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THE MULTIFACETED SIGNIFICANCE OF MARRIAGE: EXPLORING ITS ROLE IN RELIGION, FAMILY DYNAMICS, SOCIAL COHESION, AND ECONOMIC CONTEXT
Get PDFMarriage is a significant institution that has evolved over time, serving as a cornerstone of social, economic, and religious development. This research paper aims to explore the multifaceted significance of marriage, focusing on its role in religion, family dynamics, social cohesion, and economic context.The study employs a qualitative approach, utilizing all hadith according to the speech of the prophet (sm) and the ayaat of the holy Quran that almighty Allah said about marriage. Findings reveal that marriage serves as a vital component in religious practices, providing a sense of community, spirituality, and identity.Spiritual development and character protection have happened through marriage.The prophet (sm) told the sahabi that the religious Muslims would marry fertile women and have more children, and the prophet would show more ummah than any other prophet in the hashore (rising day).Allah declared that mohur is mandatory in Islamic marriage
AMERICAN PERSPECTIVE ON BLACK PEOPLE IN GREEN BOOK MOVIE: PSYCHOLOGICAL APPROACH
Get PDFThe aim of the study is to show what kind of discrimination treatment is given by white people to black people, as shown in this movie. Discrimination is not only about racial or religious differences, but when in the workplace who as preventing someone from fulfilling their professional and personal aspirations without regard to achievement. But the things that often occur in discrimination are terms of race, religion, or belief. Based on this movie, black people from African Americans do not get their rights as human beings properly. The method used in this research is in the form of document analysis. In document analysis, the author analyzes the document to be able to find out the content or meaning which is sometimes in the form of a document. This story will tell the story of a white man of Italian descent who at first disliked black people and kept his distance from them, which in the end changed his views and became a friendship between the two. The impact of the discriminatory treatment given by people to Don, caused him to be a person who always felt insecure wherever he was
CULTURAL ASSIMILATION AND INTERNAL CHANGES IN DIASPORIC RAKHAIN PEOPLES OF PATUAKHALI DISTRICT OF BANGLADESH
Get PDFThe Rakhains are an ethnic group of diasporic peoples currently living in different parts of Bangladesh. Following their exodus in 1784, they formed enclaves of settlements in Cox’s Bazar, Chittagong Hill-tracts, Noakhali, Patuakhali and Barguna. This paper scrutinizes how cultural assimilation has impacted on the lifestyles of the diasporic Rakhain communities living in Patuakhali, a district in the Southern region of Bangladesh; and it also demonstrates how this assimilation has brought in internal cultural changes among the Rakhain peoples. Methods of analyses of this research include conducting interviews of Rakhain headsmen, conducting library based research and analyzing news articles and relevant audio-visual discourses. Results of data and analyses show that the Rakhain peoples have faced difficulties in retaining cultural integrity despite their deliberate attempts, and they have undergone a degree of cultural changes in the recent decades. This paper finds that unwelcoming neighborhoods, lack of education, financial insolvency and disproportionately low representation in the local government are the principal reasons behind these changes
PROBLEM OF PLACE, SPACE AND PARTITION IN BHISHAM SAHNI’S NOVEL TAMAS
Get PDFHuman beings adapt themselves according to the environment they live in and create their own space among others for better survival in society. The geographical and societal space they acquire gives them a sense of security and a sense of belongingness. If this space is taken away by dislocating them, it leads to mental and physical vacuum which is experienced across generations. A similar problem of space can be traced back in the history of India, when the partition of the country into India and Pakistan took place. People who were living in one town from many generations were dislocated on the basis of religion they belonged to. Feeling of security and belongingness they once enjoyed was snatched from them and they became an outsider in their own country. They were forced to migrate from one place to another and were left with only alternative, to readapt themselves to create their new identity. Real accounts of such vacuums caused by partition can be seen in Bhisham Sahni’s novel Tamas. Hindu and Sikh families of Small-Town province were caught in the fury of political turmoil of Partition due to religious riots that broke out leading to massacre, suicide, abduction and rape. Peace loving people who enjoyed space in their homeland were dislocated in the name of religion. Hindus and Muslims of one town who were friends and neighbors all their life turned into enemies and fought with one another to destroy the space and identity of people on the basis of petty issues. In the proposed paper the researcher aims to analyze the effect of partition in deconstruction and reconstruction of space and the strategies adopted by characters to relocate themselves in alien environments and geographical space
DISPLACEMENT, NOSTALGIA AND EXPERIENCE OF RETURN: READING MOURID BARGHOUTI’S I SAW RAMALLAH
Get PDFAs Boym writes, "Nostalgia is an ache of temporal distance and displacement", and restorative nostalgia takes care of both of these symptoms. Distance is compensated by intimate experience and the availability of the desired object. Displacement is cured by a 'return home' (44). In this article, I study I Saw Ramallah by Mourid Barghouti and examine how this return becomes very important for the displaced. I expand on the analysis of nostalgia as a means of creating identity continuity, in the face of displacement, by adding an explicit focus on the experience of return. Set at the borders of Israel and Palestine, I Saw Ramallah, engages with Barghouti's lifelong struggle with his absence from his home. More specifically a memoir than a life narrative, it is an important walk through an individual's construction of his self in the moment he returns to the land which has brought him so much joy, and pain
SUSTAINABILITY AND GROWTH OF SMALL-SCALE ONLINE RETAIL BUSINESS OWNERS FROM SANTIAGO CITY
Get PDFThe Covid-19 Pandemic hampered the growth and sustainability of small-scale online businesses. Companies were forced to devise strategies that would allow them to survive the economic downturn. The complex issue of small business growth necessitates further investigation. This study looked into the sustainability and growth of small-scale online retail businesses. This study used a qualitative research, particularly, phenomenology conducted at Santiago City, Philippines. The participants were twelve (12) purposively selected small-scale online retail business owners. The research study involved face-to-face, semi-structured interviews. The open-ended nature of the questions allowed the participants to express their personal experiences. The themes which arose from the experiences and factors associated with the sustainability and growth of small-scale online business owners are linked with the following themes: establishing the business name, knowing whom to do the business with, resorting to online business, decision-making is well-planned, the going still gets tough, uncertainties in financial management, poor access to finance and customer relationship related themes. The themes which depict the challenges and coping mechanisms of the entrepreneurs are also presented. The entrepreneurs employed strategies aligned with contingency management and they relied to their skills and knowledge in running their business in order to attain sustainability and allow the firm to grow. The retail business owners have gone through financial difficulties such as cash flow shortfall, scarce fund and unforeseen reparation, more so challenged by cut-throat competition. And in order to cope, the entrepreneurs enforced the entity’s unique selling proposition, financial management and cultivated a steadfast mindset
CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY: ITS ROLES IN THE SUSTAINABLE ENGAGEMENT INITIATIVES OF PRIVATE HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS IN REGION II
Get PDFCorporate Social Responsibility of private universities is a commitment to ethical conduct for economic development contribution as well as improving the quality of academic, spiritual, and material life for related members. Through implementing CSR strategies, higher education institutions are now using this approach as a part of their competitive strategy. However, systematic evidence on best practices and priorities to articulate CSR within formal private academic institutions in the country is still scarce which prompted the researcher is motivated to undertake this study. Thus, there is a need to investigate the CSR initiatives being implemented by the Private Higher Education Institutions and its impact on the institutions’ sustainability to be able to develop interventions to address the scarce corporate social responsibility performance of Private Higher Education Institutions. This study employed Descriptive-survey design since the purpose of this study is to determine the Corporate Social Responsibility programs being implemented by the Private Higher Education Institutions and its role on sustainability. This study made use of a validated survey-questionnaire on the corporate social responsibility implemented by private higher education institutions. This research was carried out in Region 02, which is mainly composed of forty-seven (47) Private Higher Education Institutions. The CSR Focal Persons were purposefully chosen as study respondents because they are the ones who plan, integrate, and implement their respective institutions' corporate social responsibility. As a result, 47 CSR focal persons were asked to participate as research participants in the conduct of this study. Only 42 focal persons, however, responded and returned the questionnaire. Results revealed that the Private Higher Education Institutions in Region II are quite established and have been educating students for a significant period offering varied programs, but are not too keen in accrediting the institution which might be because it is not a mandatory requirement for colleges/universities. They are mostly practicing CSR initiatives through donations and charitable deeds, grounded with moral principles and extends it with the community, exhibits commitment in abiding regulations and standards of the government and responsible in sharing its resources in order to uplift the economic wellbeing of the society through corporate social responsibility. The corporate social responsibility practices of the private higher education institutions in region 2 has roles on the culture of the college/university, when it comes to financial aspect, there has been observed to be Moderately Important of the corporate social responsibility, also it has Greatly Important on social aspect and Corporate Social Responsibility of the private higher education institutions notably contributes in the ability of the PHEIs to be at par with international educational standards. The Private higher educations in region 2 finds that there is a pressing problem encountered in the execution of their institutional corporate social responsibility initiatives, especially in terms of evaluating how the initiatives are yielding outcome on the institution
SAY ‘NO’ RACISM TOWARDS ROHINGYA REFUGEE
Get PDFRacism is a global question. It is now happening in many countries of the world. Many poor and needy people are now getting tormented and conflicted due to racism and military conflicts. In this individual proposal, I would like to talk about a racial conflict currently happening at Rakhine and Arakan States in Myanmar. I would argue that the Rohingya Refugee Crisis should be banned at any cost by the influential global leaders since it is a big challenge for two neighboring countries, like Bangladesh and Myanmar. According to the United Nations, the Rohingyas are the most persecuted minority groups in the globe. From 2012 to the present, the whole world has witnessed Myanmar’s renewed waves of full-fledged genocide campaign, hate crimes, and ostracizing against the most vulnerable and unarmed Rohingya population in the name of national security. Myanmar is responsible for the worst sufferings of the Rohingya. Consequently, it has failed to perform its obligation under the International Law to protect its citizens, which amounts to internationally wrongful acts. According to Articles 31 and 41 of the UN Draft Articles on Responsibility of States for Internationally Wrongful Acts, the responsible state is under an obligation to make full-repairation for the injury caused by its internationally wrongful acts. Are the Rohingya Refugees not the nations of the states? Don't they have Human Rights? How long will the tormented and downtrodden communities tolerate such cruelty and injustice? What sorts of role will International Law and the UN play for the Rohingya refugees? For this purpose, I would like to motivate the world's intellectual figures so that the Rohingya Refugee crisis must be protected through an everlasting solution. No people of the world must be neglected like the Rohingya refugees. All human beings are equal in the eye of the law; they have the same blood and same body. Anyway, the light talk aims to focus on the conflicting senses of the minority groups in the light of Racism and taking precautionary steps
A Speech Act Analysis of the Prime Minister of Pakistan Imran Khan’s Speech at UNGA with respect to Islamophobia
Get PDFThe aim of this paper is to highlight the speech acts with respect to Islamophobia discussed by Prime Minister Imran Khan in his speech which he delivered to the United Nations General Assembly on 27, September 2019. This paper analyzed the types of speech acts that were used by Imran Khan, the overlapping of speech acts, and direct and indirect speech acts. To analyze the speech acts from all these aspects, both qualitative and quantitative analysis was carried out. The framework employed for this analysis was the Speech Act theory which was introduced by Austin and Searle. The findings revealed that his speech includes maximum representative and expressive acts while the use of direct speech was also evident. The paper concludes that the speech act analysis highlights the factual, informative, and supportive nature of the Prime Minister of Pakistan.
Library Management and Information Systems of Non-Government University Libraries in Bangladesh
Get PDFPrivate Universities are not new dimension in the Bangladeshi concept. The concepts are very much established and provided quality education. Libraries are the essential elements to provide quality education. This study took an initiative to study the management and information systems of private university libraries on the basis of experience, observation and group study of the library professional. The study found that maximum libraries of the private universities are provided quality services to its users and establish good management systems