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Seismic fragility curves of a historical brick masonry minaret
Earthquake Spectra, Volume 41, Issue 5, Page 3499-3525, December 2025.Historical minarets are generally vulnerable to earthquakes because of their poor‐quality materials and high slenderness. The objective of this work is to utilize the methodology employed for seismic fragility curves to analyze historical brick minarets, specifically focusing on a specific instance minaret.
Elif Durgut, Medine Ispir, Alper Ilki
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Muslim Diasporas and the Politics of Belonging: Ibadi and Ismaili Pasts and Presents in East Africa
Religion Compass, Volume 19, Issue 10-12, October-December 2025.ABSTRACT This article examines the Ibadi and Ismaili Muslim communities in East Africa—particularly in Uganda, Kenya, and Tanzania (including Zanzibar)—and their distinct religious, social, and economic roles. Even as minorities within predominantly Sunni contexts, both groups have shaped the region through migration, commerce, and international ...
Kimberly T. Wortmann
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American Anthropologist, Volume 127, Issue 3, Page 541-551, September 2025.ABSTRACT In recent years, anthropologists and theologians have been engaging in conversation with one another. Building on, and branching out from, that conversation, this article calls for a careful ethnographic engagement with not just “God talk” (the literal meaning of theology) but also with the figure of God itself.
Amira Mittermaier
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New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics, Volume 67, Issue 4, Page 451-466, December 2024.ABSTRACT The occurrence of volcanic basanite cobbles in Pleistocene terraces at Galloway and in the upper Clutha valley in Central Otago, in an area devoid of known volcanic edifices, has implications for Cenozoic intraplate volcanism and Pleistocene drainage in the region.
James M. Scott +5 more
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Sufi Warriorism in Muslim Southeast Asia
Sociology Lens, Volume 37, Issue 4, Page 502-516, December 2024.Abstract Sufism (tasawwuf) has been characterized in the extant literature as a pacifist strand in Islam that has shaped the landscapes of Muslim Southeast Asia (also known as the Malay World) since the last five hundred years. This article challenges such historiographical interpretation by examining the multifarious circumstances that motivated Sufis
Khairudin Aljunied
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Left behind: Voters’ reactions to local school and hospital closures
European Journal of Political Research, Volume 63, Issue 3, Page 884-905, August 2024.Abstract Voters in rural and peripheral areas have increasingly turned away from mainstream parties and towards right‐wing populist parties. This paper tests the extent to which political decisions with adverse local effects—such as school and hospital closures—can explain this electoral shift.
NIELS NYHOLT
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GCB Bioenergy, Volume 16, Issue 8, August 2024.The mechanisms, impacting factors, economics, utilization, issues, and prospects of waste‐based biochar have been investigated. Biochar yield varies from 29 to 48.3 wt% when waste tires and corn stalks are rapidly pyrolyzed at higher temperatures and for shorter periods.
Shams Forruque Ahmed +6 more
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NEIGHBOURHOODS AGAINST THE STATE: Reversing Territorial Stigma in Casablanca and Beyond
International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, Volume 48, Issue 4, Page 697-707, July 2024.Abstract Neoliberal urban interventions are perceived as authoritarian by the people affected—regardless of whether they are implemented by an autocrat, a dynastic king or an elected government—because they are supported by narratives designed and imposed from outside which contrast with local perceptions of space and social life.
Stefano Portelli
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The Journal of Wildlife Management, Volume 88, Issue 4, May 2024.Using a potential biological removal simulation approach, we determined that the Canadian licensed harvest of thick‐billed murre is consistent with conservation management objectives, as is common murre licensed harvest and fisheries bycatch. Adding estimated additional illegal harvest resulted in unstainable mortality levels in both species.
Amelia R. Cox +3 more
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Moralization and moral trade-offs explain (in)tolerance of Muslim minority behaviours. [PDF]
Eur J Soc Psychol, 2021 Adelman L, Verkuyten M, Yogeeswaran K.
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