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Trans-faith Humanitarian Partnerships: The Case of Muslim Aid and the United Methodist Committee on Relief

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European Journal of Development Research, Volume: 22, Issue: 4, Pages: 510 - 528

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DOI (Published version): 10.1057/ejdr.2010.22

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Amid tentative recognition of the work of faith-based organizations (FBOs) in responding to humanitarian crises, I examine a novel inter-faith partnership between Muslim Aid, the UK’s second largest Islamic humanitarian agency, and the US-based United Methodist Committee on Relief, the official huma...

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Published in: European Journal of Development Research
ISSN: 0957-8811 1743-9728
Published: 2010
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