for centuries, the famous iranian mystic and poet, mowlana, has had a great influence on the literature of different nations through his mystical frenzy. poets and writers of other countries including spain, have been enamoured by his poems as well as his literary works. poets who have been influenced by the thoughts of this famous persian mystic have thus been trained in this area. this claim ...

Psycho-spiritual therapy (PST) is an approach that incorporates religion and spirituality into psychotherapy. For centuries, this has been done in many settings, and across different religions. BhagavadGita’s concept of a mentally healthy person focuses itself on certain special characteristics in the personality development of an average Indian which is the key to its psychotherapeutic context...

Tick-borne relapsing fever (TBRF) is an arthropod-borne infection found in the Middle East, Africa, Europe and North America. The disease is caused by several species of Borrelia and transmitted by various species of soft ticks [1,2]. Specific relationships usually exist between Borrelia species, the vector ticks and the distribution area [3]. Ornithodoros tholozani is distributed in the Middle...

http://journals.cambridge.org/asp Arabic Sciences and Philosophy (ASP) is an international journal devoted to the Arabic sciences, mathematics and philosophy in the world of Islam between the eighth and eighteenth centuries, in a cross-cultural context. In 2009, the journal extended its scope to include important papers on scientific modernization from the nineteenth century in the Islamic worl...

This paper concerns the outer urban area of the town of Granada in the Nasrid period (13the15th centuries). Most agricultural land was irrigated because of the characteristic drought of the Mediterranean climate, and also because of the needs of certain crops which had been brought by the Arabs from monsoon climates. Water distribution followed patterns that were not only hydrographical and top...

Judgment on rightness and wrongness of beliefs and behaviors is a main issue in bioethics. Over centuries, big philosophers and ethicists have been discussing the suitable tools to determine which act is morally sound and which one is not. Emerging the contemporary bioethics in the West has resulted in a misconception that absolute westernized principles would be appropriate tools for ethical d...

a r t i c l e i n f o The Dow Jones Islamic Market indices (DJIMI) are constructed by screening out stocks that are incompatible with Islam's prohibition of interest and certain lines of business. However, as a blunt instrument, the interest rate can affect discounted cash flows of any firm, even a firm with no financial leverage. This study reveals that the aggregate portfolio of Islamic stock...