“islamic feminism” is an analytical-descriptive title by which western observers identify the intellectual activities of muslim women. muslim female scholars of “islamic feminism”, though there is no consensus among them about this label, have various approaches and subjects of study in relation to the field of islam and gender. aziza al-hibri and kecia ali are two of these muslim scholars whos...

My paper has two parts. First, I talk about the golden rule. After introducing the rule and its global importance, I explain why many scholars dismiss it as a vague proverb that leads to absurdities when we try to formulate it clearly. I defend the golden rule against such objections. Second, I talk about the golden rule in Persia and Islam; I consider Persian sources (Muslim and non-Muslim) an...

in 41 ayat of holy quran, it is discussed about child birth, formation of fetus in uterus and also its process. it led to attention of muslim scholars to this topic. they had wide researches and experiments on gynecology, fertility, infertility and childbirth. their findings are considerable even in current era. medical sciences in islamic golden age (contemporaneous with medieval age in the we...

from bygone to now, colors are aspects of nature that have been regarded scientists. in ancient greece, essence of color and its relationship with light and vision in natural philosophy and especially optics has been studied. results of greek thinkers in the field chromatics, from pythagoras to aristotle through of translating scientific and philosophical texts, received to muslim scholars and ...

circumstances and development of Muslim nations has been the subject of intense debate among Muslims and non-Muslims alike. Western critics of Islam or “Islamic civilization,” such as Bernard Lewis (1990) and Samuel Huntington (1993), have decried its economic irrationality, incompatibility with democracy, and failure to separate religion and state; while scholars such as Edward Said (2001:11) ...