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Advancing Education and Training in Alignment with Resolution 71 NQ/TW Anchored in Marx Leninist Doctrine and Ho Chi Minh Thought
Nguyen Thi Ngoc, Nguyen Thi Hoa My, Do Minh Giang
Middle East Research Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences; 189-192.
https://doi.org/10.36348/merjhss.2025.v05i06.001
Education and training are unequivocally designated as a primary national policy, instrumental to the sustainable development of the country. Amidst globalization, digital transformation, and intensifying competition for knowledge workers, Resolution 71 NQ/TW (22 August 2025) sets forth a breakthrough agenda for educational advancement, grounded in Marx–Leninist theory and the thought of Hồ Chí Minh. Marxism–Leninism places human beings at the core of social progress, regarding education as the foundational mechanism to cultivate character, creative capacities and communal ethos. Hồ Chí Minh further emphasised holistic education encompassing “virtue – intellect – physique – aesthetics,” fostering moral integrity, professional competence and patriotic spirit, while elevating the role of teachers. Resolution 71 envisages a learner centred model, with educators as pivotal agents and schools as innovative, adaptive environments. It underscores international integration, digital transformation and lifelong learning, ensuring equitable access while harmonising national identity with global knowledge. Effective implementation depends on state leadership, community engagement and robust investment in the teaching corps. By deploying Resolution 71 on the theoretical and ideological foundations of Marxism–Leninism and Hồ Chí Minh’s thought, Vietnam is poised to build a humanistic, creative and modern education system, nurture fully developed Vietnamese citizens and advance the nation’s sustainable development.
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Marital Relationships between Man and Jinn in Islam: A Jurisprudential Perspective
Dr. Bawa Dan Muhammad Anka, Dr. Abdullahi Haruna
Middle East Research Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences; 193-200.
https://doi.org/10.36348/merjhss.2025.v05i06.002
Marriage is a central social institution in Islam, emphasizing the pairing of male and female across all living creatures. This paper examines the juristic opinions on the concept of “cross-pair marriage” between Mankind and Jinn, exploring both the supporting and opposing views among Muslim jurists. Drawing on evidence from the Qur’an, Hadith, classical exegeses, and the author’s experience as a former ruqyah practitioner, the paper critically evaluates the possibility and permissibility of such marriages. It finds that significant differences in nature, physiology, and social interaction make marriage between Man and Jinniy humanly impossible and incompatible with Islamic law. Moreover, the essential purposes of marriage (including love, compassion, and the begetting of children) cannot be fulfilled in such unions. The study concludes that marriages between humans and Jinn are mythical, not practical, and are unsupported by authentic Islamic jurisprudence.
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Nigeria in the Woods: From Haklyut’s “The Principall Navigations” to Sudan Interior Mission
Chinedu Ogoke
Middle East Research Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences; 201-209.
https://doi.org/10.36348/merjhss.2025.v05i06.003
European colonization of the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries followed the same pattern. The same principles were applied. The proponents of colonization had to engage their home audience while passing a message to other European competitors. Before committing funds into the colonial enterprise, the rulers had to assess the risks and the gains. All the while, European nations had been exerting pressures on their neighbors for self-preservation, due to lean resources. European literatures like John Keats’ “On First Looking into Chapman’s Homer,” Oliver and The Great Expectations and Charles Dickens began to feature elements of colonialism. More profound are literatures by actors and non-actors, who raised the fear of non-participation in colonial adventures. They were involved in what is termed literature of salvation or literature of justification. One major participant was Richard Haklyut the Younger. He was aggressive in his advocacy for British involvement in colonialism. It led to the imposition of alien ways and structures in Africa. This work is formed by the critical inputs of African scholars in challenging the narrative being championed by the literatures of justification. The African perspective on the works of Richard Haklyut the Younger is quite minimal. Suggestion is made that much research should be conducted by Africans to actually point out the unjustified interference in the lives of the Africans by European colonization, with exceptions like the Sudan Interior Mission notwithstanding. Materials for this work were obtained from books, journal articles and newspaper publications.
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