The book is about Ubuntu—loosely translated—I am because we are—or, our common humanity in Zulu, about Unity, and global solidarity. It proves again how alike and universal we are as societies across the globe despite this deadly pandemic. On a personal and social basis, each of the six chapters is a call to action to find commonality, and this is the third book of Jahid’s amelioration on Covid-19 Trilogy. And the Appendix is something special for the readership. Ubuntu tells us about the Indigenous healing keys: empathy, compromise, learning, non-violence, change, forgiveness, restorative justice, love, spirituality and hope. The book was written by a highly diverse team of contributors, both from the Global South and North, and is multidisciplinary in nature, and attempting of Commoning the Communities. The authors hail from the fields of social work, anthropology, and education, and have been working with local communities in the ongoing struggle to identify and address complicit oppression and inequalities. Offering a beacon of hope for today and tomorrow, the book will appeal to social science researchers, policy planners, and the general public alike
This study explores the socio-political role of Islamist movements in Arab and Middle Eastern countries. It investigates the effect of resource distribution on the moderation or radicalization of Islamist movements in Sudan, Morocco, Tunisia, and Egypt. It proposes that high resource mobilization and concentration by Islamist movements lead to radicalization, while resource distribution between Islamist and non-Islamist actors results in moderation. The transition process in Arab countries has shown that Islamists' superiority as a social movement brings their political and cultural discourse closer to the mainstream than their secular opponents, such as in Egypt and Sudan, but this has led to political instability, the overthrow of the political process, and the failure to achieve a democratic transition. So, when the inclusion-moderation hypothesis is raised, we should examine which form of inclusion leads to moderation and what conditions exist in the resource distribution structure that can cause radicalization or moderation. In other words, moderation occurs if certain conditions are met in the structure of a balanced or semi-balanced distribution of resources, with a tendency towards non-Islamist forces. This work addresses a void in current scholarly work by offering an in-depth examination of Islamist movements’ influence during the Arab uprisings. It explores the causal link between resource accumulation and the degree of moderation or radicalization within political movements and reveals the circumstances that result in ideological moderation following inclusion.
By reading this book, the readers should be able: •To understand the basic concepts of Shariah; •To understand the importance of Shariah; and •To analyse and examine the Shariah issues nowadays. Hopefully, the readers will gain benefits from this book and able to understand the Shariah principles clearly.
ISBN 978-967-2145-66-0 Authors : Amirul Afifi Muhamat, Mohamad Nizam Jaafar, Mohd Shamsuri Md Saad This book provides insights into the essential components of takaful operator. It discusses on the foundation aspects of takaful which is divinely driven. There are many books on takaful; however not many provides discussions on the struggles of the industry especially dilemma the industry needs to consider between the social or community motives and the commercial expectation from the shareholders as well as the contributors. The book also delineates the general forms of takaful which is rarely discussed in other books. The general and structural forms of the firms beget specific risks and these risks are managed by the funds provided by the shareholders as well as contributions from the contributors. The features of each takaful model are presented and discussions are on the suitability of each model in meeting specific aims or objectives of the principal. Types of takaful products and the needs for retakaful also discussed.
His Royal Highness Al-Aminul Karim Sultan Sallehuddin Ibni Almarhum Sultan Badlishah continued the legacy of the Kedah Sultanate when he became the 29th Sultan of Kedah at the installation ceremony held at Balairung Seri (Throne Room), Anak Bukit Royal Palace, Alor Setar, on 12 September 2017. This book recounts his life story and the chronology of his life’s journey, including the twists and turns therein. His story begins with his early life at the royal palace and then spans his school days at the Alor Merah Malay School and the Sultan Abdul Hamid College, Alor Setar, Kedah. On the advice of his elder brother, Almarhum Sultan Abdul Halim Mu’adzam Shah Ibni Almarhum Sultan Badlishah, the young prince, then, decided to undergo military training at the Indian Military Academy, Dehradun, India. Upon his return home, HRH joined the army as a Second Lieutenant and was placed in the 2nd Battalion, Royal Malay Regiment (RMR) based in Pengkalan Chepa, Kelantan. While in the 2nd Battalion, RMR, HRH was promoted to Lieutenant. In this capacity, HRH was directly involved in security operations to safeguard the peace and sovereignty of the nation, particularly during the tense eras of the Indonesia-Malaysia Confrontation and the Communist Insurgency. Prince Sallehuddin met his future consort, Her Royal Highness Sultanah Maliha Almarhum Tengku Ariff, while he was on duty in Kelantan. Not long after, they married and were blessed with two sons, DYTM Tengku Sarafuddin Badlishah and YTM Dato’Tunku Shazuddin Ariff. While serving in the 2nd Battalion, RMR, the prince was assigned to the 3rd Battalion, RMR and stationed at the Kepala Batas Camp, Alor Setar. He was actively involved in military operations along the Malaysia-Thailand border, especially in the Sintok Valley, which was then a hotbed of communist terrorism. Numerous events, including the prince’s fond memories related to his military operations in the Sintok Valley, are depicted in this book. In 1974, after having served ten years, Prince Sallehuddin retired from the army with the rank of captain. Though it was more than forty years since he had left Sintok, his tryst with destiny, as decreed by Allah SWT, required the return of the prince to Sintok, on 18 November 2017, as the Chancellor of Universiti Utara Malaysia. Indeed, Sintok, which entered history as the arena of a violent struggle, has made history by becoming a renowned arena of learning committed to educating the heirs of the nation.
This book presents a systematic review on traditional Arab herbal medicine including historical background, medical innovations introduced by Arab physicians, common roots of Arab medicine and western medicine, methodology of drug discovery and therapy in Arabic and Islamic medicine, a state-of-the-art description of traditional Arab herbal medicine, and evidence-based safety and efficacy of Arab and Islamic medicines. The usage of modern cell biological, biochemical, in vitro and in vivo techniques for the evaluation of medicinal plant safety and efficacy is also discussed. The toxicity of herbal formulations safety, quality assurances, and chemical analytical techniques are introduced in this book.
This book states that one calamitous result of the invasion and occupation of Iraq (2003) was the dismantling of the state and the destruction of all the structures and processes of government. The invading powers, the USA and UK, were obsessed with the removal of the regime of Saddam Hussein, which they regarded a clear danger and a serious threat to their strategies designs and in the region. To justify their atrocity, they trumped up a number of falsehoods and charges, such as the issue of WMD. Before that and over a period of 13 years, they had imposed unprecedented, fierce and relentless sanctions on the country. These sanctions not only impoverished and aggrieved the people of Iraq, but also instilled and deeply etched a sense of pessimistic impassivity among many Iraqis in that they felt no longer cared whatever the future might hold for them. The regime’s totalitarian nature also helped in creating this attitude. To add insult to injury, the provisional US-installed administration passed many resolutions which have had catastrophic consequences, such as the total dissolution of the security and armed forces and the de-baathification law. The hurriedly contrived new constitution confounded the situation even further and negatively impacted the integrity of the state. Exploiting the inconclusiveness and ambiguities contained in it, the Iraqi Kurdish Region became a de facto independent entity. In time, the central government became weaker than the regions. The hardest hit in this chaotic state of affairs was national unity. The sectarian and ethnic quota-based policies followed by the occupying forces and the expatriate Iraqis who came along with them dealt successive blows to the laws and institutions of the land which further disintegrated the Iraqi state. Iraq now is in dire need of national reconciliation programme aimed at re-uniting the people and the country.
Reciprocity has been critical in the philosophy and social sciences of the 20th century. Over the last seven decades, several countries settled by European powers have become autonomous, and returning has become a challenge. Consequently, writing on reciprocity as a central theme requires time and implies a deep dedication to the community. There is a need to explore the factors and policies behind the study agendas and secret philosophies before and after European involvement. Reciprocity and Its Practice in Social Research aims to open the controlled consciousness of self as a human being and then as a scholar to the community via the methodological lens. It analyzes reciprocity from the Greek tradition to Medeabale Arab to the early colonial or pre-colonial period. It specifically addresses the benefit of social research on the community and seeks ways to revolutionize and improve current research and academic processes. Covering topics such as the philosophy of science, indigenous science, and Western metaphysics, this book is an essential resource for anthropologists, philosophers, sociologists, university faculty and administration, students of higher education, librarians, researchers, and academicians.
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