducted in the context of the ReCoVirA research project. …”
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Political Embodiments of the Hijab in Narratives of Iraqi Refugee Women in Diaspora by Nadia Jones-Gailani

“…This article explores how young displaced Iraqi Sunni Muslim women negotiate religious identity in diaspora, and how veiling becomes an expression of a new politicised Islamic feminism. …”
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Rethinking pathways to well-being: the function of faith practice in distress alleviation among displaced Muslim women affected by war by Kathleen Rutledge

“…This mixed methods study examined the role of faith in mental health among displaced Muslim women affected by conflict, highlighting implications for responders.MethodsA total of 160 questionnaires, 50 interviews, and four focus groups were conducted among 160 Sunni Muslim women in an Iraqi internally displaced persons (IDP) camp with subjects who had been affected by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) conflict. …”
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Karkh in the Buyid Period by Sasan Tahmasebi

“…With help from the Sunni court clerks, Turkish troops, and rogues, the Sunni Muslims, who were not happy with such ceremonies being held in Baghdad, invaded Karkh on numerous occasions and greatly damaged the neighborhood. …”
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Vroomheid, seksualiteit en maatschappijkritiek by Daan Beekers

“… This article is an ethnographic exploration of the ways in which young, strictly practicing Sunni Muslims and Protestant Christians in the Netherlands deal with issues of sexuality. …”
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Religious Diversity in Lombok: Peaceful Coexistence or Minorities at Risk? by Erni Budiwanti, Levi Geir Eidhamar

“…Ethnic Sasak Sunni Muslims make up the overwhelming majority on the Indonesian island of Lombok. …”
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Iranian Merchants as a Religious Community in Late Ottoman Istanbul by Abdülkadir Yeler

“…This community, formed mainly by merchants, was also a religious community belonging to the Shia sect, which enabled them to act together and form an organized community in Ottoman Istanbul, the population of which consisted mainly of Sunni Muslims. The combination of religious, cultural, social, and other practices of the Iranian merchants had brought an institutionalization along with it, and thus memories were created that would leave a legacy in the cultural history of Istanbul. …”
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Iranian Merchants as a Religious Community in Late Ottoman Istanbul by Abdülkadir Yeler

“…This community, formed mainly by merchants, was also a religious community belonging to the Shia sect, which enabled them to act together and form an organized community in Ottoman Istanbul, the population of which consisted mainly of Sunni Muslims. The combination of religious, cultural, social, and other practices of the Iranian merchants had brought an institutionalization along with it, and thus memories were created that would leave a legacy in the cultural history of Istanbul. …”
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Updates on the molecular spectrum of MEFV variants in lebanese patients with Familial Mediterranean Fever by Rudy Feghali, José-Noel Ibrahim, Nabiha Salem, Romy Moussallem, Ghina Hijazi, Charbel Attieh, Tony Yammine, Alain Chebly, Alain Chebly

“…Moreover, Shiites and Sunni Muslims, and individuals from South and North Lebanon exhibited the highest frequency of variants. …”
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