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Item Minicoy from Prehistory to 1973 : the political history of a small coral island in the Indian Ocean(2024) Heidemann, Frank; Naajih, Muhammad; ހައިޑެމަން ފްރޭންކް; ުމުޙައްމަދު ނާޖިހItem Finding the right islam for the maldives: political transformation and state-responses to growing religious dissent(International Journal of Religion, 2020-11-01) Waha, La ToyaAt the first glance, the Maldives appear not to be prone to religious conflict. The archipelago state comprises a religiously and ethnically homogenous society, the different islands have been subject to shared Islamic rule for centuries and even constitutionally religious homogeneity is granted by making every citizen a Muslim and religious diversity prevented by limiting naturalisation to a specific Muslim group. Yet, today allegations of a threat to Islam play a major role in political mobilisation, the Maldives are faced with Islamist violence, and Maldivians have joined the Islamic State and al Qaeda in disproportionally high numbers. The paper seeks to find an answer to the question of how the repression of dissent under the Gayoom regime and the expansion and rise of violent Islamism relate in the Maldivian context. Next to the theoretical model, the paper will provide an introduction to the Maldivian political culture and the reasons for changes therein. It will shed light on the emergence of three major Islamic streams in the Maldivian society, which stood opposed to one another by the late 1990s and early 2000s, and show how Gayoom’s state repression of dissent initiated an escalation process and furthered Islamist violent politics. The paper will argue that while state repression of dissent played a significant role in the repertoire selection of Islamic non-state agents, the introduction of fundamentalist Islamic interpretations through migration, educational exchange programmes and transnational actors have laid the ground for violence in the Maldives.Item Examining service quality of hospitals in India, Sri Lanka, Thailand, and Malaysia: case of outbound medical travelers from the Maldives(Polaris Global Journal of Scholarly Research and Trends, 2022-10) Jaleel, Ahmed Ali; Yajid, Mohamed Shukri Ab; Khatibi, Ali; Azam, S.M. FerdousTo examine outbound Maldivian medical travelers’ perception on the quality of the service levels in hospitals located in India, Sri Lanka, Thailand, and Malaysia. A survey questionnaire was used to gather cross-sectional data from 400 outbound medical travelers from the Maldives. Respondents who received overseas medical treatment at any hospital in India, Sri Lanka, Thailand, and Malaysia were selected randomly. SPSS 25.00, and AMOS version 23.00 was used for data analysis. The service quality dimension of tangible, empathy, efficiency and safety positively and significantly influence hospital service quality. On contrary, the level of improvement in medical care found to have a negligible effect. Hospitals in Thailand and Malaysia have overall service quality perceptions scores of 91.8% and 84.6% respectively, which is higher than those in India and Sri Lanka, indicating 67.2% and 77.6%. The study highlights the necessity of improving hospital efficiency and safety in India, Sri Lanka, Thailand, and Malaysia. Academics may supplement their analyses of previously published literature with new data and empirical support from the medical industry in Southeast Asia. The findings of this study minimize knowledge, empirical, and population gaps seen in recent literature on medical service quality related to outbound medical travelers from the Maldives.Item The encyclopedia of Islam : three : Maldives(Brill, 2021) Feener, R. MichaelItem The Maldives heritage survey(Centre for Southeast Asian Studies, Kyoto University, 2020) Feener, R. MichaelItem The Maldives heritage survey(Cambridge University Press, 2021-06) Feener, R. Michael; Daly, Patrick; Frachetti, Michael; Mujah, Ibrahim; Irawani, Maida; Taran, Jovial Pally; Zaki, Ahmad; Maasa, Fathimath; Shamran, Mohamed; Zahara, Multia; Azees, Mariyam Isha; Baranyai, Krisztina; Levick, Paula; Bakheit, Hala; Rahardjo, Jessica; Clark, GabrielItem Media in the Maldives(SAGE Publications, 2020) Yerbury, Hilary; Shahid, Ahmed; Riyaz, AminathThe Maldives historically was inhabited by people who were Buddhist; Islam was adopted in 1153 and has been the only religion practised since then. In spite of having British protectorate status from 1887 to 1965, the Maldives lacks any colonial imprint as the British took no hand in the internal administration of the country. In 1968, a referendum established the country as a presidential republic, with a democratically elected parliament. A new and modern constitution, with a chapter on fundamental human rights and freedoms, was adopted in 2008. The country historically has maintained a literacy rate above 90% in the local language, for both males and females. While Dhivehi is the national language, and legal and official correspondence is conducted in Dhivehi (written in the Thaana script), English is used as the primary medium for teaching throughout the educational system. The English language was introduced to the education system in the 1960s, and the younger generations are literate in English. Many Maldivians are familiar with Hindi and Arabic: Hindi because of the prominence of Indian movies in Maldivian popular culture and Arabic given its association with Islam. Government ministries and other public agencies have their websites in both Dhivehi and English. There are a number of local news websites in Dhivehi, including the facility to comment in Dhivehi. Blogs and discussion forums have identified the importance of access to a keyboard using Thaana font as an alternative to writing in Romanised Dhivehi. Computers using a Windows operating system have access to a virtual Thaana keyboard, and discussion forums offer solutions to Mac users whose computers do not feature a virtual Thaana keyboard.Item Social value orientations and public confidence in institutions : a young democracy under the imprint of Covid-19(2021) Moosa, Sheena; Riyaz, Aminath; Abdul Raheem, Raheema; Shiuna Musthafa, Hawwa; Zeen Naeem, AishathSocial value orientations (SVOs) of a society determine peoples’ behaviour and are critical for young democracies in crises. This paper draws on the Maldives Values in Crisis survey, conducted during the first wave of COVID-19 pandemic. SVOs assessed using the Schwartz Personal Values Questionnaire shows that Maldivian society weigh slightly towards prosocial. Urban-rural, age, and gender determine the SVOs on the dimension of Openness to change versus Conservation while age and gender determine the SVOs on Self-enhancement versus Self-transcendence dimension. Confidence in the public institutions were moderate and not associated with the SVOs. The moderate level of SVOs and confidence in institutions reflects the democratic landscape of the country. Although prosocial SVOs are favourable for implementing containment measures of the pandemic, without a strong value orientation towards conservation and self-transcendence, and confidence in the institutions, the country faces the risk of non-compliance to measures and escalation of the crisis.Item Obesity: Health and Economic Consequences of an Impending Global Challenge (Overview)(2020-01-27) World Bank Group; ވޯރލްޑް ބޭންކް ގްރޫޕްItem Women and Economic Empowerment: Helping Maldivian Women Navigate the COVID-19 Crisis(World Bank Group, 2021-03-29) World Bank Group; ވޯރލްޑް ބޭންކް ގްރޫޕް
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