the west of esfahan province, iran, is one of the most important agricultural areas throughout the country due to the climate variability and life-giving water of zayanderood river. rice is one of the major and economic crops in this area. the most important climatic elements in agricultural activities which should be considered include temperature, relative humidity, precipitation and wind. so...

Muslims learned how to build a hospital using the experiences of physicians from other nations, especially Iranians, by modeling at Jundishapur Hospital, and this way set up many hospitals. In addition to building a variety of hospitals, Muslims created efficient structures and organized them based on bosses, deputies, stewards, supervisors, nurses, and the like, who served in different parts o...

Religious toleration meant as being lenient to and bearing opponents thoughts and ideas, has been accepted in Islam as a principle. During the history, Islamic states have been lenient to the followers of other religions in their realm and this method of governmental action has been counted as one of their bold character. Yet, the religious toleration has not been of one form; it had been of ma...

the images of muslims in media, literature and politics have been mostly black and white portrayals of a people alien to modernity, civilization, rationality and pluralism. since the end of the cold war and the onset of deadly terrorist attacks in different areas of the world, especially in the united states, these representations show a palpable difference: muslims are represented not only as ...