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Guanxi and Wasta: 20 Years of Evolution and Future Directions for Informal Network Research
ABSTRACT This article provides an examination of the evolution of networking in China and the Arab world over two decades and provides an update to, and new insights arising from, an article called Guanxi and Wasta; A Comparison, published in Thunderbird International Business Review in 2006.
Kate Hutchings +3 more
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EXAMINING RELIGIOUS MODERATION OF THE AL-JAM'IYATUL WASHLIYAH FATWA COUNCIL
Al Jam’iyatul Washliyah was founded in 1930 in Medan North Sumatera, a plural region religion-wise. Many consider Al Washliyah maintaining moderate understanding of Islam.
Mhd. Syahnan, Ja'far Ja'far
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The Perils of Proportional Representation for Ethnic Minorities
Abstract Two arguments about ethnic minorities run through the debate over replacing first past the post. One promises that proportional representation would represent minorities better; the other worries that it would empower the parties they have most reason to fear. This article argues that the promise is unreliable and the worry real.
Tarunabh Khaitan
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Contemporary Islamic sects in Indonesia
Islam's development in Indonesia has been shaped by both positive and negative influences. On the positive side, technology, modernization, and globalization have supported the spread and evolution of Islamic thought. However, challenges include the lasting impact of the Abbasid Dynasty's decline, psychological issues among Muslims, and the rise of ...
Eko Prayetno +4 more
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Based on ethnographic research at Rūm Orthodox Christian monasteries in Lebanon, the article studies scenes of Islam at the monastery as they intersect with anxious public debates on, and anthropological theorizations of, sectarianism and ‘Muslim–Christian’ relations in the Mashriq.
Aaron F. Eldridge
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The Faizrakhmanisty: The Islamic Sect as a Social Problem in Russia [PDF]
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Duality of reality and self in the poetry of Hamad Mahmoud Al-Dokhi [PDF]
The article focuses on the poet Hamad Al-Dokhi’s use of opposing dualities in his poetry as an effective rhetorical tool, such as sadness and joy, distress and prosperity, distress and abundance, and others, to create dynamic tension in his poems ...
Ali Salemi, Mustafa Alkwaz
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ABSTRACT The British army in India took great care to provide European troops with facilities for sexual relations while anxiously managing venereal disease. Examining archival evidence, political debates and medical discourse from the nineteenth century, this article examines the colonial military enterprise of regulated prostitution in colonial ...
Sameera Chauhan
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ABSTRACT In 1955, two female factory workers and trade union leaders, Tan Lee Eng and Kwek Tai Eng, established the Singapore Women's Federation (SWF) to unite women regardless of race, religion or class for the anti‐colonial nationalist struggle. Singapore Chinese left‐wing feminism emerged at the confluence of the nationalist interest in mobilising ...
Yee‐Ting Leong
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المَهْدَويَّة وأثرها على الفرق الضالة "دراسة تحليلية نقدية" Mahdism and its Impact on Deviant Sects: An Analytical and Critical Study [PDF]
تُعد مسألة المهدي المنتظر من المسائل المهمة المتأصلة في الفكر الإسلامي ومع هذه الأهمية فإنَّه لا يخفى على كثير من الباحثين، والمهتمين بالتراث الإسلامي الخطر الذي يحمله الفهم الخاطئ لأصول مسألة المهتدي المنتظر الواردة في كتب السنة ، والمتأصلة في الفكر ...
أمين عبد المعز محمد محمد
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