Tarian Soreng Warga Setuju Bandung Rejo Dalam Perspektif Islam

Warga derivate containers and other generalized differentials ∗ Dedicated to Jack Warga on his 80th birthday

This is the first of two papers devoted to recent ideas on the theory of generalized differentials with good open mapping properties. Here we will discuss “generalized differentiation theories” (abbr. GDTs), with special emphasis on the series of developments initiated by Jack Warga’s pioneering work on derivate containers. In the second paper, we will focus on the most recent theory, of “path-...

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

Islam in Europe

Xenophobia is on the rise in Europe; and the ten million Muslims living there are often its targets. This paper contends that the fear and anxiety Westerners exhibit toward Muslims stem ultimately from a fear and anxiety regarding ourselves and our beliefs. I argue that the perceived standoff with Muslims causes us to doubt the sincerity and superiority of our own convictions. The latter are pr...