Quality assurance practice impact on customers’ satisfaction as a case study in International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM) was studied. The aim was to ensure that IIUM’s is able to achieve and maintain quality assurance standards. It was accomplished by monitoring and evaluating various aspects of representative projects, services, and facilities to ensure application of quality standards...

7. Amerion A, Tavakkoli R, Sanaeinasab H, Karimizarchi A. Knowledge of hospital infection control by supervisors in three selected military hospitals in Islamic Republic of Iran. Eur J Sci Res 2010;44:660-5. 8. Rao MH. Knowledge, attitude and practice patterns of handwashing in major public sector hospitals of Karachi. Pak J Med Res 2006;45. Available from: http:// www.pmrc.org.pk/handwashing.h...

Islamic finance is a prohibitions-driven industry, which aims primarily to circumvent the canonical Islamic prohibitions of riba and gharar. The concepts of riba and gharar may best be understood as unbundled sales of credit and risk, respectively. An obvious solution is to adopt mutual structures for financial intermediaries of credit (e.g. banks) and risk (e.g. insurance companies), as early ...

Islamic banking is a growing phenomenon which came into existence to satisfy the nan-cial needs of devout Muslims who observe the prohibition of interest-based transactions. Many economists have studied the macroeconomic properties of this institution in the framework of an isolated and ideal Islamic economy. In this age of integrated global nancial markets, the instantaneous transformation of ...

No doubt life in its all forms enjoys a very high status in Islam. Human life is one of the most sacred creatures of God. Therefore, it must be appreciated, respected and protected. In this regard, the paper refers to different parts. The first part studies the value of life in Islam. It helps to understand why life must be appreciated and respected. The second part sheds some light on the natu...

in islamic medicine six factors are thought to affect the health of every person and physicians try to maintain and restore health by establishing an equilibrium between them. sport has always been considered as one the most important among these factors, both for its role in mainting health and treating the diseases. the aim of this paper is to discuss the views of certain islamic physicians o...

Despite the growing numbers of Muslims in the United States, there is a scarcity of research dealing with mental health practitioners working with Muslim families. This lack of research may leave clinicians unprepared to adequately help Muslim patients and families faced with discrimination and misunderstanding, which may inadvertently lead to the perpetuation of biases in therapy. Therefore, t...

Virtuous physicians seem to have become a rarity in modern day medical practice. Many patients and physicians feel that the profession of medicine is not living up to its own standards and expectations. It is the contention of the author that the Muslim physician, guided by the two primary sources of Islamic Law, the Qur'an and the Sunna, will possess the necessary character traits of a good ph...

This article investigates the relationship between inheritance and wealth in the context of eighteenth-century Ottoman Kastamonu. Based on the estate inventories of the deceased (sing. tereke) as recorded in Kastamonu court records (sicils), the article introduces a variety of quantitative techniques to measure the impact of Islamic inheritance practices on wealth accumulation across subsequent...