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Showing 1 to 20 of 28 for “"Muslim population"”.
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An investigation into whether experiential avoidance acts as a mediator in the relationship between religious coping and depression in an adult Muslim population.
Background Depression presents differently in Muslims (Sami & El-Gawad, 1995). Religious coping and experiential avoidance (EA) are ways of coping with depression in many populations and religions but how these manifest or interact in Muslims is unknown. The way individuals cope with stressors may …
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Exposing the Fallacy: The Jihadist's Illegitimate Quest for Power
… and strategic gaps that exist among the Muslim population and the West, respectively. Each of the sections (historical, strategic, theological, tactical and societal) provide the basis for the final section on "Exposing the Fallacy” that summarizes the gaps that exist among the Jihadist, …
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Development of Y-STR genotyping systems suitable for sexual assault cases in South Africa
… have shown low levels of polymorphism in Xhosa populations in Cape Town. The minimal haplotype was, therefore, further investigated in the Cape Muslim population. The Cape Muslim population generally exhibited high GD values among all the South African populations. These values were higher than …
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Reconstruction of major male and female lineages of the Strand Muslim community
… the major paternal and maternal lineages of the Muslim population living in the Cape metropolitan area. The Study has shown the ability of molecular genetic tools to give insight into the origins and history of local communities. The study was also used as a point of reference for the Strand …
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British Muslim Extremism: The Terror Within
The Muslim population in Great Britain is growing. However, due to the failed political policy of multiculturalism, Muslim culture has been allowed to develop separately from British culture. The result is a completely separate society, living within another society. The majority in the Muslim …
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Flawed Judgment: The Prolonged Failure of Handschu v. Special Services Division, 1971-2022
… banned covert tactics against New York's Muslim population and its activist community. The <em>Handschu </em>settlement has been eclipsed by recent police reform efforts achieved through electoral tactics supported by local mobilization.</p>
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The Conflict in Kashmir: Down the Corridor of Uncertainty and Unrest
… to whether they had a majority Hindu or Muslim population. The question of accession for Kashmir was never answered in a manner which would placate both states. After the attacks of 11 September 2001, the United States has been the world leader in the War Against Terror. Due to this …
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Understanding the Islamic conversion experience of two African American males: a case study approach to decision making toward transformational change
… African Americans represent 42% of the total Muslim population in America. This research study describes the life experience and decision process of two African American male converts to Islam. It examines Islamic conversion from an adult education perspective, addresses a gap in religious …
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Fighting Extremism: Strategies Used to Combat Extremism and Radicalization
… perspectives (United States government and local Muslims), determine if The National Intelligence Estimate 2007 properly identifies the sources of extremism, and make recommendations on how to counter the sources of extremism/radicalization and improve security and counterterrorism strategy. The …
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Information management in the Malaysian Inland Revenue Department : issues and plans for improvement
… In addition, a substantial - section of the Muslim population disagrees with the whole concept of the secular concept of tax-paying, preferring to pay a religious levy. These problems are adversely affecting public perception of the MIRD, resulting in loss of cooperation. However, hope for …
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Batwara : partition and the city of Amritsar
… religious emigration ensued clearing the city 's Muslim population of over 184,000 people coupled with the immigration of a huge Hindu -Sikh population from Pakistan over a period of a few months. This thesis explores how Partition affected the city of Amritsar. Its metamorphosis from a viable …
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Islamic cultural center
The center for religious life throughout the Muslim world is the Mosque. It dominates the urban landscape of every Muslim town and city and functions 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 …
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Denizen politics : a comparative analysis of opposition to immigration in the European Union
… but not as dramatically as do increases in the Muslim population (suggesting perhaps that Islamophobia outpaces security risks). OI is highest in new countries of immigration, but polarization is most pronounced in older countries of immigration, where ongoing national developments have created …
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INVESTIGATING HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS’ AND DIETITIANS’ KNOWLEDGE ATTITUDE AND PRACTICES CONCERNING THE PROVISION OF CULTURALLY SAFE CARE TO MUSLIMS DURING RAMADAN
… to provide culturally safe care to the growing Muslim population in Canada. As a Muslim and an RD in Canada, I have witnessed the concerns RDs have in caring for Muslims who fast during Ramadan. I challenge my perceived concerns through exploring what HCPs and RDs attitude, knowledge, and …
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American Foreign Policy and Islamic Aggression
… grievances are generating anti-Americanism among Muslims, but the extraordinary value placed upon these grievances is determined by psychological inadequacies within the Islamic world which would continue to generate Islamic aggression against the United States even if these political grievances …
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A study of convent life and the impact of communal living on Sisters, who disaffiliate from the convent
The declining Christian population in the UK has become a significant concern, with projections indicating a decrease to 45% by 2050, in contrast to an 11% rise in the Muslim population. Previous studies in this area have predominantly focused on the number of young women entering religious Orders …
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Transnational Women’s Organizing in Colonial Tunisia (1929 – 1963)
… and build relationships with the Tunisian Muslim population. Both faced a rapidly changing geopolitical context, confronting the rise of fascism and the hardening of Cold War borders respectively. And each strategically used the affordances of the WILPF and the WIDF both to localize global …
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Commerce and coexistence: Muslims in the economy and society of Norman Sicily.
… in the eleventh and twelfth centuries had a Muslim population under the control of Latin Christian conquerors. This dissertation aims to assess the economic role that these Muslims played in Norman Sicily, and how that economic role tied them into the society of Norman Sicily in general. …
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The relationship between Islamic banking theory and practice
… bank in a secular country with a predominantly Muslim population. The major findings are: 1 The study shows that while P.L.S. is central to the theory of Islamic banking, in practice it is peripheral. None of the banks studied looked at P.L.S. contracts as a contract which should dominate their …
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From Devout Follower of Muhammad to Committed Disciple of Jesus: Principles and Methods of Transition Phase Discipleship Among Adventist Believers From a Muslim Background in Ethiopia
… 34 percent of the over one hundred ten million population of the country. The Seventh-day Adventist Church has not been successful, until recently, to effectively reach this large and growing Muslim population. In the last decade and half, hundreds of Ethiopian Muslims are coming to faith in …
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