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Introduction : establishing linguistic human rights / Tove Skutnabb-Kangas and Robert Phillipson -- Linguistic human rights in international law / Robert Dunbar -- Approaches to linguistic human rights in political theory and sociology / Stephen May -- Linguistic and epistemic erasure in Africa : coloniality, linguistic human rights and decoloniality / Kathleen Heugh -- Struggling to access health information in the midst of a pandemic : linguistic human rights in Indonesia / Hywel Coleman and David Fero -- Economic and policy issues in linguistic human rights promotion / FrançOis Grin -- Preventing the implementation of linguistic human rights in education / Tove Skutnabb-Kangas -- Debating linguistic human rights in Militarised Myanmar : political agitation and policy deliberation / Joseph Lo Bianco -- Language policy implications of "global English" for linguistic human rights / Robert Phillipson -- From neoliberal to Decolonial language rights and reparative linguistic justice / Ahmed Kabel -- Some shortcomings of linguistic rights / Gudmundur Alfredsson -- Linguistic human rights challenges in the work of the UN Special Rapporteur on Minority Issues / Fernand De Varennes -- Time, politics, and linguistic human rights : bringing words to our songs / Elsa Stamatopoulou -- Linguistic human rights challenges in the work of the UN permanent forum on indigenous issues / Ole Henrik Magga -- Linguistic human rights in relation to the administration of justice : a European perspective / Kristin Henrard -- Using the UN Human Rights Treaty System to defend LHRs / Andrea Bear Nicholas, Lorena Fontaine, Amos Key Jr., and Karihwakéron Tim Thompson -- The Bangkok statement on language and inclusion : a rose by any other name? / Kirk R. Person -- Linguistic human rights in the work of the world federation of the deaf / Victoria Manning, Joseph J. Murray and Alexandre Bloxs -- Resistance to the violations of linguistic Human Rights in Nunavut, Canada / Aluki Kotierk -- Linguicide and historicide / Andrea Bear Nicholas -- Linguistic Human Rights for Indigenous Peoples in the USA / Jon Reyhner -- Linguistic Human Rights of Minorities in China / Minglang Zhou -- Linguistic Human Rights in Tibet : advocacy and denial / Gerald Roche -- Linguistic, Cultural, and Ethnic Genocide of the Uyghurs in Xinjiang, China / Abduweli Ayup, Shungqar Tékin and Erkin Sidick -- Linguistic Human Rights in Kurdistan / Jaffer Sheyholislami -- The Linguistic Human Rights Plight of Hungarians in Ukraine / István Csernicskó and Miklós Kontra -- A tale of two springs and an impending winter : linguistic Human Rights and the Politics of Dignity in North Africa / Ahmed Kabel -- English linguistic imperialism and mother tongue medium education in Ethiopia / Yirga Gelaw Woldeyes -- Judicial interpretations of the Law to Safeguard Linguistic Minorities in India / E. Annamalai -- Linguistic human rights and higher education : reflections from India / Shivani Nag -- Language matters for development, peace, and reconciliation : the Case for Change in Haiti / Dominique Dupuy -- Romani emancipation and linguistic human rights / Dieter W. Halwachs -- Finnish and Swedish as National Languages of Finland : a linguistic human rights success story : why and how? / Markku Suksi -- When implementation of linguistic human rights does not match legislation : the case of Sweden / Jarmo Lainio -- Court challenges and linguistic human rights : the Canadian Case / Pierre Foucher -- Linguistic human rights of Indigenous Sámi in the Finnish education system / Ulla Aikio-Puoskari, Gáppe Piera Jovnna Ulla -- Time of promise in Latin America : linguistic human rights from within language communities / Gabriela Pérez Báez and Yásnaya Elena Aguilar Gil -- Pueblo revitalisation in education in Southwest USA / Christine Sims -- Language endangerment and linguistic human rights of a cross-border minority : Karelian in Russia and Finland / Anneli Sarhimaa -- Linguistic human rights in Russia / Janne Saarikivi -- Challenges in the acknowledgement and implementation of linguistic Human Rights in Nepal / Lava Deo Awasthi, Mark Turin and Yogendra Prasad Yadava -- Linguistic Human Rights in Education in India : Odisha's partial success story / Ajit Mohanty -- Māori revitalisation in Aotearoa/New Zealand / Richard Benton -- The history of linguistic human rights at Gallaudet University / Awny Holmes Hlibok and Laurene E. Simms -- The role of interpreting and translation in promoting linguistic human rights / Gabriel González Núñez -- Language testing/assessment and linguistic human rights / Elana Shohamy -- Promoting linguistic human rights through language documentation / M. Paul Lewis -- Linguistic human rights, living tongues institute for endangered languages, and the rise of the multilingual internet / Gregory D. S. Anderson and Anna Luisa Daigneault -- Disaster linguicism as deprivation of the victims' linguistic human rights / Shinya Uekusa and Steve Matthewman.

Acknowledgments Introduction Chapter 1. Origins and Background to Christian/Islamic Interactions 1. The Pact of Umar 2. The Conquest of Alexandria 3. The Coming of Islam and the Destruction of the (Roman) World 4. Al-Jahiz's Warnings about the Christians 5. A Muslim Ambassador in Constantinople 6. The Conquest of the Iberian Peninsula 7. The Battle of Tours 8. Christians and Muslims in the Age of Charlemagne 9. Converting Churches into Mosques in Spain 10. Support for the Dhimmis 11. The Martyrs of Cordoba Chapter 2. Warfare in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Holy Land 12. The Coming of the Seljuk Turks 13. Calling the Crusades 14. The First Crusade 15. The Muslim Reaction 16. Richard the Lionheart and Saladin 17. The Seventh Crusade 18. The Conquest of Acre and the End of Crusader States 19. The Ottoman Turks and the Battle of Nicopolis 20. The Conquest of Constantinople Chapter 3. Warfare in the Spain and the Western Mediterranean 21. The Conquest of Toledo 22. The Arrival of the Almoravids 23. Two Views of El Cid 24. The Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa 25. Christian Conquests and the Rise of the Nasrids 26. Warfare at Sea 27. Frontier Raids 28. The Conquest of Granada and Its Aftermath Chapter 4. Diplomacy and Alliances 29. A Complex Alliance 30. Frederick II and al-Kamil 31. Crusader/Mamluk Treaties 32. Ottoman Treaty with the Venetians 33. The Sultan Bayezid Sends a Relic to the Pope 34. A Christian King and his Muslim Vassal 35. Arranging the Surrender of a Castle 36. Negotiating a Truce 37. A Truce Agreement Chapter 5. Economic Relations 38. The Markets of Seville 39. Muslim Merchants in Christian Regions 40. A Venetian Trading License 41. Muslims and Christians in Business Partnerships 42. Muslims and Economic Exchanges in Las Siete Partidas 43. Maritime Commercial Law 44. An Appeal for Christian Merchants 45. Regulating Muslims in Lleida 46. Latin Christian Travelers Describe Foreign Markets and Goods 47. Truce Between the Turks and Genoese Safeguarding the Rights of Merchants Chapter 6. Religious Interactions 48. Muslim Polemics on the Gospels 49. The King of England Contemplates Conversion to Islam 50. Saint Francis Preaches to the Sultan of Egypt 51. Muslims and Christians Defend Monotheism 52. Plans to Recover the Holy Land 53. A Response to Christianity 54. Ramon Llull and Boccaccio 55. The Conversion of Anselm de Turmeda 56. Johann Schiltberger's Views on Islam Chapter 7. The Views of the Other 57. A Tale of Two Cities 58. The Eccentricities of the Franks 59. A Victory Sermon 60. A Christian View of Islam 61. Burchard of Mount Sion on the People of the East 62. The Pope, the Patriarch and the Kohen 63. The Emperor and the Grand Turk Chapter 8. Lives of Minority Communities 64. The Regulation of Dhimmis 65. Ibn Jubayr in Sicily 66. Muslims under Castilian Law 67. An Incident in Cairo 68. Minority Communities and International Relations 69. A Fatwa against Christian Merchants 70. Ordinances of Valladolid 71. Muslim Minorities and the Complexities of the Law 72. Pietro Casola in Jerusalem Chapter 9. Intellectual Contacts 73. A Storehouse of Knowledge 74. Adelard of Bath and Arabic Sciences 75. A Muslim Geographer in King Roger's Court 76. Strange Medicines 77. Translations of Gerard of Cremona 78. Islamic Learning and Roger Bacon 79. Learning Arabic in the Christian World 80. Muslim Influence on Latin Medicine Chapter 10. Of Love and Bondage 81. The Wedding of Lady Theresa 82. Forbidden Love 83. Alfonso VI and Sa'ida 84. Bohemond and the Turkish Princess 85. The Egyptian and His Frankish Wife 86. How to Purchase a Slave 87. Captive Tales 88. On the Janissaries 89. The Taking and Freeing of Captives in Iberia Sources Index of Topics

Visions of the kingdom : Edinburgh 1910 and thehistory of Christianity -- Expectations of a new age -- An evangelical crusade founded on 'the science of missions' -- Edinburgh 1910 in retrospect -- Edinburgh 1910 and the history of ecumenism -- A representative conference -- Christianity on the cusp of transfiguration -- Origins and preparations -- The 'third Ecumenical Missionary Conference' -- J.H. Oldham and George Robson make their presence felt -- Deciding on the model for Edinburgh 1910 -- Broadening the base of planning -- Shaping the eight commissions -- The central advisory committee and its secretary -- Changing the title of the conference -- The inclusion of national christians and the exclusion of faith and order -- Oldham gets to work -- The financing of the conference -- Carrying the Gospel to all the world : defining the limits of christendom -- A mission to all humanity -- Commission I and the problem of statistics -- The conference hangs in the balance -- Oldham in New York -- Resolving the hard cases -- The anglican position clarified -- Evangelical reactions -- Negotiations with the Archbishop of Canterbury -- The unity of christendom preserved but at what price? -- The conference in session -- Conference logistics -- The opening of the conference -- The assembly hall of the United Free Church of Scotland -- The conference programme -- The conduct of debate -- The spirituality of the conference -- Give us friends! : the voice of the younger churches -- The non-western presence at Edinburgh -- The virtual absence of Africa -- The missionary societies and indigenous representation at Edinburgh -- Cheng Jingyi and the call for a united church in China -- Christianity and the national spirit : four voices from Japan, Harada Tasuku, Honda Yoitsu, Ibuka Kajinosuke and Chiba Yugoro -- Yun ch'iho and Christian nationalism in Korea -- S. Azariah and the challenge of inter-cultural friendship -- Pleas for an Asian theology -- The church of the three selves -- A church-centric conference -- The three-self principle : rhetoric and reality -- Church organization and the native mind -- The remuneration of national workers -- Failures in self-support -- Issues of Christian nurture and discipleship -- Theology and spiritual life -- The aims of mission education : cultural accommodation and the Catholicity of Christianity -- The brief composition and mode of operation of Commission III -- The American reception of the British drafts of the Commission III Report -- An anglophone perspective -- Defining the purposes of mission education -- Education as a form of evangelism -- Education as a strategy for a three-self church -- Education as the diffusion of Christian influence -- Education as the key to Catholicity -- The legacy of the Commission III Report -- Fulfilment and challenge : Christianity and the world faiths -- Previous scholarship on Commission IV -- The membership of Commission IV -- The theology and religious perspective of Commission IV -- The relation of Hinduism to Christianity -- T.E. Slater and the case for concentration on higher Hinduism -- The influence of Alfred George Hogg -- The relation of Isam to Christianity -- The religions of Japan and China -- Animistic religions and the neglect of Africa -- Assessing Edinburgh's theology of fulfilment -- Missions, empire and the hierarchy of civilization -- Missions and governments : the membership of Commission VII -- A hierarchy of civilization -- Missionaries and politics -- The colonial view of missions -- The impact of the Commission VII Report -- Missionary co-operation : its limits and implications -- The dilemma of Edinburgh : missionary co-operation or the promotion of Christian unity -- Existing instruments of missionary co-operation -- The German proposal for an International Missionary Commission -- The Commission Viii meeting of 21-23 December 1909 -- The American circular letter -- British hesitations overcome : Walter H. Frere, John H Ritson, and the birth of the idea of the continuation committee -- The Commission VIII debate and the creation of the continuation committee -- The legacy of Edinburgh 1910 -- Missionary perceptions of east, west, and south -- Race and culture -- The pursuit of church union in Asia -- The role of women in mission -- New patterns of missionary study and training -- Co-operation in mission : new initiatives in Britain -- Western ecclesiastical divisions and the changing contours of world Christianity

Machine generated contents note: CHAPTER 1 -- Invisible voices: The problem of language in South Africa 5 -- Introduction 5 -- Language-related developmental problems 7 -- Language problems 25 -- The need for language planning 33 -- CHAPTER 2 -- Exploring the maze: The macro-context for language policy and language planning in South Africa 37 -- Theory of language planning 37 -- The macro-contexts of language planning 44 -- The national ideals 45 -- The reconstruction and development programme 46 -- The Constitution 48 -- Conclusion 60 -- CHAPTER 3 -- The nature of things: A sociolinguistic profile of South Africa 63 -- The socio-political context 65 -- Languages of the country 66 -- Language knowledge 77 -- Geographic distribution of the languages of South Africa 80 -- Demographic distribution 82 -- Language functions 83 -- Language status 83 -- Literacy 90 -- National communication 9o -- Corpus development 91 -- Public functions and domains 92 -- Language planning institutions 95 -- CHAPTER 4 -- For the people, by the people: Language and state administration 99 -- The general tasks of government 99 -- Some features of a multilingual language policy and plan for state administration 103 -- The process of language policy development for the Department of Labour 108 -- The present state of language policy development in state administration 114 -- The language policy proposals of two state departments 118 -- Language policy at the provincial and local government level 122 -- The cost of linguistic pluralism in state administration 129 -- Conclusion: The need for a pro-active approach 132 -- CHAPTER 5 -- The power of one: Language and nation 137 -- The problem of language and nation 138 -- Factors in the equation 140 -- The role of a national language in nation-building in South Africa 147 -- Language and nation-building in South Africa 151 -- Language rights 156 -- The role of the school 164 -- Language planning tasks 165 -- Conclusion 167 -- CHAPTER 6 -- Growing potential: Language in education 169 -- A profile of education in South Africa 170 -- A new education philosophy 172 -- Language as a fundamental instrument in educational development 175 -- The language of learning and teaching (LoL/T) issue 177 -- The current language-in-education policy 177 -- Present LoL/T practice 183 -- The debate on LoL/T in South Africa 185 -- How proficient are black learners in English? 187 -- Is the use of a Bantu language as LoL/T not a better choice? 191 -- The LoL/T debate at international level 192 -- Research findings on the issue 194 -- The need for local research 198 -- Concluding remarks on the LoL/T issue 200 -- Language certification requirements 202 -- Language study 203 -- The impact of sociolinguistic phenomena on educational development in South Africa 208 -- CHAPTER 7 -- Spreading the wealth: Language and economic development 217 -- The interrelationship between language and economy 218 -- Language as a production factor 219 -- Language as a consumption factor 222 -- Language as a barrier to economic development in South Africa 225 -- The Bantu languages and economic development 227 -- Language planning for economic development in South Africa 232 -- The need for research 237 -- Conclusion 239 -- CHAPTER 8 -- Giving voice: Language promotion 243 -- Introduction 243 -- Planning for Afrikaans 244 -- Planning for English 247 -- Promoting the Bantu languages 249 -- The basic requirement for effective language promotion 250 -- A strategic analysis of the politics of the Bantu languages 251 -- The contents of a language promotion programme 259 -- Status planning 259 -- Corpus planning 266 -- The technicalisation of the Bantu languages 268 -- Acquisition planning 277 -- Conclusion 277 -- CHAPTER 9 -- Steering the course: Language management 281 -- Introduction: A framework for management 281 -- Description of the institutions and structures for language management in South Africa 283 -- A brief historical note 283 -- Language management institutions in South Africa 286 -- Legislative bodies 286 -- State departments 287 -- PANSALB 289 -- A preliminary evaluation of language management in South Africa from the perspective of strategic management 300 -- Planning 303 -- Organisation 307 -- Leading 309 -- Control 310 -- Conclusion 311

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"The question at hand seems relatively simple and straightforward: whether and to what extent the protection and promotion of human rights is necessary for efforts to address conflict and build peace. The issue has been much debated over time. The 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights forcefully associated the protection of human rights with the prevention of violent conflict, stating that 'it is essential, if man is not to be compelled to have recourse, as a last resort, to rebellion against tyranny and oppression, that human rights should be protected by the rule of law' (UN 1948, preamble). Yet in 1996, an anonymous author in Human Rights Quarterly accused the international human rights movement of prolonging the war in Bosnia Herzegovina. There, human rights activists had rejected pragmatic deals that could have ended the violence and, from hindsight, were no worse than the eventual agreement in rewarding ethnic cleansing and aggression. In that author's view, it made 'today's living the dead of tomorrow' by pursuing a perfectly just and moral peace that would bring 'justice for yesterday's victims of atrocities' (Anonymous 1996, 259). Since then, the idea that the normative nature of human rights standards may complicate the practical demands of peacemaking has been a recurrent theme in discussions on the relationship between human rights and efforts to address violent conflict. This is especially the case when the latter is conceived of in terms of conflict settlement or resolution. Questions of definitions and objectives are thus key. Also relevant are the time frame, context and level of intervention one focuses on, though few authors on the subject make this explicit. In addition, narrow perceptions and generalizations abound in this debate as people working on human rights, peace and conflict have been grouped into categories of 'human rights activists' and 'conflict resolvers' as if these were homogenous and coherent clusters of actors. In this chapter, the authoress argues that considering human rights and conflict transformation in conjunction deepens one's analysis of what is involved in moving from violence to sustainable peace. It is informed by the idea that the two fill 'gaps' in one another, in that each contributes to a better understanding of the other by highlighting elements that are relatively under-explored in the theory and practice of each separate field. For conflict transformation, which will be the main focus here, the perspective of human rights forces a greater emphasis on structural conditions, especially the role of the state, systems of governance and issues of power in generating, escalating and transforming violent conflict. Considering human rights in relation to conflict transformation, moreover, highlights the need to employ a holistic, multidimensional understanding of human rights that does not reduce them to their legal foundations. This chapter suggests that conflict transformation, because of its explicit grounding in social justice, and hence inherently normative foundation, may provide a more nuanced and fruitful conceptual space for thinking about human rights, conflict and peace than conflict resolution and conflict management. Placing constructive social change at its core, conflict transformation acknowledges the need for addressing power imbalances and recognizes a role for advocacy and the importance of voices that challenge the status quo. Its concern with direct, structural and cultural violence is thus also highly relevant from a rights perspective. In order to place these ideas in context, the chapter will briefly comment on literature that has been published on human rights and approaches for addressing conflict and building peace (section 2). Section 3 proposes a framework for understanding the relationship between human rights and conflict transformation, using the metaphor of an iceberg, with its graphic image of things visible connected to matters unseen. It also introduces four dimensions of human rights that need to be taken into account in processes to build a just and sustainable peace. Section 4 discusses some of the practical implications of adopting a human rights perspective on conflict transformation. Nepal, South Africa, and other countries where the authoress has worked over the past 15 years, are used as illustrative examples throughout sections 3 and 4. Finally, section 5 concludes and points to some areas for further research." (excerpt)

Introduction: Of Nigeria, religion, and violence -- Religion and Nigerian society -- Islam and violence in Nigeria -- Christianity and violence in Nigeria -- Traditional religions and violence in Nigeria -- Boko Haram and the "new" phase of violence -- National politics, intergroup relations, and religious violence in Nigeria -- The economics of religious violence in Nigeria -- Nigeria's religious violence in the context of global politics -- Conclusion: The impossibility of the best and the unlikelihood of the worst.