Background This research examines the relationship between violent conflict and childhood wasting in Northeast Nigeria, where residents have been subjected to fighting between the Nigerian government and Boko Haram - an extremist Islamist movement - since 2009. Methods Using two Demographic and Health Surveys from before and after the Boko Haram insurgency started, a double-difference (differ...

1 The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques Institute for Hajj and Umrah Research, Umm Al -Qura University, Makkah, Saudi Arabia. 2 Air pollution Department, Nat ional Research Center, Cairo, Egypt. *Corresponding author: [email protected] Mob.: 00201151143456 ; ORCID: 0000-0002-2930-0168 Abstract The current study aimed to: i) Monitor levels of PM10, at Shebika, Haram, Masfala, Azizia, Awa...

The paper serves as background material for the review of debated issues and standpoints in the theory and application of Islamic economics, IE; and for discussion of fruitful research avenues in application of IE to modern economies. The focus is on six areas: (1) theory: links between IE and mainstream economics; while topics (2) to (6) treat applications of the given directives in Islamic ec...

Since early 2000, Malaysian food-export industries have recognised the demand for food compliant with Islamic dietary law (halal), with primary consumer choices based on quality and safety. The lack of documented monitoring for health hazards and haram substances led to the withdrawal of certification. The HACCP-based halal quality-assurance standards were developed as a result, using the HACCP...

World leaders adopted the UN Millennium Declaration in 2000, which committed the nations of the world to a new global partnership, aimed at reducing extreme poverty and other time-bound targets, with a stated deadline of 2015. Fifteen years later, although significant progress has been made worldwide, Nigeria is lagging behind for a variety of reasons, including bureaucracy, poor resource manag...