How do we expect the Muslim woman, collectively and individually, to identify with Islam as revered teachings and to act within its parameters, and to accommodate new human knowledge, be it that of a local Mufti's (clergy) injunction or a human rights advocate's recommendation, while neither Muslim societies nor human rights advocates recognize her self-identity as an autonomous spiritual and i...

This paper examines the debate on the meaning of sustainable development and the policy implications of different approaches from an Islamic perspective. It integrates mainstream and Islamic positions on the subject and argues that to whatever definition of sustainable development one might subscribe, eventually, each ends in an environmental concern. This paper attempts to show that the contin...

the idea of islamization of science is among the important issues of islamic countries of which ziaeddin sardar proposed a new theory. in his theory, the critique of western secularism and orientalism play a central role. he has given a definition of science in the framework of cultural tradition, and has tried to refer to the tradition of sunnah and quran, by redefining islamic fundamental ter...

This paper investigates the ways in which terrorism is linked to education and poverty using data newly culled from Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) documentary sources. The paper presents a statistical analysis of the determinants of participation in terrorist activities by members of the Hamas and PIJ between the late 1980s and May 2002. The resulting evidence suggests that both high...

Schools must be managed healthily and effectively for noble purposes, so people lead schools with reliable leadership capacity good integrity. Several studies have stated that the effectiveness of Islamic school management rests on its human resources, which are capable competence integrity a pious personality. From this conception, it is necessary to know how essential leaders are. This study ...

after the victory of the islamic revolution of iran a great number of islamic jurists entered the political scene, an event which made iranian politics to a great extent under a legalist approach. considering the structure of law and the way jurists look at reality, they have a different type of personality from other politicians. using the ideal type method, this article attempts to study isla...