according to the most famous decrees from shia and sunni islamic jurists the blood money for a woman is half of that for a man. the islamic sentencing act which endorses this is derived from shia school of jurisprudence (article 300). the advocates of such ruling rely on some islamic texts but some of the sunni and shia jurists argue for equality between man and woman. this group of jurists, re...

a Graduate Institute of Management Science, National Chiao-Tung University, 1001, Ta-Hsueh Road, Hsin-Chu 300, Taiwan b Department of Industrial Management, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, 43, Keelung Road, Section 4, Taipei 106, Taiwan c Graduate Institute of Urban Planning, National Taipei University, 151, University Road, San Shia 237, Taiwan d Institute of Project Mana...

Kuan-Wei Huang 1, Jen-Hung Huang 1 and Gwo-Hshiung Tzeng 2,3,* 1 Department of Management Science, National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu 30010, Taiwan; [email protected] (K.-W.H.); [email protected] (J.-H.H.) 2 Graduate Institute of Urban Planning, College of Public Affairs, National Taipei University, San Shia District, New Taipei City 23741, Taiwan 3 Institute of Management of Techn...

The paper is based on a large qualitative study of ethics, policy and regulation of human embryonic stem cell (hESC) science in Iran. This case study in five academic research centres used semi-structured interviews to examine in depth the views of stem cell scientists, embryologists and ethics committee members on hESC research policy in this Shia Muslim country. Although Iran's policy approac...

Hundreds of victims the 2012 Sunni-Shia conflict in Sampang are still living refugee camps Sidoarjo, East Java. They keep dream to return back their home village Sampang. Even though majority them have pledged Sunnis early November 2020, no one could guarantee that they can definitely after pledge. This article seeks identify factors make it difficult for Shia refugees obtain civil rights as we...

The article focuses on the situation of Shiites in Bahrain after events “Arab Spring” 2011. make up majority population this country, but continue to be oppressed by ruling Sunni dynasty al-Khalifa Kingdom. Shia political and spiritual leaders are being prosecuted.