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TABLE OF CONTENTS

THE WORD OF THE GUEST EDITOR

TOPIC OF THIS ISSUE
RELIGION AND POLITICS IN CONTEMPORARY IRAN

Anna Ardashnikova, Tamara Konyashkina
MODERNIZATION VERSUS TRADITION IN THE STRUGGLE
FOR A REPUBLIC IN 1920s IRAN

Bogdana Todorova
KHOMEINI’S POLITICAL-RELIGIOUS APPROACH OF THE ‘IRANIAN NATION’

Marina Kameneva, Elena Paymakova
CULTURE FACTOR IN THE POLICY OF THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN

Andrey Lukashev
FAITH AND INFIDELITY IN THE CONTEXT OF THE NOTION SYSTEM IN THE WORKS BY MAHMUD SHABISTARI

Morteza Nouraei, Bahman Zeinali
TOLERANCE HERITAGE: THE ROUTE OF SUFISM FROM KHORASAN TO THE BALKANS

ANALYSIS

Jonathan R. Peterson
RELIGIOSITY AND POLITICAL TOLERANCE: REASSESSING THE RELATIONSHIP

Fethi Mansouri
ISLAM AND MUSLIMS IN AUSTRALIA: THE SOCIAL EXPERIENCES OF EARLY SETTLEMENT AND THE POLITICS OF CONTEMPORARY RACE RELATIONS

Ekwutosi E. Offiong, Charles E. Ekpo
NIGERIA: THE PARADOX OF A SECULAR STATE

L. Scott Smith
AN UNSTEADY ‘WALL OF SEPARATION’: A FEW CONSIDERATIONS

REVIEWS, CRITICAL VIEWS AND POLEMICS

Herdi Sahrasad
“THE ARAB UPRISING AND MALAYSIA’S ISLAMIST MOVEMENTS INFLUENCE, IMPACT AND LESSONS”