18 research outputs found
Seni berkomunikasi
No full textBuku ini mengungkapkan kiat-kiat keberhasilan seorang tenaga Humas atau PR dan siapapun yang secara personal dalam memainkan komunikasi, guna mencapai tujuan yang telah ditargetkan dalam melakukan komunikasi tersebut. Di dalam buku ini juga tergambar bagaimana pengalaman penulis dalam berkomunikasi baik dalam dunia pers, atasan dan pimpinan dalam perusahaan di BUMN dan komunikasi dalam kehidupan bermasyarakat
Systematics Review on the Application of Social Media Analytics for Detecting Radical and Extremist Group
No full textRecently, social media platforms such as Twitter, Tumblr, Facebook, YouTube, blogs and discussion forums are being mistreated by radical groups to promote their ideologies
and encourage radicalization. Social medias also have been used to create online extremist community and recruit new followers. In this paper work, the authors conduct a schematics literatures review on all available techniques and perform a comprehensive analysis on the
application of social media analytic for detecting radical group to understand the circumstances, trends and its gaps. Further, the author provides the characterization, classification and meta-analysis in order to achieve a better understanding of the literature on the extremist detection through intelligent social media. It is found that for over the last 10
years many researchers have been conduct deep investigation on the use of social media analytics on predicting and identifying online radicalization. Besides, data source, features, geolocation, language, machine learning techniques, and tools have been applied on the recent literatures to detect those cyber-extremist activists. This paper also highlighting the performance measurement methods that have been used by researcher for detecting extremist group and radical communities. The goal of this research is to provide an academic base for
ongoing research in the developing machine learning algorithm for detecting extremist and radical contents in social media
Peran Jurnalisme Warga dalam Mendukung Aspirasi Masyarakat (Studi Terhadap Serambinews.com)
No full textAdvances in technology and information have played a major role in advancing society. With the internet, a vast public space is formed through mass media. This has opened up opportunities for broad community participation. The rapid development of media technology and its ability to combine previous media slowly but surely influenced the practice of journalism. Therefore, Citizen journalism was born, which is a form of journalism that involves public participation in conveying information. Anyone, regardless of educational background, has the ability to plan, dig, search, process, and report information to others in any form. Serambinews.com or aceh.tribunnews.com one of the media that has opened a column of community participation in voicing ideas, ideas and opinions through the Kupi Beungoh column. This research uses a qualitative approach, which is a research method used to investigate the condition of objects naturally, with researchers as key instruments. The results showed that Serambinews.com or aceh.tribunnews.com have begun to provide opportunities for the public or the public to fill in their ideas, ideas and opinions through the Kupi Beungoh column. This column is one of the columns given to anyone to fill it in, with a note that all writing is the personal responsibility of the author. Therefore, this column is called Citizen journalism. The results showed that there was still a lack of public interest in writing their ideas and ideas through the Kupi Beungoh Serambinews.com or aceh.tribunnews.com column. This column also has weaknesses and shortcomings, because not many people know that this column is part of citizen journalism.Kemajuan teknologi dan informasi telah berperan besar dalam memajukan masyarakat. Dengan adanya internet, ruang publik yang luas terbentuk melalui media massa. Hal ini telah membuka peluang partisipasi masyarakat secara luas. Perkembangan teknologi media yang cepat dan kemampuannya dalam menggabungkan media-media sebelumnya, secara perlahan namun pasti memengaruhi praktik jurnalisme. Oleh karena itu, lahirlah Citizen journalism atau jurnalisme warga, yang merupakan salah satu bentuk dari jurnalisme yang melibatkan partisipasi masyarakat dalam menyampaikan informasi. Siapapun, tanpa memandang latar belakang pendidikan, memiliki kemampuan untuk merencanakan, menggali, mencari, mengolah, dan melaporkan informasi kepada orang lain dalam berbagai bentuk apapun. Serambinews.com atau aceh.tribunnews.com salah satu media yang sudah membuka kolom partisipasi masyarakan dalam menyuarakan idem gagasan dan pendapat melalui kolom Kupi Beungoh. Penelitian ini menggunakan pendekatan kualitatif, yaitu sebuah metode penelitian yang digunakan untuk menyelidiki kondisi objek secara alamiah, dengan peneliti sebagai instrumen kunci. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa Serambinews.com atau aceh.tribunnews.com sudah mulai memberikan kesempatan kepada publik atau masyarakat untuk mengisi gagasan, ide dan pendapatnya melalui kolom Kupi Beungoh. Kolom ini merupakan salah saru kolom yang diberikan kepada siapapun untuk mengisinya, dengan catatan segala tulisan menjadi tanggung jawab pribadi penulis. Oleh karena itu, kolom ini disebut dengan Jurnalisme warga. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa masih kurangnya minat masyarakat dalam menulis ide dan gagasannya melalui kolom Kupi Beungoh Serambinews.com atau aceh.tribunnews.com. Kolom ini juga memiliki kelemahan dan kekurangam, karena tidak banyak masyarakat yang tahu bahwa kolom ini bagian dari jurnalisme warga
Complementary and alternative medicine use among pediatric patients with leukemia: The case of Lebanon
No full textBackground: International evidence indicates that caretakers of pediatric leukemia patients are increasingly using complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) therapies. Such a trend has never been substantiated in the Arab world. Objective: Examine the frequency, types, modes, and reasons of CAM use among pediatric leukemia patients in Lebanon. Methods: A cross-sectional design was utilized to survey (by phone) the caregivers of all pediatric leukemia patients on the rosters of the 2 largest cancer treatment facilities in Lebanon for years 2005-2009. A total of 125 parents out of 175 (71.4percent) completed the questionnaire, which included 3 sections: socio-demographic characteristics, clinical information and CAM use details. Data analysis employed univariate descriptive statistics, t-test, and χ 2 Results: Overall, 15.2percent of respondents reported using one or more CAM therapies for their child (95percent confidence interval: 8.9percent to 22.0percent). The main CAM therapies used included dietary supplements, prayer-spiritual healing, and unconventional cultural practices (ingesting bone ashes). CAM therapies were used for strengthening immunity (42.1percent) and improving the chance of cure (21percent). Pediatric users of CAM were 2 years older than nonusers and had been diagnosed with leukemia for a longer period of time (4.76 ± 3.24 vs 3.49 ± 2.38, P andlt;.05). The percentage of males among CAM users was higher than that among nonusers (89.5percent vs 56.6percent, P andlt;.05). Conclusion: Increasing awareness of both caretakers and physicians of pediatric leukemia patients on the effects and risks of CAM therapies is essential should rational, safe, and evidence-based utilization of CAM therapies be achieved. © The Author(s) 2011.Ammar W, 2001, J Med Liban, V49, P126; Baba S, 2010, CANCER SCI, V101, P787, DOI 10.1111-j.1349-7006.2009.01443.x; Ball SD, 2005, J AM DIET ASSOC, V105, P78, DOI 10.1016-j.jada.2004.10.008; Bishop FL, 2010, PEDIATRICS, V125, P768, DOI 10.1542-peds.2009-1775; Biswas S, 2009, ASIAN PAC J CANCER P, V10, P903; Bold J, 2001, J Pediatr Oncol Nurs, V18, P16, DOI 10.1053-jpon.2001.20403; Clerici CA, 2009, PEDIATR BLOOD CANCER, V53, P599, DOI 10.1002-pbc.22093; CROOKS V, 1991, J GERONTOL, V46, pM139; DOWNER SM, 1994, BRIT MED J, V309, P86; el Saghir N S, 1998, J Med Liban, V46, P4; Ernst E, 1999, EUR J PEDIATR, V158, P7, DOI 10.1007-s004310051000; Ernst E, 2001, J CLIN ONCOL, V19, P2365; Fernandez CV, 1998, J CLIN ONCOL, V16, P1279; Gozum S, 2007, CANCER NURS, V30, P38, DOI 10.1097-00002820-200701000-00007; GRUENWALD J, 2002, NUTRACOS, V5, P18; Gupta M, 2002, PHARMACOEPIDEM DR S, V11, P671, DOI 10.1002-pds.782; Hamidah A, 2009, PEDIATR BLOOD CANCER, V52, P70, DOI 10.1002-pbc.21798; Hensel M, 2009, SUPPORT CARE CANCER, V17, P47, DOI 10.1007-s00520-008-0452-y; Kaatsch P, 2010, CANCER TREAT REV, V36, P277, DOI 10.1016-j.ctrv.2010.02.003; Kelly KM, 2004, EUR J CANCER, V40, P2041, DOI 10.1016-j.ejca.2004.05.012; Lacour B, 2010, EUR J CANCER PREV, V19, P173, DOI 10.1097-CEJ.0b013e32833876c0; Laengler A, 2008, EUR J CANCER, V44, P2233, DOI 10.1016-j.ejca.2008.07.020; Madsen H, 2003, EUR J PEDIATR, V162, P334, DOI 10.1007-s00431-003-1180-4; Martel D, 2005, PEDIATR BLOOD CANCER, V44, P660, DOI 10.1002-pbc.20205; McCurdy EA, 2003, J PEDIAT HEMATOL ONC, V25, P125, DOI 10.1097-00043426-200302000-00008; Molassiotis Alexander, 2004, Eur J Oncol Nurs, V8, P50, DOI 10.1016-S1462-3889(03)00054-1; Montazeri A, 2007, EUR J CANCER CARE, V16, P144, DOI 10.1111-j.1365-2354.2006.00722.x; Moreira-Almeida A, 2008, CURR PAIN HEADACHE R, V12, P327, DOI 10.1007-s11916-008-0055-9; Mottonen M, 1997, MED PEDIATR ONCOL, V28, P205; Mousavi SM, 2010, J PEDIAT HEMATOL ONC, V32, P376, DOI 10.1097-MPH.0b013e3181e003f7; NADKARNI KM, 1976, INDIAN MATERIA MED C, V1; Nathanson I, 2007, J PEDIAT HEMATOL ONC, V29, P705; Paltiel O, 2001, J CLIN ONCOL, V19, P2439; Pui CH, 2008, LANCET, V371, P1030, DOI 10.1016-S0140-6736(08)60457-2; SALOMI NJ, 1992, CANCER LETT, V63, P41, DOI 10.1016-0304-3835(92)90087-C; Shih SF, 2008, SOC SCI MED, V67, P1183, DOI 10.1016-j.socscimed.2008.06.011; Sollner W, 2000, CANCER-AM CANCER SOC, V89, P873, DOI 10.1002-1097-0142(20000815)89:4873::AID-CNCR213.0.CO;2-K; *SPSS, 2003, STAT PACK WIND VERS; Vrooman LM, 2009, CURR OPIN PEDIATR, V21, P1, DOI 10.1097-MOP.0b013e32831f1f24; *WHO, 2008, WHO REP TRAD MED; Worthen DR, 1998, ANTICANCER RES, V18, P1527; Yeh CH, 2000, PEDIATR HEMAT ONCOL, V17, P55, DOI 10.1080-08880010027666856
Tinjauan Hukum terhadap Bangunan Hotel sebagai Objek Investasi (Riset pada Cambridge Condominium & Shopping Mall)
No full textThis thesis is titled: “Legal Review on Hotel Building as Investment Object (Research on Cambridge Condominium & Shopping Mall)”. The hotel building meant in this thesis is hotel building that is located on Cambridge Condominium & Shopping Mall complex. This hotel building is a unit of public housing. For its character as public housing, this building has regulations about common objects, common spaces and common lot. This hotel building can be used for various functions. It can be used as residential space and can also be used as profit opportunity by renting it to other parties. In this case, PT. Global Medan Town Square acts as the hotel owner and uses the building to be used as accommodation.
Related to rental management carried out by PT. Global Medan Town Square as both owner and developer is an interesting issue to discuss. Questions arise: what kind of legal regulations that appear in the rental management contract? Which legal regulations do the parties used for applying the rules? Is it by using groups of regulations as written in Indonesian Civil Code or by using groups of regulations specifically concerning public housing? How is each party’s right and obligation stated in the contract related to commonly possessed objects and what is the legal consequence in case an breach of contract happens? This is an interesting question because breach of contract may cancel a contract.
In this research, the author made a library research using Indonesian Civil Code, groups of legal regulations, books, seminars, articles, theses, etc. The author has also done field research by doing direct approach to a key person. In this case, the key person is a Notary related to the case and as a library support.
The contract that is contained in this thesis refers to Law No. 16 of 1985 concerning public housing, Indonesian Civil Code, and several other related regulations. Rights and obligations of all parties are protected by law and in case a breach of contract happens, discussion is preferred to solve any conflict that may arise. If this doesn’t solve the problem, legal action will be taken. Therefore, it is expected that the government may make more complete and comprehensive regulations concerning public housing, and contract regulations. It is important to guarantee legal protection for any party that is related in public housing ownershipTesis ini penulis beri judul : “Tinjauan Hukum Terhadap Bangunan Hotel Sebagai Objek Investasi (Riset Pada Cambridge Condominium & Shopping Mall)”. Bangunan hotel yang dimaksudkan dalam tesis ini adalah bangunan hotel yang berada dalam komplek Cambridge Condominium & Shopping Mall. Bangunan hotel tersebut merupakan suatu bentuk satuan rumah susun. Karena merupakan suatu bentuk satuan rumah susun maka didalamnya terdapat suatu ketentuan mengenai benda bersama, bagian bersama dan tanah bersama. Bangunan hotel ini dapat digunakan untuk berbagai macam fungsi. Dapat digunakan sebagai tempat hunian dan dapat pula dijadikan sebagai peluang usaha yaitu dengan menyewakannya kepada pihak lain dalam hal ini oleh PT. Global Medan Town Square sebagai pendiri bangunan hotel tersebut untuk dipergunakan sebagai sarana akomodasi.
Mengenai pengelolaan sewa yang dilakukan oleh pemilik bangunan hotel dengan PT. Global Medan Town Square sebagai pengelola merupakan hal yang menarik untuk dibahas. Pertanyaan yang muncul adalah bagaimana ketentuan hukum yang terdapat dalam perjanjian pengelolaan sewa tersebut. Peraturan hukum mana yang digunakan para pihak untuk melaksanakan perjanjian tersebut. Apakah dengan menggunakan himpunan peraturan seperti yang tercantum dalam Kitab Undang-Undang Hukum Perdata atau dengan menggunakan himpunan peraturan khusus mengenai rumah susun. Bagaimana hak dan kewajiban para pihak dalam perjanjian tersebut berkenaan dengan objek kepemilikan bersama dan bagaimana pula ketentuan hukumnya apabila terjadi wanprestasi. Karena dengan suatu wanprestasi dapat mengakibatkan kebatalan dari suatu perjanjian yang telah dibuat oleh para pihak.
Dalam penulisan tesis ini penulis melakukan suatu penelitian, yaitu penelitian kepustakaan (library research) yaitu dengan menggunakan Kitab Undang-Undang Hukum perdata, himpunan peraturan-peraturan hukum, buku-buku, seminar, makalah, tesis, dan sebagainya. Juga penulis melakukan penelitian lapangan (field research) yaitu dengan melakukan pendekatan langsung pada sumbernya, dalam kaitan ini adalah Notaris sebagai penunjang kepustakaan.
Perjanjian yang ada dalam tesis ini mengacu kepada UU No. 16 Tahun 1985 tentang Rumah Susun, Kitab Undang-Undang Hukum Perdata, dan beberapa himpunan peraturan lainnya yang terkait. Hak dan kewajiban para pihak dilindungi oleh hukum dan apabila terdapat wanprestasi diupayakan untuk dilakukan musyawarah demi mendapatkan jalan keluar yang baik. Namun apabila jalan musyawarah tidak dapat dilaksanakan maka ditempuh suatu upaya hukum. Untuk itu kiranya pemerintah sebagai pembentuk undang-undang dapat membuat suatu peraturan baru yang lebih lengkap dan menyeluruh mengenai rumah susun, serta lebih melengkapi peraturan mengenai hukum perjanjian. Hal tesebut adalah untuk menjamin kepastian hukum bagi pihak-pihak yang terkait dalam pemilikan rumah susun dan para pelaku perjanjian.123 HalamanTesis Magiste
Kesadaran hukum hak konsumen mahasiswa atas jaminan produk Halal: Studi kasus pada mahasiswa program studi Hukum Ekonomi Syariah UIN Maliki Malang
No full textABSTRAK
Produk makanan yang diproduksi di Indonesia menurut UU No. 33 Tahun 2014 tentang jaminan produk halal harus bersertifikasi halal. Peraturan ini kemudian ditindak lajuti lagi dengan munculnya PP No. 39 Tahun 2021 tentang Penyelenggaraan Bidang Jaminan Produk Halal yang mana PP ini sebagai peraturan pelaksanaan yang terdapat dalam UU No. 11 Tahun 2020 tentang Cipta Kerja. Keterangan secara jelas terkait status produk adalah hak para konsumen berdasarka pada UU No. 8 Tahun 1999 tentang Perlindungan Konsumen. Konsumen memiliki kewajiban untuk mencermati label halal yang dicantumkan ketika hendak mengonsumsi makanan yang menjadi sebuah upaya dari kesadaran hukum konsumen. Tujuan dari penelitian ini yaitu untuk menganalisa kesadaran hukum konsumen mahasiswa Hukum Ekonomi Syariah terkait jaminan produk halal. Apalagi mahasiswa digolongkan sebagai kaum intelektual, namun tidak ada jaminan bahwa mahasiswa tersebut paham dan menyadari tentang pentingnya menyadari terlebih dahulu apa yang mereka konsumsi selama di era saat ini.
Jenis penelitian ini yaitu penelitian hukum empiris, dikarenakan penulis hendak mengkaji dan menganalisa bagaimana penerapan hukum pada mahasiswa yang menempuh kuliah pada program studi Hukum Ekonomi Syariah UIN Maliki Malang atas jaminan produk halal. Pendekatan yang dipergunakan penelitian ini ialah yuridis sosiologis dengan teknik pengumpulan data melalui angket, kuesioner, serta studi dokumentasi.
Hasil penelitian Sebagian besar mahasiswa program studi Hukum Ekonomi Syariah UIN Maliki Malang memiliki kesadaran hukum yang tergolong baik. Hal ini ditunjukkan melalui beberapa indikator yang berupa indikator pengetahuan hukum, pemahaman hukum, sikap hukum serta perilaku hukum. Adapun untuk pengimplementasian kesadaran hukum itu sendiri ditunjukkan dengan mahasiswa senantiasa mengonsumsi makanan yang halal dan baik di tempat yang berlabel halal. Sehingga hal ini sependapat dengan maqashid syariah terhadap hifzh nafs itu sendiri yakni pemeliharaan terhadap jiwa manusia. Mahasiswa telah menerapkan hifzh nafs ketika hendak mengonsumsi makanan.
ABSTRACT
Food products produced in Indonesia according to Law No. 33 of 2014 concerning the guarantee of halal products must be halal certified. This regulation was then followed up again with the emergence of PP No. 39 of 2021 concerning the Implementation of the Halal Product Guarantee Field, which is the implementing regulation contained in Law No. 11 of 2020 concerning Job Creation. Clear information about the status of products including the rights of consumers as regulated in Law No. 8 of 1999 concerning Consumer Protection. Consumers are obliged to pay attention to the halal label listed when they want to consume food which is a form of consumer legal awareness. This study aims to analyze the consumer law awareness of Sharia Economic Law students related to the guarantee of halal products. Moreover, students are classified as intellectuals, but there is no guarantee that these students understand and realize the importance of realizing in advance what they consume during the current era.
This type of research is included in empirical legal research, because the author wants to study and analyze how the application of law to students studying in the Sharia Economic Law study program at UIN Maliki Malang on the guarantee of halal products. The approach used in this study is yuridis sosiological with data collection techniques through questionnaires, questionnaires, and documentation studies.
Research results Most of the students of the Sharia Economic Law study program at UIN Maliki Malang have a relatively good legal awareness. This is shown through several indicators in the form of indicators of legal knowledge, understanding of the law, legal attitudes and legal behavior. As for the implementation of legal awareness itself, it is shown by students always eating halal and good food in a place labeled halal. Thisis in line with maqashid sharia against hifzh nafs itself i.e. the maintenance of the human soul. Students have applied hifzh nafs when they want to consume food.
مستخلص البحث
يجب أن تكون المنتجات الغذائية المنتجة في إندونيسيا وفقا للقانون رقم 33 لعام 2014 بشأن ضمان المنتجات الحلال معتمدة من الحلال. ثم تمت متابعة هذه اللائحة مرة أخرى مع ظهور PP رقم 39 لعام 2021 بشأن تنفيذ مجال ضمان المنتجات الحلال ، وهي اللائحة التنفيذية الواردة في القانون رقم 11 لعام 2020 بشأن خلق فرص العمل. معلومات واضحة عن حالة المنتجات بما في ذلك حقوق المستهلكين على النحو الذي ينظمه القانون رقم 8 لسنة 1999 بشأن حماية المستهلك. يلتزم المستهلكون بالانتباه إلى الملصق الحلال المدرج عندما يريدون استهلاك الطعام وهو شكل من أشكال الوعي القانوني للمستهلك. تهدف هذه الدراسة إلى تحليل وعي طلبة الشريعة الإسلامية بقانون الاقتصاد الشرعي فيما يتعلق بضمان المنتجات الحلال. علاوة على ذلك ، يتم تصنيف الطلاب على أنهم مثقفون ، ولكن ليس هناك ما يضمن أن هؤلاء الطلاب يفهمون ويدركون أهمية تحقيق ما يستهلكونه مسبقا خلال العصر الحالي.
يتم تضمين هذا النوع من البحوث في البحوث القانونية التجريبية ، لأن المؤلف يريد دراسة وتحليل كيفية تطبيق القانون على الطلاب الذين يدرسون في برنامج دراسة القانون الاقتصادي الشرعي في جامعة الأسلامية الحكومية مولانا مالك إبراهيم مالانج على ضمان المنتجات الحلال. النهج المستخدم في هذه الدراسة هو اجتماعي قانوني مع تقنيات جمع البيانات من خلال الاستبيانات والاستبيانات ودراسات التوثيق.
نتائج البحث يتمتع معظم طلاب برنامج دراسة القانون الاقتصادي الشرعي في جامعة الأسلامية الحكومية مولانا مالك إبراهيم مالانج بوعي قانوني جيد نسبيا. ويظهر ذلك من خلال عدة مؤشرات في شكل مؤشرات للمعرفة القانونية وفهم القانون والمواقف القانونية والسلوك القانوني. أما بالنسبة لتطبيق الوعي القانوني نفسه ، فيظهر ذلك من خلال تناول الطلاب دائما للأغذية الحلال والجيدة في مكان يسمى الحلال. وهذايتماشى مع الشريعة المقدسة ضد حفص النفس نفسها، أي الحفاظ على النفس البشرية. وقد طبق الطلاب الحفظ النفس عندما يريدون استهلاك الطعام
Identity and Pluralism : Ethnicity, Religion and Values
No full textThis publication contains presentations from the workshop “Identity and Pluralism” held at Linköping University in Sweden in June 2008. ¨The first article by Reevany Bustami, Ellisha Nasruddin and Sarmila Md Sum offers a critique of the ‘diversity and inclusion’ discussions in the present CSR discourse. In doing so, it seeks to expand the parameters of diversity to include the broader community as well as the supply chain networks within which companies exist. It also examines the issues of diversity and pluralism within the context of multi religious and multi ethnic Malaysian society as well as the continuing debates of affirmative action originated from Malaysia’s New Economic Policy (NEP). In their essay on pluralism in Malaysian higher education Ellisha Nasruddin, Reevany Bustami and Ng Sen Fa discuss: 1) key future trends/alternatives within higher education and their cross-impacts; 2) how these trends/alternatives may create undesirable or desirable impact on ethnic pluralism; and 3) roadmap(s) for transformation within higher education vis-a-vis ethnic pluralism. What is the role of Christian churches in Malaysia? Göran Wiking discusses the isolationist characteristics inherent in some Malaysian churches and denominations. Secondly, a brief analysis of the phenomenon is attempted: is this a genuine or just a perceived impediment to national integration? Are there in fact indicators to the contrary, whereby a certain degree of ethnic isolation can serve to strengthen identity and foster more wholesome members of the society at large? Göran Collste discusses one aspect of Malaysian political pluralism; the policy of affirmative action. Affirmative action is favouring Malays and to be Muslim is one of the requirements for being beneficiary of affirmative action. He points at some problems for the policy of affirmative action in a time with increased religious tensions and an increased emphasis on religious affiliation as identity marker. What are the conditions for a real dialogue between members of different ethnic and religious groups? Peter Gan argues that openness to transformation by the other is not strictly speaking an ethic of reducing the other to the self. Rather, it is an orientation that is predicated upon a symmetric self-other relation. In exploring this form of openness, the author attempts to unravel the intricacies embedded within the dialogic process which permeates interethnic, particularly interreligious relations. The concept “secular state” is nowadays often used in both everyday discourse and scholarly debate. Often it comes with normative connotations; that the democratic state should be secular. However, the exact meaning of the concept is not clear. In his essay Marcus Agnafors examines different meanings of the concept “secular state”. He also discusses some arguments commonly presented in support of the idea that the state should, in some sense, be secular. Finally, Anne-Christine Hornborg’s essay deals with the struggle for identity by an Indian tribe in Canada. She discusses the impact of the so called residential school on contemporary Mi’kmaq life worlds and identities, drawing on interviews from fieldworks conducted in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia.Authors participating in this publication apart from the editor: Reevany Bustami, Ellisha Nasruddin, Sarmila Md Sum, Ng Sen Fa, Göran Wiking, Peter Gan, Marcus Agnafors and Anne-Christine Hornborg.</p
Identity and Pluralism : Ethnicity, Religion and Values
No full textThis publication contains presentations from the workshop “Identity and Pluralism” held at Linköping University in Sweden in June 2008. ¨The first article by Reevany Bustami, Ellisha Nasruddin and Sarmila Md Sum offers a critique of the ‘diversity and inclusion’ discussions in the present CSR discourse. In doing so, it seeks to expand the parameters of diversity to include the broader community as well as the supply chain networks within which companies exist. It also examines the issues of diversity and pluralism within the context of multi religious and multi ethnic Malaysian society as well as the continuing debates of affirmative action originated from Malaysia’s New Economic Policy (NEP). In their essay on pluralism in Malaysian higher education Ellisha Nasruddin, Reevany Bustami and Ng Sen Fa discuss: 1) key future trends/alternatives within higher education and their cross-impacts; 2) how these trends/alternatives may create undesirable or desirable impact on ethnic pluralism; and 3) roadmap(s) for transformation within higher education vis-a-vis ethnic pluralism. What is the role of Christian churches in Malaysia? Göran Wiking discusses the isolationist characteristics inherent in some Malaysian churches and denominations. Secondly, a brief analysis of the phenomenon is attempted: is this a genuine or just a perceived impediment to national integration? Are there in fact indicators to the contrary, whereby a certain degree of ethnic isolation can serve to strengthen identity and foster more wholesome members of the society at large? Göran Collste discusses one aspect of Malaysian political pluralism; the policy of affirmative action. Affirmative action is favouring Malays and to be Muslim is one of the requirements for being beneficiary of affirmative action. He points at some problems for the policy of affirmative action in a time with increased religious tensions and an increased emphasis on religious affiliation as identity marker. What are the conditions for a real dialogue between members of different ethnic and religious groups? Peter Gan argues that openness to transformation by the other is not strictly speaking an ethic of reducing the other to the self. Rather, it is an orientation that is predicated upon a symmetric self-other relation. In exploring this form of openness, the author attempts to unravel the intricacies embedded within the dialogic process which permeates interethnic, particularly interreligious relations. The concept “secular state” is nowadays often used in both everyday discourse and scholarly debate. Often it comes with normative connotations; that the democratic state should be secular. However, the exact meaning of the concept is not clear. In his essay Marcus Agnafors examines different meanings of the concept “secular state”. He also discusses some arguments commonly presented in support of the idea that the state should, in some sense, be secular. Finally, Anne-Christine Hornborg’s essay deals with the struggle for identity by an Indian tribe in Canada. She discusses the impact of the so called residential school on contemporary Mi’kmaq life worlds and identities, drawing on interviews from fieldworks conducted in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia.Authors participating in this publication apart from the editor: Reevany Bustami, Ellisha Nasruddin, Sarmila Md Sum, Ng Sen Fa, Göran Wiking, Peter Gan, Marcus Agnafors and Anne-Christine Hornborg.</p
