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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 Improving education quality in South Asia (i): a review of Unicef’s efforts(United Nations Children‘s Fund, Regional Office for South Asia, 2018) Suzana BrinkmannItem 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 Bleaching damage and recovery potential of Maldivian coral reefs(Wildlife Conservation Society, 2000-07) Mcclanahan, Tim R.; ޓިމް ރ. މެކްކްލަނާހަންItem 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 Maldivian legal system : Islamic influence and legal reform(2018) Ibrahim, Mohamed; Buang, Ahmad HidayatThe Maldivian legal system as it evolved, is one that has largely being influenced by the principles of Islam as a religion. With Islam declared to be the religion of the State in the Constitution, this is further strengthened by the fact that the Constitution mandates that no laws that are in contradiction to the tenets of Islam shall be ratified in the country. This sets the fundamental principle upon which the laws of the country rests. The reforms that have taken place since the enactment of the very first Constitution of the country in 1932 has in a large way being influenced by the said principle. Taking a qualitative approach, this paper aims to shed light on how Islam came to Maldives, the extent of its influence on the legal system in the country, and the scope for further studies on the subjectItem Atoll-scale comparisons of the sedimentary structure of coral reef rim islands, Huvadhu Atoll, Maldives(BioOne Complete, 2016) East, Holly K.; Perry, Chris; T., Kench; Paul, S.; Liang, YiqingCoral reef islands are low-lying (typically <5 m above mean sea level, MSL) accumulations of wave deposited bioclastic sediments. These sediments are produced within the surrounding coral reef habitats and reef islands are therefore intrinsically linked to reef ecology (Perry et al. 2011). As a result of their dependence upon locally generated sediment, low elevations and largely unconsolidated structure, reef islands are regarded as extremely vulnerable to environmental change, particularly to sea-level rise. This is of concern given their high ecological and socioeconomic value, not least because they offer the only habitable land in regions including the Maldives, Kiribati and the Marshall Islands. However, assertions of vulnerability are largely made without a full understanding of how and when islands formed, the processes controlling island formation and inter- and intra-regional variations in island-building processes. Understanding reef island accretionary histories and the controls on island development is thus crucial for assessing their morphological stability and future resilience. To date, research has focused largely upon a few discrete localities in the Pacific and within the Great Barrier Reef Shelf/Torres Strait region (e.g. Kench et al., 2014; Woodroffe et al., 2007; Yamano et al., 2014). In other major reef island regions such as the Maldives (a nation comprised of >1,200 reef islands inhabited by a population of ~345,000), our knowledge of island building processes is far more limited. Maldivian reef islands may be divided into two key types: (i) rim islands, which form around the atoll perimeters; and (ii) interior islands, which are located on the reef platforms within atoll lagoons. However, research of reef island sedimentology and the modes of island-building in the Maldives is restricted to two main datasets developed for interior islands within just one atoll (South Maalhosmadulu Atoll in the northern-central part of the archipelago – Kench et al., 2005; Perry et al., 2013). Knowledge of rim island stratigraphy is even more limited and based on qualitative descriptions of one pit in the centre of Feydhoo island, Addu Atoll (Woodroffe, 1992). However, it is the rim islands that dominate spatially (82.4% of land area), host the majority of the population (88.93%), and therefore support the nation’s key infrastructure (all regional administrative capitals, hospitals, and designated ‘safe islands’). Here, we present the first detailed sedimentary study of Maldivian rim islands. Textural, compositional and topographical datasets are used to infer the major sources of reef island sediment, the key controls upon island building, and the degree of intra-regional (at the atollscale) variability in island building. Study Site Two sites were selected on the rim of Huvadhu atoll – a leeward site, with respect to wave energy, in the north-east (Galamadhoo and Baavanadhoo islands), and a windward site in the south-west (Mainadhoo, Boduhini and Kudahini islands; Figure 1).Item Maldives overcoming the challenges of a small island state country diagnostic study(Asian Development Bank, 2015) Asian Development BankItem !ދިވެހިވަންތަ ވީތީ... ފަޙުރުވެރިވަމާހޭ(ދިވެހިބަހުގެ އެކެޑެމީ, 2012-11) ނާފިޢު, އަޙްމަދު; Naafiu, AhmedItem ރާއްޖެއިން ތެޔޮ ހޯދުން(ދިވެހިބަހުގެ އެކެޑެމީ, 2012-11) ނަސީރު, ޢަލީ; Naseer, Ali