Constituting an Islamic social welfare function: an exploration through Islamic moral economy

Religion and Animal Welfare—An Islamic Perspective

Islam is a comprehensive religion guiding the lives of its followers through sets of rules governing the personal, social, and public aspects through the verses of the Holy Qur'an and Hadiths, the compilation of the traditions of Prophet Mohammed (pbuh), the two main documents that serve as guidelines. Islam is explicit with regard to using animals for human purposes and there is a rich traditi...

An Islamic Continuum

Beliefs and customs surrounding death, funeral rites, and mourning provide a window into a society’s most deeply held values. In the monotheistic faith of Islam, eschatology – belief in the Day of Judgment (Yawm al-din) and resurrection (al-qiyama) – underlies many practices. Public mourning rituals that commemorate the deaths of saints and martyrs are closely linked to the concept of salvation...

Islamic technology: an illustrated history

medicine, and their use may be independent ofParacelsian theory or cosmology. This continuity is further obscured by Beier's belief in such sixteenthand seventeenth-century worthies as Lanfrance ofMilan (fi.1293) and Albertus Magnus (d. 1280, here called A. Magnus), and in such Englishmen as Forestus (Dutch) and the Germans Jacob Rueffand Scultetus. Her reliance only on English versions of thei...

Islamic science. An illustrated study

The Permissibility of Women’s Social Presence from an Islamic Viewpoint

This article tries to demonstrate that Islam recognizes women’s social presence and endorses their participation in political, economic, and cultural activities in society. The claim is supported by the Quranic reports of women’s social activities in the past nations and by a number of jurisprudential verses (āyāt al-aḥkām) pertaining to social matters. Further evidence for th...