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TABLE OF CONTENT

THE WORD OF THE GUEST EDITOR

TOPIC OF THIS ISSUE
RELIGION AND POLITICS IN THE CONTEMPORARY TURKISH-SPEAKING WORLD

Pavel Shlykov
THE SECULARIZATION AND DESECULARIZATION NEXUS IN THE TURKISH CONTEXT: WHAT IS BEHIND?

Ilshat Saetov
THE VOICE OF THE VANISHED EMPIRE FROM A FOREIGN LAND: TURKISH-OTTOMAN MEDENIYET NEWSPAPER IN BULGARIA IN THE 1930s

Natalia Ulchenko
THE ECONOMIC POLICY OF TURKEY’S JUSTICE & DEVELOPMENT PARTY – QUITE ‘UN-ISLAMIC’ IN SOME ASPECTS

ANALYSIS

Luca Ozzano
SOCIAL MOVEMENTS, INNOVATION, AND GOVERNANCE: THE CASE OF THE ECONOMY OF COMMUNION IN ITALY

Jonathan Fox
RELIGIOUS DISCRIMINATION IN CHRISTIAN-MAJORITY DEMOCRACIES FROM 1990 TO 2014

Georgios E. Trantas
GREEK-ORTHODOX RELIGIOSCAPES AS DOMAINS OF MIGRATORY INTEGRATION AND HYBRIDISATION IN GERMANY AND GREAT BRITAIN: A COMPARATIVE STUDY

Yasir A. Quadri
THE TIJĀNIYYAH SŪFĪ BROTHERHOOD AND THE NIGERIAN PARTY POLITICS IN RETROSPECT

Javier Corrales, Iñaki Sagarzazu
NOT ALL ‘SINS’ ARE REJECTED EQUALLY: RESISTANCE TO LGBT RIGHTS ACROSS RELIGIONS IN COLOMBIA

REVIEWS, CRITICAL VIEWS AND POLEMIC

Brian U. Doce
“THE LIGHT OF CHRIST IN PHILIPPINE POLITICS: THE INTERVENTIONS OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH IN STATE AFFAIRS (1972 – 2005)

Milan Vukelić
FINDING W.D. FARD: UNVEILING THE IDENTITY OF THE FOUNDER OF THE NATION OF ISLAM”

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