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Showing 1 to 16 of 16 for “"Islamic Community"”.
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Segregation by design? : the evolution of an Islamic community in Michigan
… and city form by analyzing the evolution of the Islamic community of Dearborn, Michigan, which has the densest concentration of Arab Muslims in America. It traces the original Southend community, which has an irregular, agglomerate city form, to the later developed Eastend community, which has a …
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Architecture and the question of identity : issues of self-representation in Islamic community centers in America
Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Architecture, 1993.
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Investigating the relationship between religious coping, appraisals, social support, and symptoms of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD): A correlational study using an Islamic community sample.
… appraisals, negative religious coping, negative Islamic appraisals, and perceived social support. Eighty-eight Arabic-speaking Muslim trauma survivors, recruited from the community, completed a questionnaire booklet measuring the study variables. Results Contrary to expectations, symptoms of PTSD …
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Islamic cultural center
… both as a place for daily prayers and as a community center. Every new Muslim community requires a mosque. This is true for the hundreds of muslim communities that has sprung up in many non-Islamic societies throughout the world. Lubbock, like many other western cities, also have witnessed a …
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Investigating the conflict between freedom of religion and Freedom of expression under the South African constitution
… infringing the freedom of religion of the Islamic community. Blasphemy in Islam is speech that is insulting to God, but during the course of Muslim history it has become increasingly linked with insult to the Prophet Muhammad. In Islam the depiction of the Prophet Muhammad in any way is …
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The raison d'être of the Muslim Mission Primary School in Cape Town and environs from 1860 to 1980 with special reference to the role of Dr A. Abdurahman in the modernisation of Islam-oriented schools
… emerge as a socio-cultural compromise between community needs and State school provision policy. It proceeds from the recognition of the cultural diversity that has since the pioneering days characterised the social order of the Mother City. Two religious and cultural traditions have coexisted …
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Hizb Ut-Tahrir: Preemptively Eradicating the Recruitment Pool For Radical Islamic Terrorist Organizations
… to combat the long-term threat posed by Islamic fundamentalism. For the West, the most prolific component of the Global War on Terror is the psychological battle to win the hearts and minds of the Islamic community. Arguably, the Western world will never emerge victorious from the Global …
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A MUSLIM FIFTH COLUMN: MORISCO RELIGION AND THE PERFORMANCE OF IDENTITY IN SIXTEENTH CENTURY SPAIN
… For others, the Moriscos represent a crypto-Islamic community that practiced a form of taqiyya, or the Islamic practice allowing Muslims to conceal their religious affiliation under duress or the threat of death. What these analyses fail to take into account is the performative aspects of …
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Illustrating Islam: Comics as Dakwah and the Negotiation of Muslim Identity in Indonesia
… how print and digital comics communicate Islamic values and address issues of religious intolerance and violence in Indonesia, particularly in the context of the country’s social and political transformations following the fall of the Suharto government in 1998. The subsequent …
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The intercorrelation between Arabic calligraphy and graphic design in Saudi Arabia: an analytical study of the current status of Arabic calligraphy and the impact of graphic design and Saudi’s policy on its role as a traditional craft
… of cultural heritage, identity of Arab-Islamic community and the language of the Qur'an, in light of challenges such as globalization, mechanization and technology.
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Surviving prejudice : a feminist ethnography of Muslim women living and studying in Middle Town, Indiana, United States.
… social activities conducted by the Middle Town Islamic Center. Acting in response to negative stereotyping of this population, this study shines a light on the lives and learning of female Muslim adults in a small Midwestern city. The results of this particular study promoted understanding about …
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Exploring College Experiences of Muslim Students at Four-Year Institutions in Colorado: A Narrative Inquiry
… increase is reflected in the growing number of Islamic community centers, emerging Islamic schools, mosques, grocery stores, Muslim cuisines, and the diversity of students in the post-secondary education system (Roberts, 2022). Although centralized data about Muslim college students are hard to …
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A Shariah compliant private equity fund : compatibility in South Africa
… alternatives. The accumulated wealth from the Islamic community became accessible through new vehicles, built on the Islamic Shariah laws in as far as money and banking is concerned. The Islamic concepts of money and banking, emphasise the relationship between profit and risk as well as …
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Sectarian influences within Islam in Britain with special reference to community
… much is heard from the Media of the Muslim `community' in Britain, the latter is in fact far from presenting a united front. There are divisions between generations and ethnic origins, and a diversity of religious practice and doctrine. There are many different religious groups at work that …
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Global margins, central actors: Yugoslavia, Egypt, and the non- aligned project, 1948-1970
Submission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'Closed Access', the embargo will last until 2027-05-01
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From empire to dependence: the evolution of Turkish underdevelopment
… past and partly to the incompatibility of Islamic culture with Western ideas and institutions. The Turkish thinkers on the other hand emphasized other explanations at different historical periods: the Ottoman scholars believed that the moral strength of the nation had loosened up and …