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Can a lizard ride on a housefly?: Navigating uncertainty and moral life in an Accra Zongo, Ghana
Ethos, EarlyView.Abstract How can uncertainty become a resource for ethical life rather than a threat to it? Focusing on a Zongo community in Accra, Ghana—also known as a “traveler's camp” or “stranger's quarters”—this article examines how people use a creative form of communication called the practice of folding to sustain relationships shaped by conditions of ...
Emily A. Williamson
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From Competition to Compartmentalization: Rethinking Türkiye‐Gulf Relations
Middle East Policy, EarlyView.Abstract For nearly a decade following the Arab uprisings, relations between Ankara and key Gulf capitals were marked by intense rivalry and proxy contestation across several regional arenas, notably in Egypt and Syria. Why did relations shift toward pragmatic cooperation after such prolonged polarization?
Betul Dogan‐Akkas
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The Japanese Thoughts on Twelver Shia
, 2020 The Japanese Thoughts on Twelver ...
TAHARA Hiroki +2 more
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James Lyman Merrick's Aborted “Mission to the Mohammedans of Persia”
The Muslim World, EarlyView.Abstract James Lyman Merrick (1803‐1866) served as a missionary of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions (ABCFM) in Persia between 1835 and 1845. He was America's first missionary to the Muslim world. Based on his field research on the Persians’ religious beliefs, he correctly predicted that the conversion of Persia's Muslims into ...
Hooman Estelami
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A Forced Union: Exploring the Consequences of India's Removal of Jammu and Kashmir's Special Status
Nations and Nationalism, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This article adds to academic literature interested in two core questions: What happens to residents as a result of an annexation? And how do aggressor states maintain control over an annexed territory where there is a history of insurgency and mobilization for independence?
Serena Hussain
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EXISTENCE OF SHIA IN INDONESIA BETWEEN TRADITION AND POWER OF GOVERNMENT
Paramita: Historical Studies Journal, 2018 The Shia movement in Indonesia until now still exists. Thus, the raised question is why Shia can exist in Indonesia. The formulation of the problem in this study is what traditions can make Shia exist until now? What is the concept of leadership in Shia?
Wahyu Iryana +3 more
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Explaining the Main Form and Content Characteristics of the Shiite's Figures Based on Foundations of Shi'a Beliefs [PDF]
Jilvah-i hunar, 2019 Shiite sect (Twelver Imams), through expression of certain beliefs and teachings, values and narratives dictates a special semantic system for the Shiites, and thus gives a special and different form to all their individual, social and ritual behaviors ...
ali reza mehdizadeh
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“Sports Maternalism”, to Train and Take Care: Ethnographic Investigation in Baton Twirling Clubs
Frontiers in Sports and Active Living, 2021 This article is the result of an ethnographic work on baton twirling clubs in Switzerland: clubs with few members coming from a modest origin, offering a social and physical activity with little resonance, composed of children, and young girls.
Shia Manh Ly, Shia Manh Ly
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The relationship between voluntary death and knowledge and ethics in the reflections of Plato and Sadra [PDF]
تاریخ فلسفه اسلامیDeath is a human issue. Since the beginning of human life, this issue has had a deep connection with the thought system of philosophers and has become a basic concept in the thought of thinkers.
sajjad rishsefid +2 more
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Oral Diseases, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Objective Many countries have implemented health technology assessment of their public medical insurance programs owing to rising social security costs from ageing populations and expensive emerging medical technologies. Clarifying factors that affect health utility scores is essential for implementing treatments that reflect social values ...
Masashi Sasaki +7 more
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