CONTROVERSY ON RIBA PROHIBITION: MAQASHID SHARIAH PERSPECTIVE

The rosiglitazone controversy: the Indian perspective.

In this era of evidence based medicine and drug discovery we are fortunate to get new molecules as treatment options but they are under continuous pharmacovigilance.The arrival of the thiazolidione compounds (also known as ‘glitazones’) with the introduction of troglitazone for treatment of type 2 diabetes heralded a new era in the management of type 2 diabetes. For the first time, a class of d...

The recovered memory controversy – A new perspective

The continuing argument over the reality or not, of allegedly repressed memory is unhelpful to the worlds both of psychology and psychotherapy. It is inhibiting the use of even professionally practised regression therapy, a particularly powerful treatment for many neuroses. It is also confused by the issues of false memories and childhood

A Prohibition on Nuclear Weapons

A Broader Definition of Riba

The paper analyzes different interpretations of riba and discovers that the main source of confusion about the concept has been misunderstanding of riba in hadith in general and riba in barter exchange with a time lag, hereafter called riba in barter loans, in particular. A majority of jurists has, so far, either overlooked riba in barter loans or has included it in the category of trivial riba...

Technology Adoption in Shariah Courts

Information and communication technogies have led to dynamic changes in the way courts of law perform thier duty to deliver justice. Courts of law depend on the availability, comprehensiveness and quality of information relating to the case in reaching a conclusive and fair verdict. Courts will not be able to deliver justice in the cases where records are not properly managed; thus, depriving t...