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Using the high-profile 2017 blasphemy trial of the former governor
of Jakarta, Basuki 'Ahok' Tjahaja Purnama, as its sole case study,
this book assesses whether Indonesia's liberal democratic human
rights legal regime can withstand the rise of growing Islamist
majoritarian sentiment. Specifically, this book analyses whether a
2010 decision of Indonesia's Constitutional Court has rendered the
liberal democratic human rights guarantees contained in Indonesia's
1945 Constitution ineffective. Key legal documents, including the
indictment issued by the North Jakarta Attorney-General and General
Prosecutor, the defence's 'Notice of Defence', and the North
Jakarta State Court's convicting judgment, are examined. The book
shows how Islamist majoritarians in Indonesia have hijacked human
rights discourse by attributing new, inaccurate meanings to key
liberal democratic concepts. This has provided them with a human
rights law-based justification for the prioritisation of the
religious sensibilities and religious orthodoxy of Indonesia's
Muslim majority over the fundamental rights of the country's
religious minorities. While Ahok's conviction evidences this, the
book cautions that matters pertaining to public religion will
remain a site of contestation in contemporary Indonesia for the
foreseeable future. A groundbreaking study of the Ahok trial, the
blasphemy law, and the contentious politics of religious freedom
and cultural citizenship in Indonesia, this book will be of
interest to academics working in the fields of religion, Islamic
studies, religious studies, law and society, law and development,
law reform, constitutionalism, politics, history and social change,
and Southeast Asian studies.
Haunting and candid, A Girl's A Gun introduces a poet whose bold
voice merges heightened lyricism with compelling narrative. Steeped
in storytelling traditions, the poems in Rachel Danielle Peterson's
debut collection exhibit linguistic dexterity and mastery of form
as the poet mixes lyrical paragraphs, sonnets, and interview-style
poems with free verse. Hey Yvonne! The memoree of some strangerhis
shoulder's shadow plunges inta our place: thunk, thunk. Run!
Mother's vowels pierce haze. Mother, can we distil the pink
threads, fabric, black ball cap, the odor of Bud Light, fills the
door she walks through, dust, Mamma. Dust is all we is Taken
together, the poems present the coming-of-age story of a girl born
in the mountains of rural eastern Kentucky, tracing her journey
into a wider world of experience. While the early poems are steeped
in Appalachian speech and culture -- a hybrid of a child's diction
and regional dialect -- the language shifts as the collection
progresses, becoming more standard. The speaker engages with hard
issues surrounding gender and violence in contemporary life and
explores what it means to be an artist in a culture that favors a
literal interpretation of reality. Exploring issues of identity,
place, and the call to create, this collection tackles subjects
that will shock, touch, and bewilder readers while giving voice to
an underrepresented and perhaps even unprecedented perspective in
poetry.
Using the high-profile 2017 blasphemy trial of the former governor
of Jakarta, Basuki 'Ahok' Tjahaja Purnama, as its sole case study,
this book assesses whether Indonesia's liberal democratic human
rights legal regime can withstand the rise of growing Islamist
majoritarian sentiment. Specifically, this book analyses whether a
2010 decision of Indonesia's Constitutional Court has rendered the
liberal democratic human rights guarantees contained in Indonesia's
1945 Constitution ineffective. Key legal documents, including the
indictment issued by the North Jakarta Attorney-General and General
Prosecutor, the defence's 'Notice of Defence', and the North
Jakarta State Court's convicting judgment, are examined. The book
shows how Islamist majoritarians in Indonesia have hijacked human
rights discourse by attributing new, inaccurate meanings to key
liberal democratic concepts. This has provided them with a human
rights law-based justification for the prioritisation of the
religious sensibilities and religious orthodoxy of Indonesia's
Muslim majority over the fundamental rights of the country's
religious minorities. While Ahok's conviction evidences this, the
book cautions that matters pertaining to public religion will
remain a site of contestation in contemporary Indonesia for the
foreseeable future. A groundbreaking study of the Ahok trial, the
blasphemy law, and the contentious politics of religious freedom
and cultural citizenship in Indonesia, this book will be of
interest to academics working in the fields of religion, Islamic
studies, religious studies, law and society, law and development,
law reform, constitutionalism, politics, history and social change,
and Southeast Asian studies.
Discover the next frontier in sports training-improving your mental
game, no matter your age or experience-and how to become the
Playmaker, both in your professional and personal life. Coaches
search for it. Parents dream of it. Fans love it. Athletes want it.
The playmaker on any sports team possesses it: an elusive,
intangible quality combining anticipation, perception, and
decision-making skills. This quality raises their game above the
competition and allows them to pass when no one else can,
anticipate the movement of opponents, avoid costly mental mistakes,
and ultimately, hold the team together. Now, for the first time,
cognitive science research is revealing the secrets of the
playmaker's keen sense of awareness. Just as tests of speed,
strength, and agility have provided a baseline of physiological
biomarkers, coaches can now capture cognitive metrics including
attention, pattern recognition, anticipation, and the ability to
take quick, decisive action during the chaos of competition. The
Playmaker's Advantage is a groundbreaking book that will educate
athletes of all ages about this essential creative capability in an
accessible, easy to understand method.
All the patterns used by the formidable troops of the Waffen-SS,
from the first revolutionary designs of the late 1930s to
little-known innovations of 1945, are explained and illustrated by
means of more than 120 colour photographs of rare, original
surviving specimens. The book also covers similar and derivative
patterns used by German and foreign armies up to the modern day;
and gives invaluable advice on the identification of original
wartime uniforms. Useful for collectors, uniform historians and
military modellers alike, this title aims to resolve the confusion
surrounding this subject and establishes and complete and concise
system of identification and terminology.
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Jonah and the King
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Twelve Feet Up (Paperback)
John Penteros; Illustrated by Danielle Peterson
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Twelve Feet Down (Paperback)
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It is the future and time travel is real. But it is not the time
travel where you step into a machine and step out in another place,
instead it is the passing of consciousness and control from present
to the past. Two factions understand the power and use of this new
development and intend to use it to save the world from an unclear
but definitely approaching disaster. The Authority seeks to create
a world free from turmoil and strife by keeping things nice
controlled and orderly. The Network wants to unhinge linear time
enough to prevent this dark future, while maintaining mankind's
freedom. What would you do if you had the power to change the past?
How will the future react as you become an Agent of Change.
Jordan J. Winslow had tried love. He had tried marriage. And he
swore that he would never go through that mess again. Then he met
the beautiful, dynamic Catherine. She was not interested in the
this geek. But Jordan had a plan. He would give her what she wanted
most, a winning season for her sculling team. Implementing the plan
would make this time in his life the best he'd ever known, and
worse than he could have ever imagined.
Eskander's woman betrays him. His king banishes him. His best
friend is murdered. Now Eskander lives for revenge. He will make an
army and dispense justice, even if thousands die. But what will he
live for when revenge is impossible? And what will he do when he
becomes a target of revenge? Eskander struggles across a world,
following the road sunward, driven by forces he strives to
understand, and finally discovers his incredible, real purpose.
Walter was always running away from something-a broken heart,
shame, the truth. He was also unknowingly pursued by something
sinister, and, when he finally held still too long, it caught him.
King of Shards is a prequel to the acclaimed short novel, Free Body
Diagram.
This follow-up novella to the critically acclaimed Our Blissful
Bayou Beginnings is set in the American West in the 1970s against a
backdrop of a counterculture spiritual movement. Remi is attempting
to live quietly as a tradesman in Arizona, but his peaceful respite
is soon ended when Bichette forces her way back into his life.
Against his better judgment he accepts a quest from her and soon he
finds himself searching not just for a man foolish enough to cross
his temperamental immortal beloved, but searching through
Bichette's own past and secrets as well.
The Duck And The Doe is the tale of two immortal beings whose
eternal love has soured a bit in the last two centuries. Written as
a memoir by the "hero", this novella is a musing on both what love
is and how much America has changed since the early 19th century.
The first volume deals with both the supernatural and the racism of
the old American south. Told with humor and passion (and the
occasional rant) the story of these strong characters, including a
wealthy young lawyer and a clever courtesan, will change your idea
of what "love forever" really means.
With limited advertising and marketing budgets and an over
communicated world, finding a niche or a unique differentiator for
a university has become crucial. This statement will be supported
by the research from Jack Trout and Al Ries in their many books on
"Positioning." In addition, some journal articles and textbooks by
Phil Kotler, D. Akers, and others support the need for
differentiating your product or service. Finally, some research on
the limited and decreasing state funding going to universities,
administrators are finding ways to become more efficient and
effective; sometimes by streamlining their program offerings etc.
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