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Contemporary Developments in Indonesian Islam

Explaining the "conservative Turn"

"Once celebrated in the Western media as a shining example of a 'liberal' and 'tolerant' Islam, Indonesia since the end of the Soeharto regime (May 1998) has witnessed a variety of developments that bespeak a conservative turn in the country's Muslim politics. In this timely collection of original essays, Martin van Bruinessen, our most distinguished senior Western scholar of Indonesian Islam, and four leading Indonesian Muslim scholars explore and explain these developments. Each chapter examines recent trends from a strategic institutional perch: the Council of Indonesian Muslim scholars, the reformist Muhammadiyah, South Sulawesi's Committee for the Implementation of Islamic Shari'a, and radical Islamism in Solo. With van Bruinessen's brilliantly synthetic introduction and conclusion, these essays shed a bright light on what Indonesian Muslim politics was and where it seems to be going. The analysis is complex and by no means uniformly dire. For readers interested in Indonesian Muslim politics, and for analysts interested in the dialectical interplay of progressive and conservative Islam, this book is fascinating and essential reading." -Robert Hefner, Director Institute on Culture, Religion, and World Affairs, Boston University

and the Politics of Re-Islamization: The Majelis Permusyawaratan Ulama, Shari'
atization and Contested Authority in Post-New Order Aceh”, journal of Islamic
Studies 22 (2011). Ichwan can be contacted at ... Martin van Bruinessen is
Emeritus Professor of Comparative Studies of Contemporary Muslim Societies at
Utrecht University and was one of the chairs at the International Institute for the
Study of Islam in the Modern World (ISIM). His most recent publications include
the edited ...

The Complete Guide to Grammar

An understanding of grammar is fundamental to the proper use of any language. This book is the ideal starter for people who missed out on learning the ground rules of English grammar, who are keen to take a refresher course or who are learning English as a foreign or second language.

This book is the ideal starter for people who missed out on learning the ground rules of English grammar, who are keen to take a refresher course or who are learning English as a foreign or second language.

Complete Babylonian Beginner to Intermediate Course

A Comprehensive Guide to Reading and Understanding Babylonian, with Original Texts

Do you want to engage with Babylonian culture and literature in the original language?The course will introduce you to a fascinating world of gods and demons, heroes and kings.The readings are drawn from myths, letters, law-codes, medical incantations, and other authentic, ancient writings. The language is presented in the Roman alphabet, with an explanation of cuneiform script, and the main features of Assyrian - cognate with Babylonian - are also explained. Learn effortlessly with a new easy-to-read page design and interactive features in this book from Teach Yourself, the No. 1 brand in language learning.

In English, whether a noun is the subject or object of a sentence is indicated by
word order: the subject usually precedes the verb, the object usually follows it.
Thus 'man' is subject in 'man ... an English speaker. For example, it does not use
articles (words like 'a' and 'the'); it does not always use singulars and plurals in
the same way English does; the word ... Learning a foreign language always
takes some effort, but as languages go Babylonian is not difficult. The catch, if
any, lies in ...

Sherlock Holmes in America

The world's greatest detective leaves his native shores and travels to the most dangerous land of all...America!

tis always a joy to meet an American,” declares Sherlock Holmes in “The
Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,” “for I am one of those who believe that the folly
of a monarch and the blundering of a minister in far-gone years will not prevent
our children from being some day citizens of the same worldwide country under a
flag which shall be a quartering of the Union Jack with the Stars and Stripes.” It
should not come as a surprise, then, to find that the Sherlock Holmes stories are
fairly ...

A happy boy, tr. by R.B. Anderson. Author's ed

... tittle- tattle any more, always go to church, let the girls alone, and break myself
of swearing. The tenth, however, thought that if Ole Hansen had passed last year
it would be more than unjust if he who had always done better at school, and,
moreover, came of a better family, did A HAPPY BOY. 67.