Negotiating between Shi’a and Catholic Rituals in Iran

Religious rituals, while comforting for believers, may be uncomfortable for those who do not share their manifold meanings. Catholic Filipinas who marry Muslim Iranian men face mandatory conversion to Islam, necessitating ongoing negotiations between Christianity and Islam. My research suggests that these Filipinas held their first religion dear while participating in – for them – unpleasant Shi’a Muslims rituals. Their Filipino/Iranian children, familiar from birth with Shi’a Islam, felt at home with both religions, no matter which one they chose for themselves. The discussion of converts’ perceptions of Shi’a rituals contributes to the literature on transnational marriages and marriage migration.

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Corona Virus – Some Important Religious Aspects of its Prevention

Al-Idah | Shaykh Zayed Islamic Centre, University of Peshawar ◽

10.37556/al-idah.039.02.0754 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 39 (- 2) ◽

Author(s):

Abrar Hussain ◽

Mufti Muhammad Yahya ◽

Najib Ul Haq

Keyword(s):

Infectious Diseases ◽

Human Values ◽

Religious Congregations ◽

Opting Out ◽

Religious Rituals ◽

Corona Virus ◽

Islamic Jurisprudence ◽

Current Scenario ◽

Religious Aspects ◽

At Home

The issue of religious rituals like congregational prayers (Salah with Jamaat) in Masajid is being extensively discussed during the pandemic of COVID-19. The suspension of religious congregations in the current scenario so as to ensure social (physical) distancing and the permission of praying (Salah) at home is discussed in the light of Islamic teachings. The discussion is mostly based on the Shariah view on human values whereby opting out safety especially in the wake of infectious diseases / pandemics. The references are primarily taken from Qura’n and Sunnah and Islamic Jurisprudence (Fiqh).

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Repressive autonomy: discourses on and surveillance of marriage migration from Turkey to Austria

MIGRATION LETTERS ◽

10.33182/ml.v11i3.226 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 11 (3) ◽

pp. 316-328

Author(s):

Sabine Strasser

Keyword(s):

Small Town ◽

Family Formation ◽

Country Of Origin ◽

Family Reunification ◽

Marriage Migration ◽

Ethnographic Fieldwork ◽

Turkish Migrants ◽

Transnational Marriages ◽

Legal Provisions

Transnational marriages and family reunification have recently been assessed as one of the main obstacles to integration in Austria. They have been increasingly problematized and kept under surveillance when partners from third countries, in Austria particularly from Turkey, have been involved. Nonetheless, a great number of Turkish migrants and their descendants prefer to marry partners from their ‘country of origin’. In this paper I discuss practices of and discourses on family formation across borders based on an ethnographic fieldwork in a small town in Austria. Findings show that transnational marriages in Austria are often conflated with forced and fictitious marriages and consequently rejected as defraud or ‘violence in the name of tradition’. Furthermore, legal provisions against problematic marriages do not liberate women but repress their autonomy.

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Confucius and His Teachings

Cultural Perspectives on Global Research Epistemology - Advances in Religious and Cultural Studies ◽

10.4018/978-1-5225-8984-6.ch002 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 15-24

Keyword(s):

Social Control ◽

Public Administration ◽

Filial Piety ◽

Personal Life ◽

Ancestor Worship ◽

Religious Rituals ◽

The Family ◽

At Home

This chapter presents an account of Confucius' personal life, his character, professions, and doctrinal dispositions. Confucius championed ethical rectitude and demonstrated that morality and public administration begins at home, in the family. Being mindful of widespread iniquitous, widespread inhumane and unethical activities, conducted by people at all levels and professions in the society, Confucius was determined to minimize the effects of administrative corruption and improve social control through the institution of ancient Chinese customs, specifically filial piety and ancestor worship. He was essentially interested in learning or remembering the ancient rites and customs. He admittedly introduced no new philosophical ideas apart from combining politics with religious rituals, ethics, and learning. As an extraordinarily adept scholar of the Confucian canon, Confucius whose birth name was Kong-qui, ably presented a variety of interpretations of given canonical passages. Confucius was suspected of being a Buddhist priest given his strong inclination towards Buddhism. Confucius exhibited a somewhat mercurial personality.

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Danish Regulations on Marriage Migration: Policy Understandings of Transnational Marriages

Transnational Marriage ◽

10.4324/9780203111772-12 ◽

2013 ◽

pp. 67-85

Keyword(s):

Migration Policy ◽

Marriage Migration ◽

Transnational Marriages

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Siblings of Children with Mental Retardation Living at Home or in Residential Placement

Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry ◽

10.1017/s0021963097002084 ◽

1998 ◽

Vol 39 (3) ◽

pp. 355-363 ◽

Cited By ~ 36

Author(s):

Laurie Eisenberg ◽

Bruce L. Baker ◽

Jan Blacher

Keyword(s):

Mental Retardation ◽

Residential Placement ◽

At Home

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Systematic Modification of Parental Input to Train Language Symbols

Language Speech and Hearing Services in Schools ◽

10.1044/0161-1461.1201.04 ◽

1981 ◽

Vol 12 (1) ◽

pp. 4-12 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

Barbara Culatta ◽

Donna Horn

Keyword(s):

Language Learning ◽

Meaningful Use ◽

Hearing Impaired ◽

Specific Language ◽

Parental Input ◽

Language Exposure ◽

Therapy Sessions ◽

Impaired Children ◽

Hearing Impaired Children ◽

At Home

This study attempted to maximize environmental language learning for four hearing-impaired children. The children's mothers were systematically trained to present specific language symbols to their children at home. An increase in meaningful use of these words was observed during therapy sessions. In addition, as the mothers began to generalize the language exposure strategies, an increase was observed in the children's use of words not specifically identified by the clinician as targets.

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Iterative Development of a Home Review Program to Promote Preschoolers' Vocabulary Skills: Social Validity and Learning Outcomes

Language Speech and Hearing Services in Schools ◽

10.1044/2019_lshss-19-00011 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 51 (2) ◽

pp. 371-389 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Xigrid Soto ◽

Yagmur Seven ◽

Meaghan McKenna ◽

Keri Madsen ◽

Lindsey Peters-Sanders ◽

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Keyword(s):

High Stress ◽

Social Validity ◽

Home Language ◽

Single Subject ◽

Considerable Difficulty ◽

Home Program ◽

Iterative Development ◽

Vocabulary Skills ◽

Validity Measures ◽

At Home

Purpose This article describes the iterative development of a home review program designed to augment vocabulary instruction for young children (ages 4 and 5 years) occurring at school through the use of a home review component. Method A pilot study followed by two experiments used adapted alternating treatment designs to compare the learning of academic words taught at school to words taught at school and reviewed at home. At school, children in small groups were taught academic words embedded in prerecorded storybooks for 6 weeks. Children were given materials such as stickers with review prompts (e.g., “Tell me what brave means”) to take home for half the words. Across iterations of the home intervention, the home review component was enhanced by promoting parent engagement and buy-in through in-person training, video modeling, and daily text message reminders. Visual analyses of single-subject graphs, multilevel modeling, and social validity measures were used to evaluate the additive effects and feasibility of the home review component. Results Social validity results informed each iteration of the home program. The effects of the home program across sites were mixed, with only one site showing consistently strong effects. Superior learning was evident in the school + home review condition for families that reviewed words frequently at home. Although the home review program was effective in improving the vocabulary skills of many children, some families had considerable difficulty practicing vocabulary words. Conclusion These studies highlight the importance of using social validity measures to inform iterative development of home interventions that promote feasible strategies for enhancing the home language environment. Further research is needed to identify strategies that stimulate facilitators and overcome barriers to implementation, especially in high-stress homes, to enrich the home language environments of more families.

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