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Malaysia's 2004 General Elections: spectacular victory, continuing tensions by Mohamad, Marzuki

“…Further, his pronouncement of Islam Hadhari (Civilizational Islam), a progressive Islam suited to the modern times, counterbalanced the espousal of a theocratic Islamic state agenda by the opposition, Parti Islam SeMalaysia (Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party [PAS]). …”
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The 11th Presidential Election in Iran by Kamal, Abdol Moghset Bani, Gamshadzehifar, Hadi

“…The political structure of Iran is a theocratic system based on Shia doctrine. The most powerful religious and political authority is a Shia religious authority known as the Supreme Leader. …”
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Theological diversity and canonical authority: an examination of how diverse viewpoints in the Old Testament may be acknowledged, interrelated, and allowed to function theologicall... by Goldingay, John

“…What it means to be the people of God varies in different periods, but the eras of the theocratic nation and of the afflicted remnant allow the deepest insights to emerge. …”
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Oppositional politics and the internet in Iran: A visual semiotic analysis of Iranian green movement‘s websites / Yousef Mostafalou by Yousef, Mostafalou

“…To this end, the study focuses on how and whether the Internet has been used by the Iranian Green Movement activists for promotion of their political and cultural struggles with special attention on the cognitive function of the Internet on alternative forms of culture and information production for representation and reconstruction of collective identity, the logistic function of the Internet to increase public participation, organization and mobilization of protest, tactical function of the Internet for direct expression of their political struggles, and development of alliance and solidarity between movement activists to facilitate the movement‘s collective struggles against the Islamic Republic of Iran‘s theocratic state‘s oppressive policies. The thesis methodology deploys Roland Barthes‘s semiotic model for visual semiotic analysis of the website home pages and visual texts of the Iranian Green Movement. …”
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Posttraumatic identities: developing a culturally-informed understanding of posttraumatic growth in Rwandan women genocide survivors by Williamson, Caroline

“…However, because of Rwanda’s history of theocratic leadership, religious interpretations can also give spiritual credibility to ideologies which have a negative impact on group identity. …”
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Sifat negara dan kaitannya dalam mentadbir isu-isu keagamaan di Malaysia by Halim, Rohizan, Yusof, Yuhanif

“…Perlembagaan sesebuah negara memperuntukkan sifat sesebuah negara yang memberikan wajaran dalam amalan pentadbiran oleh pihak Eksekutif.Sesebuah negara boleh dikategorikan sebagai mempunyai Perlembagaan bersifat ‘theocratic’ sekular ataupun hibrid. Dalam konteks Malaysia, wujud juga pandangan yang mengatakan bahawa Malaysia adalah negara bersifat ‘religiosecular’.Sifat sesebuah negara adalah penting kerana ia akan menunjukkan sejauh manakah pihak Eksekutif bertindak mengawal isu-isu keagamaan dalam negara berkenaan melalui kuatkuasa undang-undang dan peraturan. …”
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