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USA pushes for control of Islamic schools in Uganda
Written by BAKER BATTE
Source: The Observer
Since the devastating September 11, 2001, attacks, which claimed the lives of over 3,000 people and left many more injured, the United States of America has been committed to preventing such acts of terrorism within its borders and across the globe.
Four MISR students have been awarded the 2023-2024 Next Generation Social Sciences in Africa Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship Award
We heartily congratulate four of our continuing students whose projects have been awarded the 2023-2024 Next Generation Social Sciences in Africa Doctoral Dissertation Fellowships. The award will support their ongoing projects, titled as follows:
Jacob Katumusiime - “Beyond Religio-Cultural Violence: A Historico-Political Re-Contextualization of the Movement for the Restoration of the Ten Commandments of God”
Envisioning the Future of Uganda's Politics of Transition and Succession with Prof. Mahmood Mamdani
Listen to the recording of Robert Kabushenga, the former CEO of Vision Group, and Prof. Mahmood Mamdani discussing contemporary Uganda on Twitter spaces.
Religion, politics and violence (Part 10): Rethinking the state
Author: Yahya Sseremba
Source: The Observer
I have hopefully made it clear that the modern state is the most violent, most divisive and most dictatorial form of political organization that humanity has ever invented.
Religion, politics and violence (part 9): nation state
Author: Yahya Sseremba
Source: The Observer
The modern state is known as the nation state.
This means that the state exists in the name of the nation. When modern international law recognizes the right to self-determination, “the self ” in the said self-determination is considered to be the nation.
Religion, politics and violence (Part 8): Islamic State
Author: Yahya Sseremba
Source: The Observer
Anti-colonial thinkers in Africa, Asia, and Latin America have long grappled with the question: what is decolonization?
Religion, politics and violence (Part 7): omnipotent lawgiver
Author: Yahya Sseremba
Source: The Observer
Last week, we saw that the diffused character of pre-modern power allowed society to govern itself through society-based mechanisms like custom and religion.
Religion, politics and violence (part 6): pre-modern power
Author : Yahya Sseremba
Source: The Observer
The modern state is largely—if not entirely—a legal phenomenon. The law, at least in theory, governs everything and everyone within the jurisdiction of the liberal state.
Reflections on Makerere University’s 100 Years of Existence
Author: Jacob Katumusiime