ethan kohlberg, the jewish orientalist and specialist on shi‘a, sees the distortion in holy scriptures, including quran, inevitable. from his point of view, some quranic verses confirm this point. his second proof is the history of the quran and the time when its whole text was written down. in his viewpoint,   hadiths which prove that the quran had been written down in abu bakr’s time ore orie...

background and objectives: sleep is a sign of the greatness of god. in this article sleep is described from quran and modern health sciences. methods: this is a qualitative systematic review. data were gathered from the quran, related islamic narratives and literatures. words that were searched included sleep,sleep stages, subaat, hojoo, ruqood, nu’ass, sinah. results: the results showed that t...

most of the islamic sciences and teachings root in deep knowledge of quran. islamic mysticism which has glorified under the impact of quranic verses, aims to understand the conscience of quran. the rumi’s mathnavi, as a masterpiece which links theoretical and practical mysticism from the perspective of both structure and content, has been exposed under such efficacy. just like quran, mathnavi u...

This commentary reflects upon the article along three broad lines. It reflects on the theoretical choices and omissions, particularly highlighting why it is important to adapt the multiple streams framework (MSF) when applying it in a socio-political context like Vietnam’s. The commentary also reflects upon the analytical threads tackled by Ha et al; for instance, it highlights the opportunitie...

This Commentary forms a response to Nikogosian’s and Kickbusch’s forward-looking perspective about the legal strength of international health instruments. Building on their arguments, in this commentary we consider what we can learn from the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) for the adoption of new legal international health instruments.

background and objectives : relatively little is known about the relationship between religion and abstinence. the aim of this study was to examine the correlation between religious beliefs and behaviors and the intention of premarital sexual abstinence among iranian youths. methods: the current study was a cross-sectional one carried out among youths of five universities in shiraz, iran. 577 p...