ACKNOWLEDGEMENT First of all I would like to thank my ALLAH Almighty Who gave me the courage, health, and energy to accomplish my thesis in due time and without Whose help this study which required untiring efforts would have not been possible to complete within the time limits. key elements required from the supervisor(s) to write and complete a thesis of a good standard and a quality within d...

The paper studies the Islamic viewpoint about the environment and presents the notion of environmental balance in an Islamic economy. It asserts that this balance can be maintained with the help of Islamic ethics and institutions. The paper demonstrates the positive role of the private sector in terms of environment-friendly behavior, fellow-feeling, and simple living of the people. Similarly, ...

1 Department of Physics, Takestan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Takestan, Iran 2 Department of Chemistry, Takestan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Takestan, Iran 3 Department of Chemistry, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Mazandaran, Iran 4 Environment Department, Research Institute of Environmental Sciences, International Center for Science, High Technology & Environme...

The purpose of this paper is to analyze comparative efficiency of banking system in Pakistan comprising of Islamic banks (IB), conventional banks with Islamic banking division (IBD) and conventional banks (CB). For this purpose we use two methods: First, ratio analysis to analyze cost, revenue and profit efficiency; Second, data envelopment analysis (DEA), for comparative analysis of banks’ tec...

Since at least the sixteenth century, the areas of the present day regions of Harar and Wallo have been important centres of teaching and diffusion of Islam as well as of preservation of Islamic culture and education. Preachers and scholars from these areas played a decisive role in the introduction and dissemination of the faith in the country, especially in the eighteenth and nineteenth centu...

BACKGROUND In the nursing profession, it is apparent that the definition of caring differs between various perspectives. This article compares the difference of caring in Islamic with the Parse and Watson theories. MATERIALS AND METHODS In this study, we use concept analyses of Walker-Avants and compare research methods. Material used is all Islamic documents. RESULTS According to Islamic d...

There is considerable debate on the meaning of Islamic Medicine, and its relationship to other medical doctrines, especially Western medicine. Previous definitions of Islamic Medicine affirm that it is any practice of medicine which does not contradict the basic tenets of the Islamic doctrine. In this article the author suggests that Islamic Medicine should adhere to the theoretical and philoso...

1 Department of Midwifery in Medical University, Mashhad Branch, Islamic Azad University, Mashhad, IR Iran 2 Department of Foreign Languages, Mashhad Branch, Islamic Azad University, Mashhad, IR Iran * Corresponding author: Tahereh Fathi Najafi, Department of Midwifery in Medical University, Mashhad Branch, Islamic Azad University, Mashhad, IR Iran. Tel: +98-5118687122, Fax: +98-5118687122, E-m...

The growth of the Islamic financial market in recent years has been remarkable, but this market has faced growing pains in terms of the struggle with Shari'ah-compliance of its products. A major criticism of Islamic financial products has been their resemblance to conventional financial products. This article explores the developments in the Islamic financial market in regard to equity-based su...