Understanding Principles of Peace Building from the Western Approach, Teachings of the Quran and Sunnah of the Prophet (SAW) for Sustainable Peace in Nigeria
Dahiru Inuwa Ibrahim,
Muazu Usman Shehu
Issue:
Volume 11, Issue 1, January 2023
Pages:
1-6
Received:
18 August 2022
Accepted:
8 September 2022
Published:
17 January 2023
Abstract: Violent conflicts have become a defining feature of Nigeria for some time. Since the return to democracy in 1999, the country has been grappling with complex and multifarious armed violent conflicts ranging from terrorism, ethno-religious conflicts, communal clashes, resource control conflicts, rural banditry etc. Annually, thousands of lives are being lost and property worth billions of Naira destroyed, while the social fabric of the society becomes increasingly eroded as a result of armed conflicts affecting virtually all parts of the country. Security measures aimed at arresting these crises, as well as dispute and conflict resolutions efforts, have proved ineffective in curbing the spate of violent conflicts across the country. As policy makers, experts and researchers continue to search for viable alternatives to conventional peace building strategies. This paper examines the potentials for applying Islamic principles of peace building and conflict resolution to addressing pressing issues that have the potential to lead to violent conflicts. The paper draws from pioneering studies in Islamic peace building and textual analysis of the Quran and Sunnah of the Prophet (SAW) to highlight various ways in which Islamic values and principles can be used to mitigate conflict situations. The paper concludes by highlighting the need for further empirical studies on existing Islamic and interfaith peace initiatives to develop a workable Islamic model of peace building that can be suitable to the religious and cultural contexts of Northern Nigeria.
Abstract: Violent conflicts have become a defining feature of Nigeria for some time. Since the return to democracy in 1999, the country has been grappling with complex and multifarious armed violent conflicts ranging from terrorism, ethno-religious conflicts, communal clashes, resource control conflicts, rural banditry etc. Annually, thousands of lives are b...
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Language Use in American Institutions in Chad: A Case of ExxonMobil and Equal Access International
Ndoubangar Tompte,
Michael Etuge Apuge
Issue:
Volume 11, Issue 1, January 2023
Pages:
7-12
Received:
16 July 2022
Accepted:
5 August 2022
Published:
30 January 2023
Abstract: The study of language use in multicultural setting has interested many researchers around the world several years back. This study focuses language use in American institutions in Chad where English coexists with French and Arabic, the official languages. A three-part questionnaire and interviews served the data collection on the uses of coexisting languages in the workplace domains. Results have shown that English, a foreign language only used in secondary schools and in some universities in Chad is progressively conquering the work and education domains of language use in the selected American institutions. The uses of English are expanding as the demand for better jobs with English run companies is growing every day in the country where French and Arabic are supposed to dominate. At all the three levels of the workplace divisions namely, administrative level, general services level or security level, French and Arabic are challenged by the users of English. Local workers with zero-English have a good perception of English and they are making efforts to learn it through practice and learning centres. The results could imply that American institutions are becoming a vector for the expansion of English in all the domains of language use.
Abstract: The study of language use in multicultural setting has interested many researchers around the world several years back. This study focuses language use in American institutions in Chad where English coexists with French and Arabic, the official languages. A three-part questionnaire and interviews served the data collection on the uses of coexisting...
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Community Culture, Criticism as the Basis of Its Historical Facts - Centered on the Political Principles in Sunzibingfa and the Changes in the Natural Environment
Issue:
Volume 11, Issue 1, January 2023
Pages:
13-23
Received:
23 December 2022
Accepted:
12 January 2023
Published:
30 January 2023
Abstract: The principle of Sunwu's “5Shi and 7Ji (5Things and 7Scheme)” is the integration of units, the diversification of circles, and the categorization of fields. According to the conditions, characteristics, and diversity of military politics related to his community culture, the trend of thought of the times and its indicative possibility can be realized. At this time, in their respective cultural circles, according to the social form elements and their factors of future generations of intellectuals, the fusion character among humanities, art, philosophy and social science educational system influences the common values and ideas. In other words, the culture of the military political community and the distinction between its categories and fields of cultural community play a common role as social members or as detailed units, and contribute to the specific collectivization and its military political order. At the same time, it also contributes to the theory, practice and practice of strategy, education, legal system and training It is discussed as a practical problem. It emphasizes the cruelty of war against the natural laws of the universe. Within the scope of the awareness of the community of human nature, its essence and value are developing in returning to the society. Nevertheless, the world security in the vision of human civilization community also proves its main view in overcoming and restoring the traditional and non- traditional aspects that contribute to the formation and development of public security culture. Its ultimate goal is to reveal the cultural and technical criticism work of what the essence of community culture means in its long history, such as the trans-regional manners and customs, folkways, etiquette, ideas, values and so on, which can be examined as moral practice. In a word, all human beings lead their lives with a sense of morality. Few people are completely devoid of universal moral consciousness. Therefore, as human beings, in the journey of life, human beings carry out economic activities of social practice life with the least or maximum conscience life behavior and action. Here, the classification of economic activities or moral activities of economic life is discussed in the same concepts of morality and economics of both, and on the basis of politics, society, culture and art, the concepts of useful, pure, effective, technical, lucrative and wisdom in moral boundaries emphasize the possibility of confrontation, expansion, and development.
Abstract: The principle of Sunwu's “5Shi and 7Ji (5Things and 7Scheme)” is the integration of units, the diversification of circles, and the categorization of fields. According to the conditions, characteristics, and diversity of military politics related to his community culture, the trend of thought of the times and its indicative possibility can be realiz...
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Teachers Contributions to Learning Communities in Higher Education in the Netherlands
Carl Hermann Dino Steinmetz,
Dliman Salim
Issue:
Volume 11, Issue 1, January 2023
Pages:
24-34
Received:
9 January 2023
Accepted:
4 February 2023
Published:
14 February 2023
Abstract: Background and aims: The research reported in this article is about the involvement of teachers in Learning Communities at Windesheim University of Applied Sciences, in the Social work department. The present study builds on two previous studies. Firstly, a theoretical study on belonging and COVID-19. Secondly, an empirical study of the views of students at Windesheim University of Applied Sciences, Department of Social Work on": do they feel they belong to this University of Applied Sciences and Social Work in particular? Methods: Central to the study are the results of an OECD questionnaire focusing on teachers' pedagogical skills during, among other things, their work in learning communities and other student-related activities. Secondly, a COVID-19 questionnaire from the Municipal Health service (GGD) was used. Data were collected from 41% of teachers during a workshop on 12 April 2022. Results: First of all, this study shows that teachers suffered substantially from COVID-19 and its associated lockdowns. This affected their work substantially (59% negative) and also their private lives (47%). Second, this study demonstrates that teachers should be more concerned countering disruptive student behavior. Moreover, this study shows that teachers should focus more on the pedagogical skills that form the pillars of a learning community. These outcomes were achieved with Two-Factor Anova without Replication. Conclusions: Windesheim, University of Applied Science, Social Work, has taken the first step by introducing the concept of Learning Communities. To ensure that students actually feel at home in this department of Windesheim University of Applied Sciences, theoretical and practical efforts will have to be made to ensure that students and possibly teachers feel that belonging is seamlessly connected to Learning Communities. This research shows that this can only be done if there is rock-solid work on the pedagogical skills with which the Learning Communities are propped up. Excelling in this will increase the chances of students completing the Social Work program and possibly even a decrease in the dropout rate of students enrolled in this program.
Abstract: Background and aims: The research reported in this article is about the involvement of teachers in Learning Communities at Windesheim University of Applied Sciences, in the Social work department. The present study builds on two previous studies. Firstly, a theoretical study on belonging and COVID-19. Secondly, an empirical study of the views of st...
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