This paper tries to study the role of self-esteem and self-effectiveness for the relation between Islamic life style and social adaptation among the youth in Mashhad. The data was gathered from the questionnaire about 235 young people. Two different questionnaires were used for gathering data. By lisrel and SPSS  software, the data were analyzed. Statistical tests like factor analysis show that...

Venereal diseases are still a common prohlem in today's world. Even though tremendous advances are heing made in medicine and large budgets are heing spent to control sexually transmitted diseases (STD), especially in western countries, these diseases are still yet very common, and today AIDS has been added to the threats posed hy STD to human life. The status of syphilis was evaluated in Iran ...

This paper attempts a broad appraisal of the literature on macro consumption function in Islamic economics. It starts with a brief look at the microelements of the concept and clears several cobwebs concerning wants and needs, scarcity of resources, the basket of goods, and the efficacy of utility and its maximization for consumer equilibrium. The explanations narrow down the conceptual gaps be...

Four options for assigning a meaning to Islamic Logic are surveyed including a new proposal for an option named Real Islamic Logic (RIL). That approach to Islamic Logic should serve modern Islamic objectives in a way comparable to the functionality of Islamic Finance. The prospective role of RIL is analyzed from several perspectives: (i) parallel distributed systems design, (ii) reception by a ...

The aim of this paper is to evaluate the nature and changes of market concentration in the Malaysia’s Islamic banking due to the restructuring of Islamic banking industry within the liberalization wave in the banking market. A total of 17 Islamic banks operating over the period of 2000-2010 had been considered. The structural approach framework was used to evaluate the nature and changes of mar...

Since at least the sixteenth century, the areas of the present day regions of Harar and Wallo have been important centres of teaching and diffusion of Islam as well as of preservation of Islamic culture and education. Preachers and scholars from these areas played a decisive role in the introduction and dissemination of the faith in the country, especially in the eighteenth and nineteenth centu...

The Effects of Positive Psychology Intervention on Self-Efficacy and Psychological Hardiness of Female Students   S.A.A. Mortazavi Emami [1] Gh. Ahghar, Ph.D. [2] Z. Pirani, Ph.D. [3] H. Heidari, Ph.D. [4] R. HamidiPour, Ph.D. [5]   This study was carried out to determine the effects of positive psychology intervention on self-efficacy and psychological hardiness of female students. The...