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Heretic and impostor or reformer and statesman? The contradictory Western visions of Muhammad In European culture, Muhammad has been vilified as a heretic, an impostor, and a pagan idol. But these aren’t the only images of the Prophet of Islam that emerge from Western history. Commentators have also portrayed Muhammad as a visionary reformer and an inspirational leader, statesman, and lawgiver. In Faces of Muhammad, John Tolan provides a comprehensive history of these changing, complex, and contradictory visions. Starting from the earliest calls to the faithful to join the Crusades against the “Saracens,” he traces the evolution of Western conceptions of Muhammad through the Reformatio...
This book presents various computational and cognitive modeling approaches in the areas of health, education, finance, environment, engineering, commerce, and industry. It is a collection of selected conference papers presented at the 4th International Conference on Trends in Cognitive Computation Engineering (TCCE 2022), hosted by Mawlana Bhashani Science and Technology University, Tangail, Bangladesh, during December 17–18, 2022. It shares cutting-edge insights and ideas from mathematicians, engineers, scientists, and researchers and discusses fresh perspectives on problem solving in a range of research areas.
Keunikan kehidupan masyarakat Baduy menarik untuk dikaji dalam berbagai perspektif. Buku ini pada dasarnya berusaha menggali kembali kearifan nilai budaya masyarakat Baduy dan berbagai dilema transformasi sosial yang dialami. Dalam rentang sejarah yang sangat lama, masyarakat Baduy berupaya melestarikan lingkungan sebagaimana inti ajaran Sunda Wiwitan yaitu menolak adanya transformasi apa pun atau perubahan sedikit mungkin. Konstelasi alam mikro dan makrokosmos dibangun secara sinergis agar kelestarian lingkungan Baduy tidak mengalami perubahan. Namun dinamika masyarakat yang terus mengalami perubahan tampaknya telah melahirkan berbagai gagasan baik internal maupun eksternal masyarakat; yang...
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the International Conference on Business and Technology (ICBT2021) organized by EuroMid Academy of Business & Technology (EMABT), held in Istanbul, between 06–07 November 2021. In response to the call for papers for ICBT2021, 485 papers were submitted for presentation and inclusion in the proceedings of the conference. After a careful blind refereeing process, 292 papers were selected for inclusion in the conference proceedings from forty countries. Each of these chapters was evaluated through an editorial board, and each chapter was passed through a double-blind peer-review process. The book highlights a range of topics in the ...
This book highlights original research and recent advances in various fields related to smart cities and their applications. Bringing together new contributions by prominent researchers from around the globe, the book is a rich pedagogical tool and an inspiring research support for courses on computer science, electrical engineering, and urban sciences. The book gathers papers presented at the 7th International Conference on Smart City Applications (SCA 2022), held on October 19–21, 2022, in Castelo Branco, Portugal. The technical program of SCA 2022 consisted of 80 papers. The keynote speakers were Eng. Loide Monteiro (Foundation Smart City Cape Verde), Prof. Teodora Vuckovic (University of Novi Sad), Prof. Susana Sargento (University of Aveiro), Prof. Andy Van Den Dobblesteen (TU Delft), and Prof. Juan Corchado (University of Salamanca). SCA 2022 provided a good forum for all researchers to discuss all aspects of science and technology that are relevant to smart city applications.
Buku ini membahas tentang pengabdian masyarakat internasional sebagai langkah yang sangat positif dan bermakna serta dapat meningkatkan kesadaran masyarakat akan pentingnya kerja sama dalam layanan masyarakat internasional. Buku ini diharapkan mampu memberikan pemahaman lebih mendalam tentang dampak positif yang dihasilkan dari kerja sama lintas batas dalam upaya pemberdayaan masyarakat. Buku ini dapat menjadi sumber inspirasi dan motivasi bagi individu atau kelompok yang ingin terlibat dalam layanan masyarakat internasional. Buku yang terdiri dari 26 bab ini juga mampu mengajak pembaca luas untuk turut berkontribusi dalam memecahkan berbagai tantangan sosial dan lingkungan yang dihadapi oleh masyarakat global.
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Electronic Government is continually advancing in topics such as hardware and software technology, e-government adoption and diffusion, e-government policy, e-government planning, management, e-government applications, and e-government impacts. Technology Enabled Transformation of the Public Sector: Advances in E-Government is filled with original research about electronic government and supplies academicians, practitioners, and professionals with quality applied research results in the field of electronic/digital government, its applications, and impacts on governmental organizations around the world. This title effectively and positively provides organizational and managerial directions with greater use and management of electronic/digital government technologies in organizations. It also epitomizes the research available within e-government while exponentially emphasizing the expansiveness of this field.