The purpose of this exploratory study is to introduce the concept of Islamic E-health. The study defines Islamic E-health and discusses various applications of this concept. Data collection methods used for the study included interviews, Facebook, Google, and iTunes searches using a variety of Islamic E-health-related terms. The results show that some Islamic E-health applications focus primari...

Tracheostomy was first described by Greco-Roman physicians, including Paulus of Aegina. Medieval Islamic clinicians extended the Greco-Roman ideas with substantial contributions to the field of surgery, including tracheostomy. Although Al-Zahrawi (936-1013 CE) stated that he had not heard or read of any Islamic physicians having performed tracheostomy, there is evidence that many prominent Isla...

Malang is known as a city of education, industry, and tourism. With these three names with the various problems that exist in it, certain to experience changes its social relations quickly. Starting from emergence assumption there has been change urban society, especially view religion, this study focuses on two aspects, namely perception people towards religion how Islamic education affects th...

Islamic finance in Australia has witnessed the rapid growth since it was first introduced in 1989 with the Muslim Community Cooperative Australia (MCCA). The operation of Islamic Financial Services Providers in Australia is still subject to basically the same laws and regulations as their conventional counterparts and applies the same conventional interest-based framework for regulatory and sup...

The article is concerned with the latest developments in Indonesia's Islamic field. Its focus is on the role of social media in exchange relationships between Islamic preachers and their constituency. The article first discusses economic exchanges between preachers and their followers, and then it concentrates on social exchanges and how they are mediated today. Empirically, the article deliver...

Since the introduction of Islamic bank, the intense competition in the banking industry has been increased exponentially. Islamic banks are not only competing among other Islamic banks providers but also with conventional banks which have offered Islamic windows as an alternative to their customers. As many banks started to offer Islamic banking services/products to the customers, one of the im...

Conventional credit card transactions are not consistent with Islamic principles, as exemplified by the Islamic banking system and the ‘Murabaha sale’. On the other hand, EMV-compliant IC (Integrated Circuit) cards have been developed to secure traditional Point of Sale (POS) transactions. Thus, if Islamic principles are to be applied to card payments, a new and secure card payment process is r...

A fund manager has to abide by a set of business and financial parameters before selecting and including a particular stock in an Islamic fund portfolio. There are various Islamic screening methods followed by stock indices and banks, namely Dow Jones Islamic Market Index (DJIMI), FTSE Global Islamic Index Series, S&P 500, MSCI (Morgan Stanley Capital International) and Accounting and Auditing ...

The early models of Islamic banks are based on partnership of mudharaba and musharaka (profit-loss sharing) structure. Such equitybased financing are perceived to be superior to conventional financing from the standpoint of robustness to external shocks and from the standpoint of ethics, fairness and social justice. Where profit-loss sharing mechanisms cannot be used, Islamic banks provide othe...