This article explores how Islamic values influence management and business practice in Morocco with a view to a new understanding of how one of the global, socio-political tides of the early twenty-first century is now beginning to make itself felt commercially. An interpretivist approach, coupled with access to a rich and hitherto inaccessible mix of diverse and highly placed participants, all...

The tragic Paris terrorist attacks of November 13, 2015 sparked a massive global discussion on Twitter and other social media, with millions of tweets in the first few hours after the attacks. Most of these tweets were condemning the attacks and showing support for Parisians. One of the trending debates related to the attacks concerned possible association between Muslims and terrorism, which r...

Following publication of the original article [1], author 2 pointed out that his name has since changed from Adiba Islam to Adiba Ashrafi.

The rise of radicalisation, the 'demonization' of Muslims in the media and the immigration crisis in Europe have all contributed and colluded to heightened levels of Islamophobia in the West. The stigmatisation of Muslims can and has resulted in negative outcomes in this group such as elevated levels of psychological distress and an increase in hate crime and terrorist attacks perpetrated again...

after capturing maghreb, moslems sought for more conquests in order to make the field ready to spread islam more and more. the moslems' readiness and appropriate circumstances prepared the arrangements for the spread of islam in a vast area, called andulus. and when andulus was captured, islam covered the whole area. at first, the rulers' peaceful polices and the islamic solidarity le...

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...

For a long time, the idea of the ghoul preoccupied the lives of many people from different cultures and religions. Though the ghoul has origins as old as the Mesopotamian civilization, Arabs were largely responsible for popularizing it. Because Islam incorporated this being in its doctrine, the ghoul remained a source of fear and mystery in the Arab culture. Peter M. Holt and Ann Katherine argu...

religion, as a factor, was a very important pretext both before and after the advent of islam for invading the georgian settlements. of the ruling dynasties in post-islam iran, ak-koyunlus or bāyundurian, under the leadership of uzun ḥasan, were among those invaders who, under the guise of religion and in the name of campaign (ghazā) and jihād, carried out destructive attacks on georgians. five...