We survey the meta-ethical tools and institutional processes that traditional Islamic ethicists apply when deliberating on bioethical issues. We present a typology of these methodological elements, giving particular attention to the meta-ethical techniques and devices that traditional Islamic ethicists employ in the absence of decisive or univocal authoritative texts or in the absence of establ...

Islamic banking is considered as alternative to conventional banking. It focuses on profit/loss and risk sharing, than interest based deposit/lending followed in conventional banking. Conventional Banking cherishes a long history while Islamic banking gained importance in last few decades. The study review and compare performance of conventional banks and Islamic banks operating in GCC region d...

Department of Community Medicine, International Islamic University, Malaysia. Department of Internal Medicine, International Islamic University, Malaysia. Institute of Education, International Islamic University, Malaysia. Hospital Tengku Ampuan Afzan, International Islamic University, Malaysia. Pharmaceutical Chemistry, International Islamic University, Malaysia. Department of Family Medicine,...

Bosnia and Herzegovina is very rich with the cultural heritage sites. These historical sites nowadays look quite different from their original appearance, as a lot of time has passed from the moment of their construction. In addition, some of them were seriously damaged or completely destroyed during the recent war. This paper presents our experience in the digitalization of Bosnian cultural he...

In this paper, we discuss the design and implementation of an adaptive visualization platform effectively supporting Grid-enabled visualintensive applications such as mechanical CAD, medical, virtual heritage and etc across heterogeneous network of computing resources. In our preliminary design of the visualization platform, we choose to focus on the study of the adaptive strategies and caching...

Following the devastation of northern Iraqi city Mosul by Islamic State, various foreign actors launched initiatives to reconstruct heritage sites city. However, such efforts are underpinned assumptions about how local people value their heritage, they perceive its destruction, whether view reconstruction as a priority and extent which support foreign-led rebuild heritage. This article holds th...

Heritage is an important part of the international tourism market. As with any resource, sustainable management practices are required to maintain the long-term value of heritage assets. It is claimed that sustainable heritage tourism provides quality experiences for the tourists while protecting the environment and improving the quality of life for local residents. Yet, irrespective of how tou...