Nationalism has been the major cause of wars since time immemorial and most pronounced it was World War I. Although rhetoric nationalism is seemingly less used after wars, because adopted a new name, ‘self-determination’ – as enshrined in UN Charter, Chapter I article 1 –, remains background many political discussions today we continually see global rise collectivism, marked by religious fundam...

The internet has liberalized political discussion in Nigeria, and enhanced public debates on trending social, economic, religious, issues the various platforms it harbours, such as social media, online news sites blogs among others. Online comments sections of enable readers for instance, to discuss raised from their individual points view. This development facilitates interaction producers con...

This study examines the influence of religion on the extent of intervention in ethnic conflict using data from the Minorities at Risk ~MAR! dataset. Key questions include whether ethnoreligious minorities—which are defined here as ethnic minorities who belong to a different religion or a different denomination of the same religion as the majority group in a state—attract more intervention and w...

Since the New Order, lands and forests of Orang Rimba have been used as locations for transmigration program HPH HP-HTI projects, resulting in livelihoods being destroyed triggering conflicts. This paper discusses recurring endless conflicts between Jambi Malay community. The enmity is impact deforestation program. values Rimba’s customary law their religious beliefs eroded, forcing them to cla...

Much good work on Translation Studies (TS) has concentrated on the verbal text. Nevertheless, in our post-modern world, multi-modality is exploited to the maximum, as advertising shows. In turn, hyper-textuality is also a common feature of today’s advertising messages. Furthermore, both multi-modality and hyper-textuality are ideologically designed not only to sell products but to promote entir...