there might be diverse modern schools of reform in any religion. this paper categorizes modern hindu and muslim religious thinkers into three groups based on their traditionalist and modernistic concerns. first group are those with futuristic modern thoughts who give more weight to the future and attempt to make old religions compatible to the modern world and present modern religion deserving ...

issues on differences between men and women have always been a source for dispute and different approaches in the available literature on women. some have seen these differences resulting from the dissimilar socialization of men and women in family and society. while some put more emphasis on the physiological differences and rely on theological interpretations, some others consider them as ess...

The ultimate success of the reconquista (the reconquering of Muslim lands in the Iberian Peninsula from 718-1492) and the ensuing consolidation of Spain beneath the joint rule of Ferdinand and Isabel helped define the course of western civilization. This paper uses the unique institutional organization of Muslim rulers in Iberia to explain the fall of Muslim power in the Peninsula. Through vast...

The new order government policy about religious education in state schools gradually led to an accommodative policy. If the old made a facultative subject, then at beginning of strengthened position by removing provisions, even though they were not obligatory. Until finally, through Law number 2 (1989), required be taught all channels, types, and levels education. And right every student get le...

1Shaheen, 2Seema Hakim, 3Veena Maheshwari, 4Smriti Bhargava 1Lecturer, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, JN Medical College, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, India 2Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, JN Medical College, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, India 3Professor, Department of Pathology, JN Medical College, Aligarh Muslim Univer...

HEART VIEWS VOL. 1 NO. 7 MARCH / MAY 2000: 278-282 *Director, Non-Invasive Cardiac Laboratory, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Surgery Dept., Hamad Medical Corporation, P.O. Box 3050, Doha, Qatar. E-mail:[email protected] F abled in antiquity for its treasures of wisdom, the Library of Alexandria was the envy of the civilized world. Alexandria was by no means the first great book repository, but ...

Despite growing interest from practitioners, politicians and the media, the political representation of Muslim ethnic minority women in the West has received scant scholarly attention. I address this gap with new data on the representation of Muslim ethnic minority women and men in 20 national legislatures from 2000 to 2010. Results reveal that Muslim ethnic minority women are increasingly elec...

A comparative study on anthropometric measurements and adiposity indices among adult (18 23 years) Hindu (n=100) and Muslim (n=100) females showed significant difference (p<0.001) except maximum hip circumference. The study also revealed that Hindu females had higher overall and abdominal fat deposition than Muslim females. Comparison of body mass index cut off values (WHO, 1995) revealed that ...

Are Muslim immigrants subjected to targeted opposition (i.e., Islamophobia) on their pathway to US citizenship? Using a list experiment and a representative sample of the US population, we compare explicit and implicit opposition to Muslim and Christian immigrants. We find that Muslim immigrants, relative to Christian immigrants, experience greater explicit resistance. However, when social desi...

the domain of the qur’an has been one of the issues which have raised various viewpoints among the muslim scholars, particularly in recent decades that it has been more widely welcomed due to the muslims increasing attention to their revealed book and their encountering with the views of other religions and schools. in this respect, three viewpoints can be clearly seen among the muslim thinkers...