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The Role of Faith‐Based Organisations in ‘Secular’ International Development Education: Theorising Religions and Development With an Exploratory Case Study

open access: yesEuropean Journal of Education, Volume 61, Issue 3, September 2026.
ABSTRACT Faith‐based organisations (FBOs) are recognised by the development community as key organisations and partners in development cooperation. Yet commitments to secularism underlying international development cooperation in policy and practice have—to a certain extent—restricted theoretical and empirical study of the involvement and contribution ...
Tessa DeLaquil   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Organ Donation Motivators and Demotivators Among Families of Brain‐Dead Patients in Southeast Iran: A Qualitative Study

open access: yesHealth Science Reports, Volume 9, Issue 8, August 2026.
ABSTRACT Background Cultural, social, and religious factors play an important role in the decision‐making of families of patients with brain death regarding organ donation. Objective This study was conducted to identify the organ donation motivators and demotivators among the families of brain‐dead patients in Southeast Iran.
Mehdi Ahamdinejad   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Shiite Education System [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
(in English): This master's thesis aims to explore the Shiite education system of Twelver Shia as well as placing it in the context of historical development of Shia with emphasis given on the issue of Shiite clergy's religious authority during the time ...
Sklenařík, Jakub
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The Analysis and Critique of Book of ‘Iran from the Early Islamic ra to Mongol Invasion’ [PDF]

open access: yesپژوهش‌نامۀ انتقادی متون و برنامه‌های علوم انسانی, 2018
The author of this book, Dr. AliAkbar Velayati, has examined Iranian history from the advent of Islam to Mongol invasion in ten chapters. As it is characterized from the titles of chapters of the book, this work has referred to Iranian political history ...
Hamid Karamipour
doaj  

Investigating the foundations of Shia in finding the meaning of creativity by applying it to the verse "I do not behave for you from the dust of the air" [PDF]

open access: yesپژوهش‌نامه کلام تطبیقی شیعه
1-IntroductionOne of the greatest calamities that befell Shiism was the introduction of false anti-monotheism principles by the Sufis and the Ghalats, who, by projecting the idea of withdrawing from the Infallibles (‘a) and presenting an esoteric and ...
mohammad hosein shirafkan   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Part of the Shiite in Development of the Geography Resources [PDF]

open access: yesتاریخ اسلام, 2018
Along with the scientific development of the Islamic world in the third Hijri century, especially the Translation Movement, relying on the specific Shiite Rationalism, and being committed to its ideological principles, the Shiite welcome the importing ...
Ali Ghofrani
doaj   +1 more source

Creative Nonfiction: The Christian Dior woman

open access: yesAnthropology and Humanism, Volume 51, Issue 1, June 2026.
Abstract This work of creative nonfiction emerges from ethnographic research on Arab women's testimonies of their cancer experience conducted in 2016–2018. It focuses on the account of one Lebanese woman diagnosed with breast cancer and highlights her feelings, thoughts, and perceptions from the time of the initial medical examination through to final ...
Abir Hamdar
wiley   +1 more source

The Theological Foundations of Resistance in Imam Khomeini’s Thought [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Islamic Political Studies
Imam Khomeini made significant strides in utilizing theological foundationsand, through his interpretations, derived notable and decisive insights.
Mostafa Jafar T Tayari Dehaghani   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Exiled From Their Own Lands: Indigenist Policies, Oil, and Colonial Plunder in 20th Century Venezuela

open access: yesThe Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Anthropology, Volume 31, Issue 2, June 2026.
ABSTRACT This article examines the historical displacement of Indigenous peoples in Venezuela, focusing on the links between indigenist policies and the exploitation of natural resources, particularly oil, throughout the 20th century. Using a combined historical and ethnographic approach, it demonstrates how the formation of the Venezuelan nation‐state
Gabriel Tardelli
wiley   +1 more source

The Shiite Islamic State between quietism and intervention

open access: yes, 2014
The Shiite Islamic debate regarding Politics, State and Religion has been characterising the last two centuries of Middle Eastern intellectual history.
Abdolmohammadi, Pejman
core   +1 more source

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