When Muslims thought of establishing milk banks, religious reservations were raised. These reservations were based on the concept that women's milk creates 'milk kinship' believed to impede marriage in Islamic Law. This type of kinship is, however, a distinctive phenomenon of Arab tradition and relatively unknown in Western cultures. This article is a pioneer study which fathoms out the contemp...

Rapid development in assisted reproductive techniques along with relieving the pain of childlessness has brought new ethical and policy dilemmas. Posthumous assisted reproduction is the most challenging, difficult and sensitive issue to be discussed ethically and religiously. In this paper the acceptability of the posthumous reproduction in Islamic contexts is evaluated and major concerns like ...

... [T]he manner in which an act was qualified as morally good or bad in the spiritual domain of Islamic religion was quite different from the manner in which that same act was qualified as legally valid or invalid in the temporal domain of Islamic law. Islamic law was secular, not canonical... Thus, it was a system focused on ensuring that an individual received justice, not that one be a good...

one of the aims of politics is the prevention of violence and establishment of peace. in the twentieth century, political thinkers and scholars in diplomacy and international law have devised various techniques to achieve this aim. however, such an attempt has not been limited to the modern era, and classic thinkers both in the east and the west have also thought about such techniques. ibn-i fa...

according to the reason and philosophy of powers separation, scientists and experts in public law mention it as a guaranty for security and prevention against despotism. therefore the principle of the powers separation is one of the most vital discussions about natural rights of nations which are due to controlling political power and preventing power centralization. in islamic republic of iran...