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...

Patient-centred system of care is essential in managing many disorders such as diabetes mellitus. The cultural and religious context can influence the involvement of patients and their families in such a care. We intend to discuss patient-centred care in diabetology in view of Islam. For more clarification, we will take into consideration a few illustrative lines of argument in detail about sit...

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...

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. ...

This paper investigates how medieval Islam encouraged scienti…c innovation. By granting non-Muslims a degree of religious freedom, Muslim law created competition between religions for converts and social standing. Institutionalized tolerance, coupled with initial disadvantages in the number of adherents and sophistication of theological scholarship, encouraged Muslim religious elites to promote...

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. ...

This paper examines the issue of gender equality within Islam in order to develop an ethical framework for businesses operating in Muslim majority countries. We pay attention to the role of women and seemingly inconsistent expectations of Islamic and western societies with regard to appropriate gender roles. In particular, we contrast a mainstream western liberal individualist view of freedom a...

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...

conclusions islam has a unique perspective on spiritual health as it encompasses all aspects of human beings. thus, it is necessary to carefully study the difference between the islamic concept of spiritual health and that of other religions and ideologies to design suitable and useful nursing care for iranian patients that satisfy their spiritual needs. results the relevant literature in the t...

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