Multireligious Cooperation and the Integration of Muslim Migrants in Sweden

In recent years, as the number of migrants arriving in Europe has grown, faith-based organizations have become intimately involved in assisting migrants’ short- and long-term integration. This article describes an innovative cooperative project between minority (mosque) and majority (church) religious institutions designed to enhance integration between Muslim migrants and their predominantly Christian host community. Using survey and interview data, this study finds that participants reported enhanced feelings of welcoming, larger networks of friends and acquaintances, and more engagement in activities after participating in the project.

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THE CONTRIBUTION OF THE ISLAH MOVEMENT TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF NATIONALISM AND ISLAMIC EDUCATION IN PRE-INDEPENDENT MALAYSIA

International Journal of Heritage, Art and Multimedia ◽

10.35631/ijham.27002 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 2 (7) ◽

pp. 12-23

Author(s):

Hafiz Zakariya

Keyword(s):

Twentieth Century ◽

Islamic Law ◽

Status Quo ◽

Islamic Education ◽

Religious Institutions ◽

Malay Peninsula ◽

Early Twentieth Century ◽

The Status ◽

Short And Long Term

The advent of the Islah movement in Malay Peninsula during the early twentieth century challenged the status quo and the existing political and religious institutions. It created a major controversy and tension between the reformists and those supporting the existing order. Consequently, some Muslims were suspicious of the reformists. This was primarily due to their non-adherence to the Shafi’i school of Islamic law, which was adopted by the majority of Muslims not only in Malay Peninsula, but the Nusantara in general. Amid such controversy, some people overlook and even dismiss the contribution of the reformists. Therefore, this article re-examines both the short and long-term contribution of the Islah movement to Malay society.

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Understanding economic effects of humanitarian intervention

Oxford Handbook of Humanitarian Medicine ◽

10.1093/med/9780199565276.003.0008 ◽

2019 ◽

pp. 155-172

Author(s):

Dirk-Jan Omtzigt

Keyword(s):

Real Life ◽

Economic Effects ◽

Economic Consequences ◽

Host Community ◽

Economic Implications ◽

Income Disparities ◽

The People ◽

Complex Emergency ◽

Short And Long Term

This chapter provides the economic context and considerations to assist those working in a complex emergency to apply principles that assist rather than harm the society at large and the economy in particular. It covers the core principles of economic development and vulnerability, including income disparities and the multidimensional impact of poverty, and offers an overview of the real-life economic implications of development and humanitarian aid. It provides specific considerations related to both short- and long-term economic consequences for both the people being assisted and the host community in which the programme operates.

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Black Church and Liberal Arts Institutions

Metropolitan Universities ◽

10.18060/24058 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 31 (3) ◽

pp. 181-196

Author(s):

Marcia Owens ◽

John McKnight ◽

Maurice Tiner ◽

Michelle R. Dunlap

Keyword(s):

Historically Black ◽

Black Church ◽

Liberal Arts ◽

Thought Experiment ◽

Educational Opportunities ◽

Financial Sustainability ◽

Liberal Arts Institutions ◽

Faith Based ◽

Short And Long Term

Academic institutions engaged in partnerships with the Black Church, including small, independent, under-resourced churches as well as historically Black denominational churches, and other under-resourced faith-based organizations, are encouraged to consider collaborative educational opportunities around the issues of strategic financial sustainability and short and long-term stewardship. Four highly community-engaged academics offer a thought-experiment starting with their observations and experiences with respect to the need for such partnerships, and how these kinds of collaborations may be able to help strengthen the Black Church, in all its forms and faith-based communities and ground them for greater advocacy for demanding systemic and structural change.

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Charitable Choice: The Religious Component of the US-Welfare-Reform — Theoretical and Methodological Reflections on "Faith-Based-Organizations" as Social Service Agencies

Numen ◽

10.1163/156852706776942294 ◽

2006 ◽

Vol 53 (1) ◽

pp. 78-111 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Alexander-Kenneth Nagel

Keyword(s):

Welfare Reform ◽

Social Service ◽

Service Providers ◽

Analytical Framework ◽

Point Of View ◽

Religious Organizations ◽

Religious Institutions ◽

Charitable Choice ◽

Faith Based ◽

Faith Based Organizations

AbstractAre religious institutions gaining new strength in the modern welfare state? The concept of "Charitable Choice" is part of a comprehensive welfare reform under the Clinton-Government in 1996. It aims at the formal inclusion of religious organizations ("Faith-Based-Organizations") into the public welfare system. The new relevance of religious organizations as social service providers goes along with a shift of ideas of social inequality and deviant behaviour in terms of having not only structural and economic but also behavioural and moral reasons. The question arises, what is so productive about Faith-Based-Organizations, and, are religious institutions perhaps even more efficient than "secular" agencies? In this essay, I will discuss these questions from a theoretical and methodological point of view, arguing that religious studies have to adjust their analytical framework to the new situation. Religion has by no means lost its collective and material dimension. Therefore, I shall present neo-institutional- and neo-capital-theories as more appropriate approaches than the outdated remains of secularization theory or postmodern etherealism.

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Experience with Short and Long Term Courses of Local Adrenal Steroid Therapy For Ulcerative Colitis

Gastroenterology ◽

10.1016/s0016-5085(62)80117-6 ◽

1962 ◽

Vol 42 (6) ◽

pp. 669-677 ◽

Cited By ~ 18

Author(s):

Jean A. Spencer ◽

Joseph B. Kirsner

Keyword(s):

Ulcerative Colitis ◽

Steroid Therapy ◽

Adrenal Steroid ◽

Short And Long Term

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Short- and Long-Term Results of Total vs Subtotal Thyroid- ectomies in the Surgical Treatment of Graves' Disease

Swiss Surgery ◽

10.1024/1023-9332.7.1.20 ◽

2001 ◽

Vol 7 (1) ◽

pp. 20-24 ◽

Cited By ~ 14

Author(s):

Robert ◽

Mariéthoz ◽

Pache ◽

Bertin ◽

Caulfield ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Recurrent Laryngeal Nerve ◽

Nerve Palsy ◽

Recurrent Laryngeal Nerve Palsy ◽

Laryngeal Nerve ◽

Long Term Results ◽

Graves Disease ◽

Laryngeal Nerve Palsy ◽

Short And Long Term

Objective: Approximately one out of five patients with Graves' disease (GD) undergoes a thyroidectomy after a mean period of 18 months of medical treatment. This retrospective and non-randomized study from a teaching hospital compares short- and long-term results of total (TT) and subtotal thyroidectomies (ST) for this disease. Methods: From 1987 to 1997, 94 patients were operated for GD. Thirty-three patients underwent a TT (mostly since 1993) and 61 a ST (keeping 4 to 8 grams of thyroid tissue - mean 6 g). All patients had received propylthiouracil and/or neo-mercazole and were in a euthyroid state at the time of surgery; they also took potassium iodide (lugol) for ten days before surgery. Results: There were no deaths. Transient hypocalcemia (< 3 months) occurred in 32 patients (15 TT and 17 ST) and persistent hypocalcemia in 8 having had TT. Two patients developed transient recurrent laryngeal nerve palsy after ST (< 3 months). After a median follow-up period of seven years (1-15) with five patients lost to follow-up, 41 patients having had a ST are in a hypothyroid state (73%), thirteen are euthyroid (23%), and two suffered recurrent hyperthyroidism, requiring completion of thyroidectomy. All 33 patients having had TT - with follow-ups averaging two years (0.5-8) - are receiving thyroxin substitution. Conclusions: There were no instances of persistent recurrent laryngeal nerve palsy in either group, but persistent hypoparathyroidism occurred more frequently after TT. Long after ST, hypothyroidism developed in nearly three of four cases, whereas euthyroidy was maintained in only one-fourth; recurrent hyperthyroidy was rare.

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