The interpretation of religious texts has a long and strange history. Although the practice itself is ancient, systematic reflection on its method and procedure has only become more complex over time. Parts of the Hebrew Bible recount narratives from earlier parts of the same book— an exegetical connection that ties both narratives nicely into a single scripture. Later, the Christian revelation...

After the boom of pharmacological research during the 1950s, mainly as a result of the screening technique, the identification of active molecules, their reshaping by means of pharmaco-chemical drug design, and the creation of extremely efficacious and successful medicines, the pharmaceutical world sought a new source of inspiration. Such biota as the tropical forest, a quantity of plants credi...

The Emergence of `Islamic Education Movement` is a response to the `secularization of education` faced by the ummah (muslim people) all over the world; in the sense that the `traditional Islamic Sciences` which are rooted in Islamic sources i.e. al-Qur’an (the Holy Book) and as-Sunnah (Tradition of the prophet) have been marginalized. Subsequently, Muslim scholars have made serious endeavors to...

Islamic finance has gripped the world with a strong fervor and passion. Interest in this discipline has proliferated to almost 60 countries, going beyond the Islamic world to the leading global financial centers. For quite sometime, United Kingdom has adopted an open door policy and provided a level playing field to Islamic finance and now Singapore is following its lead. Every day, Islamic fin...

There is a serious lack of empirical studies on Islamic banking. This paper attempts to fill that gap to some extent. Using data for the 1990-98 period, several hypotheses and common perceptions about the practice of Islamic banking have been tested. The performance of Islamic banks has been evaluated using both trend and ratio analyses. For this purpose, some objective “benchmarks” for various...

There are ideas about Bhuta found in Ancient Tamil Literatures. They Fall into Three categories. Among them, natural objects (five elements) associated with Religion, the worship god Sathukka is Sramana Religions like Jainism, Bhddhism, and protective Ganam or collective Bhutas Saivism. This Article examines these three types of detail.

Abstract This article re-examines the established findings about Umayyad art as a transitional production essentially anchored in Western and Eastern Late Antique traditions that have inspired it. It argues instead Umayyads brought an aesthetic revolution laying out foundations of what has become known “Islamic ornament,” predominantly aniconic form. An epistemological shift from history to cri...

the examination of the method of authenticating the hadith dates back to the history of hadith itself. authenticating the hadith was common among shiites in different periods of time. content criticism of the texts, attributed to shiite imams, was the criterion for authenticating the hadith in the time of imams and previous shiite scholars. in this research, the factors of authentication approa...

Islamic art is unique because its form and function permeate both distance and time. Since the birth of Islam, Muslim artists around the world have created pieces of art that share an uncanny resemblance to pieces created by other Muslim artists through common themes, appearances, and applications. These similarities include calligraphic elements, exaggerated depictions of plants and animals, a...