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The Uses and Misuses of Commodity Murabaha: Islamic Economic Perspective [PDF]
Some exciting Economical developments have taken place in the area of Islamic finance during the preceding two years. There has been a fast expansion in its market share, diversification of products picked up pace and the rapid globalization of the ...
Alsayyed, Nidal
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Rebuilding trust in national police: The case of the UN mission in Mali
Abstract International interventions often aim to reinforce both capacity as well as perceived legitimacy of national security forces. However, how peacekeeping operations manage to improve trust in the national police has received limited attention. In this article, we evaluate whether and how UN missions can (re‐)build trust in the national police ...
Nadine Ansorg +2 more
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Attitudes toward abortion in the three Abrahamic religions of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam: A narrative review. [PDF]
Vahidi Mehrjardi S, Vahidi S, Izadi M.
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(Non)belonging and (un)freedom
Abstract This article centers on the concept of “belonging” to argue that belonging and freedom are fundamentally related, and that this relationship cannot be easily captured in formal terms alone. I contend that experiences of incomplete belonging among citizens deserve attention from political science because, in addition to their more obvious ...
Yuna Blajer de la Garza
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Nursing Students' Knowledge and Attitudes Toward Palliative Care: A Cross-Sectional Descriptive Study. [PDF]
Aghabarary M +2 more
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A theory of political divergence and gradual institutional change
Abstract Why do some societies succeed in breaking away from historical traditions while others remain trapped? This paper proposes a formal theory to investigate the interaction between short‐run and long‐run political dynamics, highlighting a co‐evolution of political institutions and social structures.
Clair Yang
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Southwestern Arabia through the eyes of Western orientalists during the first half of the twentieth century. [PDF]
Saigh IAI.
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Partisan bias in a sorted party system: A problem of epistemic inequality
Abstract Normative and empirical scholars typically treat partisans’ distrust of their political rivals as a product of individual cognitive biases. But even if bias is inevitable, it is parties’ coalition‐building and messaging strategies that determine who bias is directed toward.
Justin Pottle
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Meta‐Virtuality: Strategies of Disembeddedness in Virtual Interiorities
ABSTRACT To reclaim their seat in the rapidly growing market of virtual space, designers of the built environment can benefit from reevaluating theories that see the virtual as a mere extension/reflection of the physical. By claiming ontological autonomy from external worlds, the virtual is liberated from the hegemonic control of the physical.
Vahid Vahdat
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