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de Kock, Fleetwood Jerry; de Beer, Zacharias Louw; Wolhuter, Charl C.; Potgieter, Ferdinand Jacobus – Bulgarian Comparative Education Society, 2022
Various internal and external determinants influence an education system. External determinants include language, demographics, geography, technology, politics, and financial and economic trends. Religion is also one of these external determinants that can influence an education system, as well as the education systems of the. The BRICS member…
Descriptors: Religion, Religious Factors, Comparative Education, Foreign Countries
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Alaboudi, Munirah – AERA Online Paper Repository, 2016
This is considered the first study of how American Islamic secondary schools in various parts of the United States seek to develop positive character and civic engagement in their students. This study is relevant because of much-publicized tensions over the situation of Muslim minorities. In this context, the findings of the study have been highly…
Descriptors: Muslims, Islam, Secondary Schools, Citizenship Education
Clarken, Rodney H. – Online Submission, 2009
This paper briefly describes the background of the persecution of the Baha'is in Iran, especially the denial of education, and explores what could be done to alleviate this injustice, including enlisting the support of nations, organizations, media and people around the world. Baha'is are the largest religious minority in Iran and have been…
Descriptors: Social Change, Foreign Countries, Public Policy, Access to Education
Chiang, Linda H. – 2001
The word Islam means submission, as in "submission to the will of God." Islam in China has been propagated over the past 1,300 years primarily among the people now known as "Hui." Hui teaching (Hui jiao) was the general term once used in China for Islam. The Hui are unique among the 55 identified minority nationalities in China…
Descriptors: Asian Studies, Chinese Culture, Educational Change, Educational Policy
Rinke, Dolores – 1988
To the Moslem, Islam is more than a religion to be practiced one day a week or in a few rituals; it is a detailed way of life. Behavior is comprehensively legislated for Moslems. Their major obligation is to know and follow the "five pillars" of Islamic law. The impact of religion on business is substantiated in research. Some attitudes…
Descriptors: Banking, Bureaucracy, Business, Cultural Context
Sanders, Kathryn A.; Morgan, Marilon – 2002
In 1998, the Tulsa (Oklahoma) Metropolitan Ministry's Task Force on Religious Understanding, in partnership with the National Conference for Community and Justice, the Jewish Federation of Tulsa, and three local universities, began planning an interfaith study abroad experience in Israel for adult learners within the Christian, Jewish, and Muslim…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Christianity, Foreign Countries, Interfaith Relations