muslims nowadays need to be present on the international stage. this involves living together with non-muslims, especially the people of the book. this sort of life and interaction has different political, cultural, economic, and military aspects. the belief that non-muslims are impure (najes) causes hardship to the muslims; and is incompatible with human dignity, which is acknowledged by the q...

the question of the purity or impurity of non-muslims has always attracted the attention of the islamic jurists. the importance of this question has been due to the fact that the social and political interactions between muslims and non-muslims were quite inevitable. the present article is concerned first to examine the notion of purity and impurity as viewed by the sunni and shiite jurists and...

elegiac poetry written about the ahlolbeit (the holy prophet’s household) in khuzestani arabic is a rich folklore source. this poetic genre is beautiful and appealing and almost comprehensible for its audience. however, it is mysteriously difficult for all to read. this often leads to misunderstandings. the incomprehensibility of khuzestani arabic may be due to different reasons. for example,...

The last phrase in Isa 6:1–13, which critical exegesis sees an element of a post-exilic suplement to existing text, communicates the thought surviving announced destruction little remainder referred as “holy seed.” problem considered presented study is meaning term seed” 6:13bβ, possible context and historical motive for inserting this into text 6, well place complementary interference process ...

BACKGROUND Tuberculosis (TB) remains one of the world's deadliest communicable diseases. In Ethiopia, tuberculosis patients have different pattern of health care seeking behavior. They usually adopt other approaches like traditional healers and spiritual holy water sites before consulting public health facilities. This study was aimed to assess the prevalence of smear positive pulmonary tubercu...