Final Commentary

Commentary Overview of the Final Panel Session

Very recently some surprising and puzzling news appeared in the media: television and newspapers, reporting a phenomenon perhaps akin to a population crash. It sounded like a pandemic in that it occurs over a large area of the world—not an epidemic, an outbreak of a disease that spreads rapidly through a community. The news caught my immediate attention since the affected population particularl...

Final booklet

Final commentary on the special volume of articles from the National Survey of Children's Health.

THIS PEDIATRICS SUPPLEMENTAL issue heralds new findings from the 2003 National Survey of Children’s Health (NSCH). This survey of 100 000 children was designed to provide a unique source of state and nationally representative data on the health and well-being of children, their families, and their communities. The articles in this supplement all address timely epidemiologic and public health is...

Adornment in Quran Commentary

The holy Quran has dealt with women`s adornment and its decree in 33 of Ahzab and 60 of Nur. The proposed definitions from the commentators and jurisprudents are various but similar to each other. This paper intends to explain the concept and limit of adornment precisely. Analysis of adornment elements indicates that the domain of women’s adornment is wider than manifesting embellishment and ad...

Comparative commentary of Anfal verse

What is meant by anfal in Quran, its ownership and the abrogation of anfal verse is a position of disagreement between Shiite and Sunni`s commentators. As is clearly understood by the first verse of chapter Anfal, anfal has been known as one of the great financial sources for Islamic government. Some commentators have viewed the verse to be in contradiction with the verse of khums and, therefor...