81 research outputs found
Renting Policies and Practices of Motels to Non-Whites in New Jersey
No full textThis report looks at the renting practices at various motels in New Jersey regarding African Americans. A large number of hotels continued their discriminatory policies. It has charts showing how many motels had never had African Americans as guests, quotes from motel owners, length of stays at motels, and rates per night. Finally, the report looks at the implications of the study
The Puerto Rican in New Jersey: His Present Status
No full textThis study is one of a continuing series of studies conducted by the Division Against Discrimination. The Anti-Discrimination Law creates in the State Department of Education this Division which, with the approval of the State Commission on Civil Rights, is authorized to: "Issue such publications and such results of investigations and research tending to promote good will and to minimize or eliminate discrimination because of race, creed, color, national origin or ancestry,..." It is a detailed analysis of the social situation of Puerto Ricans in New Jersey in the 1950's. The text is accompanied by statistical information and tables
Islamic ethics for sustainable development and developing social conscience: an Islamic response to the challenge of ecology today
No full textIslamic Ethics for Sustainable Development and Developing Social Conscience: An Islamic Response to the Challenge of Ecology Today
Isham Pawan Ahmad*
Abstract
This paper aims at examining the issue of sustainable development and its ecological implications from religious perspectives. The author focuses on the importance of religious ethics, especially from the perspectives of divine religions such as the Abrahamic faiths, in offering viable solutions to those issues. He narrows the scope of discussion onto Islamic response to the challenges of ecology today and the role of Islamic Ethics in dealing with the issues. The author employs a qualitative methodology that covers critical and textual analyses on materials related to the issues. The research finds that the real problem of sustainable development and ecological issues lies in one of man‘s character traits—greed. Efforts to understand the concept of morality falls under the ambit of Islamic Ethics.
Keywords: Sustainability, development, environment, Islam, ethics, religion
Sakaratul Maut dalam Al Quran: menurut penafsiran Hamka dalam Tafsir Al Azhar
No full textSkripsi ini adalah hasil penelitian kepustakaan berjudul Sakaratul Maut Dalam Al-Qur'an (menurut penafsiran Hamka dalam Tafsir Al-Azhar) dengan menggunakan metode maudhu,iy yaitu menghimpun ayat-ayat Al-Qur'an yang mempunyai maksud yang sama dalam arti sama-sama membicarakan satu topik masalah dan menyusunnya berdasar kronologi serta sebab turunnya ayat-ayat tersebut. Pengertian sakaratul maut adalah penjelasan sakitnya saat menjelang kematian (ketika nyawa sampai kerongkongan). Menurut Isham El Saha dan Syaiful Hadi dalam buk.unya dalam bukunya yang berjudul sketsa Al-Qur' an. Adapun menurut Hamka dalam tafsir Al-Azhar sakaratul maut adalah sama dengan naza' yaitu rasa sakit dan kepayahan yang luar biasa menjelang saat-saat alcan meninggal dunia. Sakaratul maut yang selalu mendatangkan kesengsaraan, kesedihan, bahkan kenikmatan itu dapat disebabkan oleh adanya perbuatan-perbuatan manusia sendiri karena sudah tertulis di lauh mahfudz dan karena seizin Allah. Pengertian tentang sakaratul maut sangatlah penting, mengingat semua pasti akan mengalami sakaratul maut. Apalagi pada era modern seperti ini, banyak manusia yang lalai karena kenikmatan duniawi dan menuruti nafsu saja. Untuk menyikapi sakaratul maut tersebut tidak ada sikap lain kecuali instopeksi diri, beristighfar sebanyak dan sesering mungkin. Segera bertaubat dan bersabar dalam menghadapinya. Sabar dalam artian yang benar menurut Al-Qur'an adalah ketabahan jiwa dalam menghadapi segala yang menimpa dan yang tidak disukainya. Oleh karena itu dalam Skripsi ini, penulis membahas tentang pengertian sakaratul maut dalam Al-Qur'an (menurut Hamka dalam Tafsir Al-Azhar) dan hik.mah dengan adanya sakaratul maut
Rhinolophus chiewkweeae , Yoshiyuki & Lim 2005
No full textRhinolophus chiewkweeae, Yoshiyuki & Lim, 2005 Chiewkwee’s horseshoe bats Rhinolophus chiewkweeae, Yoshiyuki & Lim, 2005; Gunung Ledang, Tangkak, Muar, Johor, Peninsular Malaysia (2°84’N, 102°57’E, 1276 m a.s.l.). New material. LHT-15-002, male, LHT-15-017, male, LHT-15-043, female, and LHT-15-044, male from Sungai Buweh, Lawit, Tasik Kenyir, Hulu Terengganu, Terengganu, Malaysia (N 05°38.362’, E 102°35.276’, 155 m a.s.l.).Published as part of Morni, Muhd Amsyari, Tahir, Nurul Farah Diyana Ahmad, Rosli, Qhairil Shyamri, Dee, Julius William, Azhar, Isham, Roslan, Azuan, Zahidin, Muhamad Aidil, Abdullah, Mohd Tajuddin & Khan, Faisal Ali Anwarali, 2016, New record of Rhinolophus chiewkweeae (Chiroptera: Rhinolophidae) from the east coast of Peninsular Malaysia with new information on their echolocation calls, genetics and their taxonomy, pp. 242-249 in Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 64 on page 244, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.535526
Generalised Spin Structures in General Relativity
No full textGeneralised spin structures describe spinor fields that are coupled to both general relativity and gauge theory. We classify those generalised spin structures for which the corresponding fields admit an infinitesimal action of the space–time diffeomorphism group. This can be seen as a refinement of the classification of generalised spin structures by Avis and Isham (Commun Math Phys 72:103–118, 1980).Analysi
Islamic Ethics for Sustainable Development and Developing Social Conscience: An Islamic Response to the Challenge of Ecology Today
No full textThis paper aims at examining the issue of sustainable development and its ecological implications from religious perspectives. The author focuses on the importance of religious ethics especially divine religions such as the Abrahamic faith in offering the solutions to those issues. He narrows the scope of discussion on the Islamic response to the challenge of ecology today and the role of Islamic Ethics in dealing with the issues. The author employs the qualitative methodology that covers critical and textual analysis on the materials related to the issues. The research finds that the real problem of sustainable development and ecological issues lies in one of man’s character traits, greed. The effort to understand the concept of morality falls under the ambit of Islamic Ethics
Potential of utilizing asphalt dust waste as filler material in the production of sustainable self compacting concrete (SCC)
No full textDeterminants of diarrheal disease in Jakarta
No full textIn this report, the authors develop and estimate a model of household defensive behavior and illness. Using cross-section data from a household survey in Jakarta, they observe defensive behavior (washing hands after using the toilet) consistent with expectations: defensive effort intensifies with exposure to contamination, and with income and education. Variables associated with the cost of defensive behavior - such as interruptions in the water supply - reduce defensive behavior. The data suggest that wealthier households are no less vulnerable to illness. The water sources that supply the wealthy (the water company and private wells) are disrupted more often, interfering with their defensive behavior. There is also evidence, although weak, to support findings by van der Slice and Briscoe (1993): that pathogens within a household are less harmful to household members than are pathogens originating from other households. Given the opportunity and knowledge, individuals try to modify the effect of contamination on the incidence of diarrhea. But diarrhea's inccidence is also affected by decisions and problems outside the realm of the household, including the performance of the water company.Water Conservation,Water and Industry,Health Economics&Finance,Environmental Economics&Policies,Sanitation and Sewerage,Town Water Supply and Sanitation,Water and Industry,Water Supply and Sanitation Governance and Institutions,Water Conservation,Health Economics&Finance
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