the phenomenon of conversion to islam in the territories conquered by the muslim arabs, is one of the ambiguous and controversial topics in the studies of islamic history. major part of the social transformation of copts in islamic egypt returns to their conversion from christianity to islam. gradual changing of the majority to a minority group under muslim rule was a complex process, because m...

In Kenya, the Population Council is working with Muslim scholars to develop consensus that FGM/C is not supported by Islam. Inset: A traditional cutter explains her methods. See story, page 2.

background and objectives: information ethics, according to islam, equals observing human rights and morals in dealing with information transmission and provision, which must be based on honesty and truthfulness. as islam highly values society and social issues, it believes that human behaviors and interactions are strongly interconnected in a society. committing to ethical issues regarding inf...

Objective: To see the management options of diabetic foot ulcers in our patients, its presentation and the prognostic factors involved in planning the treatment in the Department of Surgery, Islam, Teaching Hospital Sialkot, Pakistan.

according to quranic verses, the principles and religious values are taken as being in harmony with human nature. these values have emphasized on unique religion, that is, islam. reviewing recent revolts in arab-muslim countries shows that their request are in harmony to principles and values of islam factualism, trend to moral values and perfectionalism are parts of human natures. these natura...

Islam places the highest emphasis on ethical values in all aspects of human life. In Islam, ethics governs all aspects of life. Ethical norms and moral codes discernible from the verses of the Qur’an and the Hadith are numerous, far reaching and comprehensive. Islamic business ethics is essential for SME industry. The challenge of Islamic business ethics is to make that inevitable ethical decis...

This article explains the level of economic freedom in Muslim countries through the theory of institutional path dependency. Islamic countries are generally not free and they have a poor record regarding property rights. To explain these realities we use the institutional history of Muslim countries. We define three steps: the Arab and Ottoman Empires when Islamic law was of great importance, E...

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peer in marriage contract is defined as equality and similar dignity of spouse in some issues. there is a difference of opinion among imamiya jurists and also the sunnite scholars concerning the issues and criterion of equality in marriage. reputed imamiya jurists consider islam & belief in the imamate of the twelve imams (pbut) to be the criterion for the equality and similar ranking of the ma...