the sacred art of islam has undoubtedly been born with the calligraphy of the holy quran. afterwards, it was completed and evolved with decorating of this magnificent manifest. this process has had great effects on all fields of islamic art. in this research, the writer has discussed about the procedure of scribing the holy quran in the life time of the holy prophet (p.b.u.h) as well as the tim...

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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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...

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...

the present article on the ancient science of medicine, studies on one hand the emergence of this science and on the other hand its development and compilation. the article also researches the development of medicine in islam, muslim medics and islamic universities in which this science has been taught. finally the article discusses the history of medicine after the emergence of islam in iran.

With the rapid advancements made in biotechnology, bioethical discourse has become increasingly important. Bioethics is a multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary field that goes beyond the realm of natural sciences, and has involved fields in the domain of the social sciences. One of the important areas in bioethical discourse is religion. In a country like Malaysia, where Muslims make up the m...

Since September 11, 2001, Muslims have been stereotyped and the message and image of Islam have been tarnished. Self-proclaimed leaders have given new and twisted meanings to the message of Islam. Explanations of complex issues have been reduced to sound bites on television. No issue has been in this regard more profaned than jihad, a sacred term for Muslims, There is no dearth of explanations ...

The religion of Islam is based on a sacred text called Qur’an, a divine speech expressed in Arabic language. Qur’an constitutes the main root of Islam jurisprudence which has a second source of inspiration known as Hadiths. As the Muslim’s life is governed by those holy texts, need of their authenticity is required. Using VSM (Vector Space Model), we can represent Hadiths as a vector of words. ...