Islam Nusantara: Strategi Perjuangan “Keumatan” Nahdlatul Ulama

Islam Almasri_TOCSJ

Recently, a number of methods have been proposed to improve image retrieval accuracy by capturing context information. These methods try to compensate for the fact that a visually less similar image might be more relevant because it depicts the same object. We propose a new quick method for refining any pairwise distance metric, it works by iteratively discovering the object in the image from t...

Islam in local contexts: Localised Islam in Northern Pakistan

As Clifford Geertz remarked in his Islam Observed (1968), the idea of a ‘changing’ religion is a contradiction in terms, as religion is fundamentally concerned with what is permanent and eternal. Still, one way to come to terms with religious change is to consider the many ways that religion is interpreted, by laymen and scholars alike. Social anthropologists like myself have naturally found a ...

Islam in the West: From Immigration to Global Islam

Multi-Channel Learning - E-Learning Model of Bina Nusantara University

This paper discusses ICT implementation in supporting e-Learning activities in Bina Nusantara University (UBiNus), Jakarta, Indonesia. The presentation starts with an introduction clarifying background of Multi Channel Learning application , those are UBiNus’ vision, internal factors, and external factors that becomes a consideration for its implementation. Next, clarification of Multi Channel ...

the effects of jamiat-ul-ulama –i-islam in pakistan on taliban in afghanistan

the taliban emerged in 1994 as one of the important phenomena in contemporary political history of afghanistan, south western asia, middle east and islamic world. taliban initially demanded the unity of the country and elimination of local authoritarian rulers and rogue groups to provide stability in afghanistan. but after the initial successes, they declared their goals as a shari'a -base...