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Between Tradition and Sharia: Endogamous Marriage Practices in the Pesantren Community of Bandung Regency from a Contemporary Islamic Legal Perspective

Metro Islamic Law Review
This study aimed to examine the practice of endogamy in the Pesantren community of Bandung Regency from the perspective of contemporary Islamic law, by highlighting the tension between social traditions and more universal sharia principles.
Harry Yuniardi, Diah Siti Sa’diah, Aziz Sholeh, Lena Ishelmiany Ziaharah, Christopher Michael Cason   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

ORCHESTRATING DIFFERENCE AND SIMILARITY: Black Fungibility, and the Spatial Redrawing of Racial Categories in Spanish Colonial Morocco, Sahara and Guinea

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract In this article I dissect the spatial strategies through which the Spanish attempted to orchestrate both racial difference and similarity in the African colonies of Morocco, Western Sahara and Equatorial Guinea during the first half of the twentieth century.
Pol Fité Matamoros
wiley   +1 more source

Hesed in Ruth: A Frail Moral Tool in an Inflexible Social Structure

Religions, 2023
Scholars have paid much attention to the attribute of hesed in the book of Ruth, pinpointing it as a pivotal feature and the main message of the book. However, the protagonists in the tale do not seem to exhibit hesed out of free will or as part of their
Gili Kugler, Ohad Magori
doaj   +1 more source

Taking Stock: Elite Studies and Social Change

The British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article provides a systematic synthesis of contemporary elite sociology through the analytical lens of change and stability. We distinguish between two types of change: change within elites, referring to transformations in elite composition, circulation, or internal characteristics; and change by elites, designating processes whereby ...
Lena Ajdacic, François Schoenberger, Johanna Behr, Fabio Cescon, Lion Hubrich, Emma Ischinsky, Muneeb Salman, Juliana Mazzucotelli, Laura Mrčela, Alonso Pi Cholula, Céline Roy, Sophie Serrano, Helle Dyrendahl Staven, Tina Thakur   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

Converging to efficiency : the Ramón y Cajal Program experience [PDF]

, 2007
We analyze the evolution on the design of a policy measure promoted by the Spanish Government: the Ramón y Cajal Program. In the first calls of the Program, an eligibility requirement for a researcher was a preacceptance from at least one Spanish ...
Alonso-Borrego, César, Romero-Medina, Antonio, Triossi, Matteo   +2 more
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The hidden discount: Examining racial disparity in the use of suspended sentences

Criminology, EarlyView.
Abstract Extant research on criminal sentencing generally concludes that racial/ethnic disparity is concentrated in the “in–out” decision, and that racial differences in sentence lengths are small and inconsistent. However, sentence length analyses rarely focus on the fact that criminal sentences are often partially or fully suspended, creating ...
Kevin Petersen, Brian D. Johnson, Allison D. Redlich, Miranda A. Galvin   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Large-scale diversity estimation through surname origin inference [PDF]

, 2018
The study of surnames as both linguistic and geographical markers of the past has proven valuable in several research fields spanning from biology and genetics to demography and social mobility.
Barth F, Beauchemin C, Brutel C, Cediey E, Chang J, Clark G, Foroni F, Herfindahl OC, Hirschman AO, Mislove A, Pedregosa F, Torvik VI, Weber M   +12 more
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Endogamy and Religious Boundaries in a Transnational Context—The Case of Knanaya Christians in North America

Religions
The Knanaya Christians, also referred to as Thekkumbhagar or Southists, represent a distinct endogamous group within the wider community of Saint Thomas Christians of southern India.
Sinu Rose
doaj   +1 more source

Estrategias de reproducción social de la elite de la ciudad de León en la Edad Moderna

Nuevo mundo - Mundos Nuevos, 2008
The objective of this work is to analyze the endogamy practices in the elite of the city of León during Modern Age. This elite was conformed by a few families that controlled most important positions of power, and managed most of the wealth of the ...
Alfredo Martín García, María José Pérez Álvarez   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Homozygous Loss‐of‐Function Variant in SLC20A1 Coding for Ubiquitous Phosphate Transporter PiT1 Is Associated With Multiple Developmental Abnormalities

Clinical Genetics, EarlyView.
Biallelic SLC20A1 loss‐of‐function variant causes a previously unrecognized multisystem developmental disorder. We report the first homozygous case presenting with tetralogy of Fallot, renal agenesis, polydactyly, and growth impairment. Transcriptome analysis of patient‐derived fibroblasts suggests significant dysregulation of pathways critical for ...
Eugénie Koumakis, Céline Huber, Wendy Chung, Christine Leroy, Pauline Parisot, Regis Gaudin, Mohamad Zaidan, Valérie Cormier‐Daire, Gérard Friedlander, Yoel Hirsch   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source