Religious Conflicts, Political Fights: Turmoil in the Middle East, Pragmatism in Southeast Asia

ABSTRACTThe contemporary visibility and importance of English throughout the Asian region coupled with the emergence and development of distinct varieties of Asian Englishes have played an important part in the global story of English in recent years. Across Asia, the numbers of people having at least a functional command of the language have grown exponentially over the last four decades, and current changes in the sociolinguistic realities of the region are often so rapid that it is difficult for academic commentators to keep pace. One basic issue in the telling of this story is the question of what it is we mean by the term ‘Asia’, itself a word of contested etymology, whose geographical reference has ranged in application from the Middle East to Central Asia, and from the Indian sub-continent to Japan and Korea. In this article, my discussion will focus on the countries of South Asia, Southeast Asia, and East Asia, as it is in these regions that we find not only the greatest concentration of ‘outer-circle’ English-using societies but also a number of the most populous English-learning and English-knowing nations in the world.

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Agriculture and Climate Change in Southeast Asia and the Middle East: Breeding, Climate Change Adaptation, Agronomy, and Water Security

Handbook of Climate Change Adaptation ◽

10.1007/978-3-642-38670-1_74 ◽

2015 ◽

pp. 1511-1519

Author(s):

Ijaz Rasool Noorka ◽

J. S. Heslop-Harrison

Keyword(s):

Climate Change ◽

Middle East ◽

Southeast Asia ◽

Climate Change Adaptation ◽

Water Security

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δ-tocotrienol induce nasopharyngeal carcinoma apoptosis and Growth arrest in the CNE1 cells

Food & Function ◽

10.1039/d1fo00461a ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Junjun Shen ◽

Tao Yang ◽

Yiping Tang ◽

Tianyi Guo ◽

Ting Guo ◽

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Keyword(s):

Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma ◽

Middle East ◽

Southeast Asia ◽

Incidence Rate ◽

North Africa ◽

Southern China ◽

Growth Arrest ◽

The Arctic ◽

High Incidence ◽

High Incidence Rate

Nasopharyngeal carcinoma has a notably high incidence rate in Southern China, Southeast Asia, North Africa, Middle East, and the Arctic. δ-tocotrienol is abundant in cereal and has some health benefits....

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Introduction: Comparative Perspectives on Islamisation

Islamisation ◽

10.3366/edinburgh/9781474417129.003.0001 ◽

2017 ◽

pp. 1-18

Author(s):

A. C. S. Peacock

Keyword(s):

Middle East ◽

Southeast Asia ◽

South Asia ◽

Cultural Change ◽

Popular Media ◽

Seventh Century ◽

The World ◽

Populated State ◽

Muslim Majority ◽

Almost All

The Arab conquests of the Middle East and much of North Africa and Central Asia in the seventh century mark the beginning of a process of religious and cultural change which ultimately resulted in the present Muslim-majority populations of almost all of these regions (see Figure 1.1). Yet the countries with the greatest Muslim populations today exist outside the Middle East in South Asia (India, Pakistan and Bangladesh) and in Southeast Asia, where Indonesia constitutes the largest Muslim-populated state in the world. Islam spread far into Africa and Europe too, and significant Muslim populations also arose in parts of the world which remained mostly non-Muslim, such as China and Ethiopia. This spread of Islam is often referred to as ‘Islamisation’, a term widespread in scholarship and in recent times in more popular media.

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Part II Islamic Law and Contracts in Practice, 12 Shari’a-Compliant Funds: Principles and Practical Considerations

Islamic Finance ◽

10.1093/law/9780198725237.003.0012 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Ahmedani Zeeshan ◽

Alam Safdar

Keyword(s):

Middle East ◽

Southeast Asia ◽

Broad Spectrum ◽

Islamic Law ◽

Islamic Finance ◽

Investment Management ◽

Islamic World ◽

East And Southeast Asia ◽

Asset Classes

This concluding chapter explores Shari’a-compliant funds. The Shari’a-compliant funds sector is concentrated in three distinct ways, each of which exemplifies constraints on its ability to grow. First, the sector is still largely concentrated in two regions of the Islamic world: the Middle East and Southeast Asia. Second, the sector is also concentrated in a small number of asset classes. Thus, it does not as yet provide its investor base with the broad spectrum of exposure to geographies, asset classes, strategies, and return profiles that are the hallmark of a mature investment management industry. Third, the Shari’a-compliant funds sector lacks significant diversification across managers, with a handful of large managers still dominating the market. The chapter then looks at the basic tenets of Islamic finance and their application to Shari’a-compliant funds. It also considers the various types of Shari’a-compliant funds, as well as the process of establishing and operating a Shari’a-compliant fund.

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