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Strong militias, weak states and armed violence: towards a theory of ‘state-parallel’ paramilitaries [PDF]
, 2016 This article challenges the well-established presentation within conflict studies of paramilitary organizations as state-manipulated death squads or self-defence groups, and argues that some present-day militias extend their functions well beyond the ...
Aliyev, Huseyn
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Sensors, 2022 Doppler-radar-based continuous human motion recognition recently has attracted extensive attention, which is a favorable choice for privacy and personal security.
Yuh-Shyan Chen +3 more
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State Failure and The Sunni-Shia Conflict in Sampang Madura
Al-Albab, 2023 This paper attempts to explain the process of conflict reconciliation within the Sunni-Shia conflict in Sampang, Madura. The research tries to analyze the process and progress of the Sunni-Shia conflict through the discourse of state failure. It will not
Akhmad Siddiq +3 more
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The Shia Armed Groups and the Future of Iraq [PDF]
SSRN Electronic Journal, 2002 <i>In this article, we try to identify the impact of the Shia militias in Iraq on the future of this country. We maintain that these armed groups will be a destabilising factor for Iraq and its neighbours, and they will worsen and deepen the sectarian division in the Middle East.
Kardo Karim RACHED, Ahmed Omar BALI
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Exploring the significance of domestic investment for foreign direct investment in China: a city-network approach [PDF]
, 2019 This paper uses a network approach and a negative binomial regression model (NBRM) to shed light on the association between Domestic Investment (DI) and Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in interlinking Chinese cities in a space of flows.
Pain, Kathy, Shia, Shuai, Wall, Ronald
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Sunni literary responses to the spread of Shia ideology in Northern Nigeria
Studies in African Languages and Cultures, 2018 The infiltration of Shiism and subsequent increasing growth of the Shia community in Sunni dominated northern Nigeria, especially from the 1980s to date (2015), have generated ideological tension and anxiety.
Kabiru Haruna Isa
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Endocytosis of the ASGP receptor H1 is reduced by mutation of tyrosine-5 but still occurs via coated pits [PDF]
, 1991 The clustering of plasma membrane receptors in clathrin-coated pits depends on determinants within their cytoplasmic domains. In several cases, individual tyrosine residues were shown to be necessary for rapid internalization.
Fuhrer, C., Geffen, I., Spiess, M.
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, 2015 Islamic legal system is one of the major legal systems in the world. It is a time-tested system based on over centuries of evolution. But it does not mean that it is a perfect system.
Shah, Niaz A.
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Sanctifying Minority Status in the Himalayan \u3ci\u3eUmmah\u3c/i\u3e: Eid al-Ghadeer Commemorations among the Shia in Leh, Ladakh [PDF]
, 2018 Drawing on ethnographic data, this article argues that the Shia in Leh, Ladakh employ religious ceremonies such as Eid al-Ghadeer to construct a sense of sacred community and a sanctified minority status within the Himalayan ummah.
Singh, Rohit
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Public Administration and Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This article analyzes the Taliban's post‐2021 governance model through the Islamic Public Administration (IPA) framework, focusing on justice, equality, and women's inclusion. It asks: (1) How does the Taliban's governance align with core IPA principles?
Parwiz Mosamim +1 more
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