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1 day ago · Abstract. This contribution deals with the transformation of social conflict in complex and globalised societies in order to better grasp landscape conflicts as a specific manifestation of a more general phenomenon. A ‘neo-pragmatist’ perspective is adopted that focuses on pluralistic worldviews and the recognition of contingency, and is ...
2 days ago · Abul A'la Maududi (Urdu: ابو الاعلی مودودی, romanized: Abū al-Aʿlā Mawdūdī; () 25 September 1903 – () 22 September 1979) was an Islamic scholar active in British India and then in Pakistan.An Islamist ideologue, Maududi followed the Hanafi school of Sunni Islam.. Described by Wilfred Cantwell Smith as "the most systematic thinker of modern Islam", his numerous works ...
1 day ago · Quite how EBP has managed to identify, define and prioritise the peculiar set of policing ‘problems’ to which to add its weight and resources in trying to ‘solve’ remains extremely opaque. Worryingly, the othering of critique and potential alternative approaches that might begin to address these very serious problems in policing also needs to be called out, and those voices amplified.
1 day ago · Though they were never the most glamorous of warships, US Navy frigates were frequently found on the frontlines of the Cold War at sea. These warships were the descendants of World War II's destroyer escorts, designed primarily to escort convoys. They specialized in anti-submarine warfare, but were intended to be numerous, tough, versatile, and well-armed enough to show US naval power around ...
2 days ago · The Islamic Golden Age was a period of scientific, economic and cultural flourishing in the history of Islam, traditionally dated from the 8th century to the 13th century.. This period is traditionally understood to have begun during the reign of the Abbasid caliph Harun al-Rashid (786 to 809) with the inauguration of the House of Wisdom, which saw scholars from all over the Muslim world flock ...
