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Sardar, Ziauddin, Jordi Serra, Scott Jordan. Muslim Societies in Postnormal Times: Foresights for Trends, Emerging Issues and Scenarios. Forward by IIIT London Office. International Institute of Islamic Thought (IIIT), in Cooperation with Centre for Postn
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Islam: A Solidarity Factor in West African History
Full text linkThe purpose of this paper is to refute the prevailing notion that Islam serves as a disunity factor in West African history. The concept of Islamic solidarity could be traced to the decision of the Prophet to send the first group of his Companions to the Negus, the King of Abyssinia and the receptive disposition of the Negus during the Islamic theological stage. Later, in the city of Medina Islam began to promote a triple ideological outlook with practical socio-economic and political solutions to the world. The paper has adopted a theoretical arm-chair research approach. The concept of Islam as a solidarity factor in West African history has been examined at two main levels: solidarity against Western secular ideology as a force of decolonization and as a force of de-neo-colonization. It focuses on the sufi experience in the Senegambia Region, critically looking into three main forms of resistance: The Umar al-Futio and Maba Jakhou’s militant, the Bamba’s Muridi confrontational servitude and the Tijaniyyah pacific intellectual approach. It concludes that even though a militant approach was used in promoting the Islamic beliefs, the mechanism later settled on three sufi basic principles of education, daarah, mosque, Jakkah, and farming, tool
A Pedagogical Appraisal of the Higher Secondary Textbook of Bangladesh for Teaching Listening and Speaking Skills
Full text linkTextbook evaluation is essential to determine whether the text is standard enough to achieve the teaching objectives. The researcher used the qualitative research method to collect data for this study to investigate the suitability of the textbook of Higher Secondary Level in Bangladesh for teaching listening and speaking skills. Based on the internal evaluation criteria (MacDonough & Shaw, 2013) of the text and semi-structured interviews with eight teachers, the findings reveal that the book includes inadequate lessons and inappropriate activities for improving learners’ listening skills. However, the study finds the book satisfactory for teaching speaking skills with suitable lessons and activities, although there is still room for improvement in the text by including more diverse speaking activities
[The Prophet’s Pulpit: Commentaries on the State of Islam (Volume 1), by K. A. El Fadl].
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Navigating Through Poverty and Pandemic: A Case Study on a Destitute Religious Institution in Bangladesh
Full text link In a pandemic situation every social system suffers, and weak institutions become shattered. Like many other institutions, religious ones have also suffered in last couple of years of COVID-19 pandemic. A rural Bangladeshi religious unit, Nawdabash Madrasa and Orphanage, the madrasa having 120 students and the orphanage sheltering 84 orphans. It was already impoverished in pre pandemic period suffering and struggling to fulfill its basic needs. It was fearing being totally shattered and permanently closed down at the start of COVID-19. However, it did not actually perish. Rather, it made progress in achieving fulfillment of basic needs for its orphans and run the madrasa for its students. It could also strive towards making the achievements sustainable. This paper investigates their struggle towards better days and how it was successfully done which was no less than a miracle
পার্বত্য চট্টগ্রামের ক্ষুদ্র জাতিসত্তার কবিতার ধারা
No full textবৈশিষ্ট্যপূর্ণ ভৌগোলিক অবস্থানের কারণে পার্বত্য চট্টগ্রাম অরণ্য ও পাহাড়ের সমবায়ে গড়ে উঠেছে। এখানে চলমান নগরায়নের ছোঁয়া লাগলেও অধিকাংশ ক্ষুদ্র জনগোষ্ঠী তাদের প্রকৃতিলালিত ঐতিহ্যবাহী ও পরম্পরাগত জীবনধারাকে বহন করে চলেছে আজও। ফলত এ জীবনের প্রতিভাস তাদের গীতিগুচ্ছ ও কবিতায় খুব স্বাভাবিক দাবিতেই অস্তিত্ববান। বলাবাহুল্য অস্তিত্বের এই সৌন্দর্য এখানকার প্রাকৃতিক বাস্তবতার অভিনড়ব প্রকাশক ও উদ্দীপক। এখানকার প্রাকৃতিক সৌন্দর্য যেমন মনোমুগ্ধকর, তেমনই সুন্দর এখানকার আধিবাসীদের ঐতিহ্যবহনকারী বর্ণাঢ্য সংস্কৃতি, যার প্রভাব চিন্তনে ও মননে পার্বত্য চট্টগ্রামবাসীদের হৃদয় জুড়ে রয়েছে। তাই স্বাভাবিকভাবে সে প্রভাব পার্বত্য চট্টগ্রামের সাহিত্যক্ষেত্রে, বিশেষত কবিতায় ছড়িয়ে রয়েছে। পার্বত্য চট্টগ্রামের প্রকৃতির লাবণ্যমাখা কবিতার সৌরভ বাংলাদেশের সাহিত্যের বৃহত্তর অঙ্গনের সাথে নিবিড়ভাবে সম্পৃক্ত হওয়া প্রয়োজন। সময়ের পরিμমায় কাব্যচর্চায় এ অঞ্চলের মানুষেরা বুনোফুলের মতো গোপনে কিংবা আড়ালে সৌরভ ছড়িয়েছে। ভিনড়ব ভিনড়ব ভাষার এগারোটি জাতিসত্তার মানুষ কবিতার ভাষায় নিজেদের প্রকাশের ক্ষেত্রে প্রয়োগ করেছে সহজ-সরল জীবনবোধের পাঠ। এই সব জনগোষ্ঠীর সংস্কৃতিকে যথাযথভাবে লালন ও রক্ষণাবেক্ষণ করতে পারলে বিশ্বের মানচিত্রে বাংলাদেশ সংস্কৃতির উর্বর ক্ষেত্রে পরিণত হবে, তাতে কোনো সন্দেহ নেই। আর কবিতাপ্রেমী মানুষেরা খুঁজে পাবে ভালোলাগার নতুন ঠিকানা। পার্বত্য অঞ্চলের কবিদের আবেগ, অনুভূতি, ইচ্ছাগুলো বৃহত্তর পরিসরে উপস্থাপনের একটি প্রচেষ্টা বর্তমান নিবন্ধের অন্যতম উদ্দেশ্য
Student Engagement in Online Classes During COVID-19: A Sentiment Analysis
Full text linkEspecially during the COVID-19 outbreak, online classes helped with flexible and remote learning. However, the effectiveness and participation of students in online classes has yet to be determined. The purpose of this study is to see how students interact with online classrooms and how much they help them learn, focusing on the students’ engagement in online classes. This study highlights the present condition of students\u27 involvement in online classrooms during the COVID-19 pandemic by using Azure Machine Learning for sentiment analysis from qualitative replies. Sentiment analysis is a sort of text mining that identifies and extracts subjective data from source material, allowing users to better understand social sentiment while monitoring online conversations. This method gives a clearer picture of the student\u27s quantitative data and demonstrates a better knowledge of their feelings. The significant findings of this study are: (a) Students\u27 academic effectiveness is not improving. (b) There is a need to restructure the academia according to online circumstances to maintain the students’ engagement. (c) Co-curricular activities have been ignored
Reflective Thoughts upon the Preliminary Observation on the Rohingya Refugee Camps in Bangladesh: A Call for Greater Psychological Support
Full text linkThis paper is a reflective article based upon the author’s experience of providing the preliminary evaluation at the two Rohingya refugee camps – Kutupalang and Balukhali– in Bangladesh.The information for this paper was gathered from resources using the interview and observation methodologies. The author interviewed the refugees in the camps through English-Bangali and Bangali-Chittagonian interpreters, and local staffs who worked in the camps. In addition, the author visited the service centers in the camps, and witnessed the distribution process of donated supplies. Although there were several agencies providing supports for the refugees within the camps, the help was still far from sufficiency. The author aims to use this paper as a platform to call for a greater support, especially the psychological ones. The author classifies the needs into two categories: ( 1) the urgent needs, which include the issues of children without guidance; lacking cooperation among supportive organizations, and inaccessible information to the services; (2) the important needs, that are the exercise of power by authorities; the lack of psychological support for local staffs, and the perception of the locals toward the refugees
Women’s Rights and Status in Different Religions and Civilizations: A Comparative Study
Full text linkThe status of women in society is one of the crucial topics and dominant themes in the modern era, which theologians have been studying in terms of different perspectives. The aim of this research is to present a comprehensive study of women’s rights and status in different societies (modern and ancient) and religions in the world. In addition, one major objective of this paper is to provide a fair evaluation of what Islam contributed (or failed to contribute) toward the restoration of women’s dignity and rights in society in terms of different aspects of life. In order to achieve this objective, it may be useful to review briefly how women were treated in general in previous civilizations and religions, especially those which preceded Islam (Pre-610 C.E.). After the review of all sides of religions and societies, it has been seen that Islam regards men and women as being of the same essence created from a single soul where a woman has a completely independent personality
نايدلأا ةنراقم يفزجوملا (A Brief Study on Comparative Religion): লেখক: মুহাম্মদ বেলাল হোসাইন পিএইচডি, প্রকাশক: বিআইআইটি, প্রথম প্রকাশ: জানুয়ারি ২০১৬, আইএসবিএন: ৯৭৮-৯৮৪-৮৪৭১-৫৩-১, পৃষ্ঠা: ২৪৮
No full textنايدلأاةنراقم বা তুলনামূলক ধর্মতত্ত্ব চলমান বিশ্বে সমধিক আলোচিত বিষয়সমূহের একটি। সমাজে শান্তিপূর্ণ ধর্মীয় সহাবস্থান, পারষ্পরিক শ্রদ্ধাবোধ-সহমর্মিতা ও ধর্মীয় স্বাধীনতা নিশ্চিত করতে এ বিষয়ে অনুশীলন ও সমাজে তার যথাযথ প্রয়োগের গুরুত্ব অত্যাধিক। সব ধর্মের উপর একটি নিরপেক্ষ ও তুলনামূলক অধ্যয়নের মধ্য দিয়ে প্রকৃত সত্য দ্বীনের ধারণা মানুষের নিকট সহজেই পৌঁছে দেওয়া সম্ভব