Author: Christiaan Snouck HurgronjePublisher:
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Category : Achinese (Indonesian people)
Languages : en
Pages : 486
Book Description
Introduction. Distribution of the people, forms of government and administration of justice. Achehnese calendars, festivals and seasons. Agriculture, navigation and fishery. Laws relating to land and water. Domestic life and law
Author: Christiaan Snouck HurgronjePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Achinese (Indonesian people)
Languages : en
Pages : 486
Book Description
The Achehnese
Author: Christiaan Snouck HurgronjePublisher:
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Category : Achinese literature
Languages : en
Pages : 488
Book Description
Promised Land
Author: Marcus ColchesterPublisher:
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Category : Agriculture and state
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
Celebrating Indonesia
Author: Gunawan MohamadPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Compact discs
Languages : id
Pages : 246
Book Description
Mother Tongue as Bridge Language of Instruction
Author: Kimmo KosonenPublisher:
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Category : Language and education
Languages : en
Pages : 216
Book Description
Islam and the Secular State
Author: Abdullahi Ahmed An-Na'imPublisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 0674261445
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 346
Book Description
What should be the place of Shari‘a—Islamic religious law—in predominantly Muslim societies of the world? In this ambitious and topical book, a Muslim scholar and human rights activist envisions a positive and sustainable role for Shari‘a, based on a profound rethinking of the relationship between religion and the secular state in all societies. An-Na‘im argues that the coercive enforcement of Shari‘a by the state betrays the Qur’an’s insistence on voluntary acceptance of Islam. Just as the state should be secure from the misuse of religious authority, Shari‘a should be freed from the control of the state. State policies or legislation must be based on civic reasons accessible to citizens of all religions. Showing that throughout the history of Islam, Islam and the state have normally been separate, An-Na‘im maintains that ideas of human rights and citizenship are more consistent with Islamic principles than with claims of a supposedly Islamic state to enforce Shari‘a. In fact, he suggests, the very idea of an “Islamic state” is based on European ideas of state and law, and not Shari‘a or the Islamic tradition. Bold, pragmatic, and deeply rooted in Islamic history and theology, Islam and the Secular State offers a workable future for the place of Shari‘a in Muslim societies.
The Islamic Traditions of Cirebon
Author: A.G. MuhaiminPublisher: ANU E Press
ISBN: 1920942319
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
This work deals with the socio-religious traditions of the Javanese Muslims living in Cirebon, a region on the north coast in the eastern part of West Java. It examines a wide range of popular traditional religious beliefs and practices. The diverse manifestations of these traditions are considered in an analysis of the belief system, mythology, cosmology and ritual practices in Cirebon. In addition, particular attention is directed to the formal and informal institutionalised transmission of all these traditions
Dutch Commerce and Chinese Merchants in Java
Author: Alexander ClaverPublisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004263233
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 466
Book Description
Dutch Commerce and Chinese Merchants in Java describes the vanished commercial world of colonial Java. Alexander Claver shows the challenges of a demanding business environment by highlighting trade and finance mechanisms, and the relationships between the participants involved.
Amnesty International Report 2012
Author: Amnesty InternationalPublisher: Amnesty International British Section
ISBN: 9780862104726
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 419
Book Description
The Amnesty International Report 2012 documents the state of human rights in 155 countries and territories in 2011. Throughout the year the demand for human rights resounded around the globe. The year began with protests in countries where freedom of expression and freedom of assemblywere routinely repressed. But by the end of the year, discontent and outrage at the failure of governments to ensure justice, security and human dignity had ignited protests across the world. A common strand linking these protests, whether in Cairo or New York, was how quick governments were to prevent peaceful protest and silence dissent. Those who took to the streets displayed immense courage in the face of often brutal crackdowns and overwhelming use of lethal force. In a year of unrest, transition and conflict, too many people are still denied their most basic rights. As demands for better governance and respect for human rights grow, this report shows that world leaders have yet to rise to the challenge.
Maritime Trade and State Development in Early Southeast Asia
Author: Kenneth R. HallPublisher: University of Hawaii Press
ISBN: 0824882083
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 483
Book Description
This book brings something new in both dimension and detail to our understanding of Southeast Asia from the first to the fourteenth centuries. It puts Southeast Asia in the context of the international trade that stretched from Rome to China and draws upon a wide range of recent scholarship in history and the social sciences to redefine the role that this trade played in the evolution of the classical states of Southeast Asia. By examining the sources of Southeast Asia's classical era with the tools of modern economic history, the author shows that well-developed socioeconomic and political networks existed in Southeast Asia before significant foreign economic penetration took place. With the growth of interest in Southeast Asian commodities and the refocusing of the major East-West commercial routes through the region during the early centuries of the Christian era, internal conditions within Southeast Asia adjusted to accommodate increased external contacts. Hall takes the view that Southeast Asia's response to international trade was a reflection of preexisting patterns of trade and statecraft. In the forty years since Coede's monumental work The Indianized States of Southeast Asia was published, a great deal of archaeological and epigraphical work has been done and new interpretations advanced. By integrating new theoretical constructs, recent archaeological finds and interpretations, and his own informed reading and research, Kenneth R. Hall puts his historical narrative on a large canvas and treats areas not previously brought together for discussion along comparative lines. Like Coedes' work, his book will be important as a basic text for the teaching of early Southeast Asian history.