Chinese Porcelains in the mediaeval Middle East and Southern Asia

After 9/11, the “Muslim terrorist” trope altered the American understanding of Islam. This article argues that the Muslim terrorist in our popular culture should not be seen as new but within an established tradition of racializing Asian Americans. The article employs three dimensions of racialization: raced body, racial category, and ascribed subordination. The raced body is the “brown” body of immigrants and descendants of immigrants from North Africa, the Middle East, and Central and Southern Asia. “Muslim” as a racial category has acquired meaning beyond religion and now also describes a racial category: those whose ancestry traces to countries where Islam is significant. Linked to that category are the stereotypes of “terrorist,” “spy,” or “saboteur”—understandings within the tradition of characterizing Asian Americans as permanent, unassimilable foreigners. Inscribing the linked racial category and ascribed subordination of permanent foreignness upon the “brown” raced body is the racialization of Muslims into Muslim terrorists.

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Molecular epidemiology and type-specific detection of echovirus 11 isolates from the Americas, Europe, Africa, Australia, southern Asia and the Middle East

Virus Research ◽

10.1016/s0168-1702(02)00291-5 ◽

2003 ◽

Vol 91 (2) ◽

pp. 241-248 ◽

Cited By ~ 35

Author(s):

M.Steven Oberste ◽

William A Nix ◽

David R Kilpatrick ◽

Mary R Flemister ◽

Mark A Pallansch

Keyword(s):

Middle East ◽

Molecular Epidemiology ◽

Specific Detection ◽

Southern Asia

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Faith and Engaged Scholarship in the New Millennium

Engaged Scholar Journal Community-Engaged Research Teaching and Learning ◽

10.15402/esj.v1i1.222 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 3 (1) ◽

pp. i-iii

Author(s):

Rich Janzen ◽

Alisha Pomazon ◽

Christopher Hrynkow

Keyword(s):

United States ◽

New Zealand ◽

Middle East ◽

United Nations ◽

The United States ◽

Turn Of The Millennium ◽

Engaged Scholarship ◽

Western Countries ◽

Southern Asia ◽

New Millennium

Despite the prominence of the “secularization thesis” among academics prior to the turn of the millennium, religion is not in decline worldwide. The Pew Research Center’s (2015) estimates show that until at least 2050 the number of people practicing a religion is expected to grow globally, particularly in Africa, the Middle East, and southern Asia. Democratic trends mean these regions are likely to remain major sources of immigrants to Western countries (United Nations 2015). These trends will supplement other trends towards growing religiosity in immigrant-receiving countries such as Canada, the United States, New Zealand, and Australia. Given such demographics, this issue is timely. This issue brings a community-engaged perspective into the dialogue concerning how to properly understand the place of faith in contemporary societies (Ager et al. 2015; Bramadat and Biles 2005; Cnaan and Boddie 2006).

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Arctic and Arctic-like rabies viruses: distribution, phylogeny and evolutionary history

Epidemiology and Infection ◽

10.1017/s095026880700903x ◽

2007 ◽

Vol 136 (4) ◽

pp. 509-519 ◽

Cited By ~ 45

Author(s):

I. V. KUZMIN ◽

G. J. HUGHES ◽

A. D. BOTVINKIN ◽

S. G. GRIBENCHA ◽

C. E. RUPPRECHT

Keyword(s):

Middle East ◽

Evolutionary History ◽

Common Ancestor ◽

The Arctic ◽

Recent Common Ancestor ◽

N Gene ◽

Eastern Asia ◽

Southern Asia ◽

Most Recent Common Ancestor ◽

Phylogenetic Lineages

SUMMARYForty-one newly sequenced isolates of Arctic and Arctic-like rabies viruses, were genetically compared to each other and to those available from GenBank. Four phylogenetic lineages of Arctic viruses were identified. Arctic-1 viruses circulate in Ontario, Arctic-2 viruses circulate in Siberia and Alaska, Arctic-3 viruses circulate circumpolarly, and a newly described lineage Arctic-4 circulates locally in Alaska. The oldest available isolates from Siberia (between 1950 and 1960) belong to the Arctic-2 and Arctic-3 lineages and share 98·6–99·2% N gene identity with contemporary viruses. Two lineages of Arctic-like viruses were identified in southern Asia and the Middle East (Arctic-like-1) and eastern Asia (Arctic-like-2). A time-scaled tree demonstrates that the time of the most recent common ancestor (TMRCA) of Arctic and Arctic-like viruses is dated between 1255 and 1786. Evolution of the Arctic viruses has occurred through a northerly spread. The Arctic-like-2 lineage diverged first, whereas Arctic viruses share a TMRCA with Arctic-like-1 viruses.

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Russia’s electric power reintegration with Central Asia and Caucasus and entering South Asia and Middle East electricity markets

E3S Web of Conferences ◽

10.1051/e3sconf/202020904001 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 209 ◽

pp. 04001

Author(s):

Lev Belyaev ◽

Lyudmila Chudinova ◽

Sergei Podkovalnikov

Keyword(s):

Middle East ◽

South Asia ◽

Central Asia ◽

Electric Power ◽

Electricity Markets ◽

Power Grid ◽

Great Effectiveness ◽

Southern Asia ◽

Eurasian Region

Results of the next round of studies on Russian interstate electric ties are described. A part of the Eurasian region including European and Siberian part of Russia and countries of Central Asia, Caucasus, Southern Asia and Middle East is considered for 2040 target year. Great effectiveness of creation of interstate power grid in this region is shown.

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