https://www.ajol.info/index.php/ijcr/issue/feed International Journal of Community Research 2023-08-25T07:13:20+00:00 Nwaopara Anthony Obioma (Dr) anthoservpub@yahoo.com Open Journal Systems <p><em>International Journal of Community Research</em> (IJCR) [ISSN: 2315 – 6562; E-ISSN: 2384 - 6828] is a peer reviewed journal publication of Anthonio Research Center. IJCR publishes research articles, review articles, short reports and commentaries that are community-based or inter and intra-cultural based. IJCR also accepts manuscripts on family/human relationship, human behavior, public health, politics, and conflict resolution.</p><p>Other websites related to this journal: <a title="http://www.anrescentpub.com" href="http://www.anrescentpub.com/" target="_blank">www.anrescentpub.com</a></p> https://www.ajol.info/index.php/ijcr/article/view/253552 Influence of attitude and culture on quality of life of polio survivors in Nigeria 2023-08-25T06:28:34+00:00 Surajo Kamilu Sulaiman sksulaiman.pth@buk.edu.ng Hussaini Zandam sksulaiman.pth@buk.edu.ng Ashiru Hamza Mohammad sksulaiman.pth@buk.edu.ng <p>As in most low and middle-income countries, persons with disabilities in Nigeria experience various forms of social and attitudinal&nbsp; barriers that may adversely affect almost all aspects of their life. These barriers often stem from harmful traditional and cultural practices&nbsp; toward disability and persons with disabilities. Social and attitudinal barriers reported in Nigeria include stigmatization,&nbsp; discrimination, and physical and sexual abuse. Consequences of social and attitudinal barriers are likely to marginalize and exclude&nbsp; persons with disabilities from participating in mainstream life. The overall effect of participation restriction, stigmatization, and&nbsp; discrimination could undermine the wellbeing and quality of life of persons with disabilities including polio survivors. This article&nbsp; discusses how socio-cultural attitudes and beliefs of Nigerians toward physical disability may influence the perception of quality of life&nbsp; among polio survivors in Nigeria.&nbsp; </p> 2023-08-25T00:00:00+00:00 Copyright (c) 2023 https://www.ajol.info/index.php/ijcr/article/view/253554 Diplomatic criticism of governmental policies: Iraq as a case study 2023-08-25T06:34:33+00:00 Zainab Waheed Dahham zainab.dahham@law.soran.edu.iq <p>Despite warnings by the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relation 1961 (VCDR) concerning ambassadors’ interference in the internal&nbsp; affairs of receiving states, a Saudi Ambassador is acting in a manner that suggests he cannot serve the interests of his country without&nbsp; interfering in the internal affairs of Iraq. The questions are whether the current mechanism of VCDR is adequate to redress the problem&nbsp; of interference in the internal affairs of receiving states, and whether the Saudi ambassador’s comments should be considered as&nbsp; interference in Iraq? This paper therefore, examined the extent to which contributions of the Saudi Ambassador constitute interference&nbsp; in the internal affairs of Iraq, while also identifying effective ways to improve the laws on diplomatic interference during internal conflicts.&nbsp; It critically analysed the VCDR alongside a literature review and concluded that the VCDR obliges ambassadors to abstain from&nbsp; interference in the internal political life of receiving state stands, and that the Saudi Ambassador was in violation of VCDR by&nbsp; demonstrably intervening in Iraqi internal affairs via his (un-)diplomatic criticism of Iraqi governmental policies not directly related to his&nbsp; country’s interest. Hence the recommendation that appropriate punishments equal to the damage caused by such ambassador’s actions&nbsp; and/or words.be meted out. </p> 2023-08-25T00:00:00+00:00 Copyright (c) 2023 https://www.ajol.info/index.php/ijcr/article/view/253556 Violent armed conflict between nomadic herdsmen and sedentary farmers in nigeria: a consocial need for integrated community based security surveillance 2023-08-25T06:42:55+00:00 Nwachukwu Sunny Nnabuihe sunnynwachukwunna@yahoo.com Nwachukwu Tobechukwu Odunze sunnynwachukwunna@yahoo.com Kemi Ogunbadeniyi sunnynwachukwunna@yahoo.com <p>This paper highlights the importance of establishing integrated community-based security surveillance system (ICSS), as a major step&nbsp; towards improving the detection and assessment of violent conflicts between Nomadic Herdsmen and Sedentary Farmers in Nigeria. The&nbsp; system is an adaptable low-cost security initiative, designed to improve internal security and strengthen rapid response to security risks.&nbsp; It is to be managed by communities for their protection against external forces through monitoring unusual events and reporting same&nbsp; to appropriate authorities. The ICSS volunteers are to bolster community surveillance in collaboration with law enforcement agents and&nbsp; in line with these 3 cardinal operational contexts: -to monitor security trends and trigger response operations; enhance operational&nbsp; security in the affected communities; and to operate in complex environments where there is manifestation of weak, bad, and declining&nbsp; institutional security framework, and/or where there is limited surveillance coverage. This fundamental proposal is therefore a bid to&nbsp; cover security gaps that have widened the ethnic and religious crises in Nigeria, while also contributing to existing local knowledge and&nbsp;&nbsp; identifying militating factors surrounding such armed conflicts in Nigeria. </p> 2023-08-25T00:00:00+00:00 Copyright (c) 2023 https://www.ajol.info/index.php/ijcr/article/view/253562 The responsibility of ISIS on crimes committed against Sunni Muslims: Iraq case study 2023-08-25T07:07:05+00:00 Dahham Zainab Waheed abror094@gmail.com Abror Abror abror094@gmail.com <p>Oftentimes, the mainstream media and scholars present the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) as a Sunni militant group formed in&nbsp; reaction to the excesses of ‘Christian West’ and ‘Shia rulers’ of Iraq and Syria. However, to what extent does ISIS represent Sunni&nbsp; Muslims? This unanswered question and the implications of ISIS ideology, as well as the consequences of their actions, definitely merit in- depth scrutiny. Relying on a qualitative study design involving 30 Iraqis of diverse religious backgrounds, this paper investigated the&nbsp; question and offered a glimpse of ISIS’s ideology and the impact of their actions on Sunni Muslims. The results obtained indicated that&nbsp; Sunni-Shia or Sunni Muslim-West binaries are not only an inaccurate description of ISIS’s ideology, but a concomitant legitimatization of&nbsp; ISIS’s actions, while tending to cover up ISIS crimes against populations, including the Sunni/Shia Muslims, Yezidis and Christians. In fact,&nbsp; Sunni Muslims have suffered the most in terms of violence and socio-economic down-turn in the hands of ISIS, and are routinely&nbsp; compelled to follow ISIS’s ideology in the areas controlled by them, while being threatened also with death and more violence if they&nbsp; refuse to comply.&nbsp; </p> 2023-08-25T00:00:00+00:00 Copyright (c) 2023