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Godsdienstvrijheid onder druk?

open access: yesReligie & Samenleving, 2012
The freedom of religion which exists throughout Europe has not led to equal rights nor equal social acceptance of Muslims. This holds especially true for Islamic rituals and symbols such as the public call to prayer which only in the Netherlands has ...
Gerard Wiegers
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Sana Haroon, The Mosques of Colonial South Asia A Social and Legal History of Muslim Worship (London: I.B. Tauris, 2021), 238.

open access: yesPolicy Perspectives, 2022
Mosque architecture is the most representative symbol of Muslim material culture. Mosque architecture very early in its history acquired domes and minarets and spread across the globe.
Muhammad Reza Kazimi
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The deterrent effect of voting against minarets: identity utility and foreigners' location choice [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
This paper uses the vote on the Swiss minaret initiative as a natural experiment to identify the causal effect of negative attitudes towards immigrants on foreigners' location choices and thus indirectly on their utility.
Slotwinski, Michaela, Stutzer, Alois
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Performance of masonry buildings during the 20 and 27 December 2007 Bala (Ankara) earthquakes in Turkey [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
This paper evaluates the performance of masonry buildings during the 20 and 27 December 2007 Bala (Ankara) earthquakes. Bala is a township located 50 km southeast from Ankara city in Turkey.
S. Adanur
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Alienation, equality, and multifaith establishment

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Political Science, Volume 70, Issue 1, Page 272-285, January 2026.
Abstract Religious establishment today often takes a multifaith form, whereby multiple religions are supported in different ways and to different degrees. In order to contribute to the development of a normative framework for assessing practices and regimes of multifaith establishment, this article recommends the concept of “social alienation ...
Andrew Shorten
wiley   +1 more source

Cult Monuments in the Golden Horde (origin, evolution, and tradition) » [PDF]

open access: yesЗолотоордынское обозрение, 2015
The article analyzes the religious monuments of the Golden Horde. It addresses such categories of buildings as mosques, minarets, madrasahs, khanaka and mausoleums.
Emma Zilivinskaya
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NEW INFORMATION ON THE STUCCO DECORATION OF THE 12th CENTURY MINARET OF BUKHARA AND THE MINARET OF VABKENT

open access: yesАрхитектон, 2021
The Manar-i Kalan of Bukhara (1127) and the Minaret of Vabkent (1198–9) are well known in research literature, primarily for their brickwork décor. However, the stucco ornamentation that fills the stalactite cornice of their lanterns has not yet been ...
Zagirova Guzel I.
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Mosque architecture in Malaysia : classification of styles and possible influence [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
The main purpose of the research is to set up an initial framework of architectural description of Muslim architecture in Malaysia within the context of the architectural concern of ‘style’.
Mohamad Rasdi, Mohamad Tajuddin
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Jordanian instability : results of the Syrian civil war and implications for US foreign policy [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
textJordan's proximity to neighboring conflicts in Iraq and Syria exacerbates existing social, economic and political tensions within the country already existent between its majority Palestinian diaspora population and its disproportionately ethnic ...
Martin, Wesley Patrick
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Unequal Voices: The Educational Gap of Voting Choices in the Swiss Direct Democracy

open access: yesSwiss Political Science Review, Volume 31, Issue 4, Page 833-844, December 2025.
Abstract This contribution examines the educational gap in voting behavior in Swiss direct democracy, moving beyond the well‐documented turnout differences to assess how education shapes citizens' choices. Drawing on survey data covering 300 votes between 1985 and 2020, we analyze the extent to which low‐ and highly‐educated voters diverge in their ...
Pascal Sciarini, Maxime Walder
wiley   +1 more source

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