SPECIAL ISSUE PAPERS Effective Sparse Dynamic Programming Algorithms for Merged and Block Merged LCS Problems AHM Mahfuzur Rahmana and M. Sohel Rahmana An Efficient and Scalable Approach for Ontology Instance Matching Rudra Pratap Deb Nath, Hanif Seddiqui, and Masaki Aono Longest Common Subsequence Problem for Run-Length-Encoded Strings Shegufta Bakht Ahsan, Syeda Persia Aziz, and M. Sohel Rahm...

CONTEXT In order to gain a more detailed insight into the concept of spiritual health, a hybrid model of concept analysis was used to remove some of the ambiguity surrounding the conceptual meaning of spiritual health in Islamic and Iranian contexts. The purpose of this study was to clarify the meaning and nature of the spiritual health concept in the context of the practice of Islam among Iran...

What.I will say may surprise both Muslims who "know" women's place and non-Muslims who "know" what Islam means for women. It is this: I am a Muslim, a theologian, and a women's rights activist. and while I am critical in a number of ways of the life that most Muslim societies offer to women, twenty years ot theological study, as well as my own deepest faith, convince me that in real Islam, the ...

This paper focuses on the symbiotic relationship between the media in one respect andthe motion picture industry, educational institutions and policy-makers in perpetuating misrepresentations about Islam. The scope of this paper will be on the representations associated with Islam and Muslims primarily in the United States of America and the United Kingdom.Much news coverage about Islam and Mus...

Any student of comparative religion will notice - and seek to identify as well - the points of similarity and difference between various religions. One might even claim that the discipline of “influence studies” has its roots in these discussions of comparison and contrast. However, these discussions persistently fail to address the nuances of particular faiths. Here, I intend to shed some ligh...

Numerous researchers in the field of Islamic and Muslim Studies have proposed various typologies to categorize Muslims relation their understanding identification with Islam. However, date few studies conducted necessary empirical work determine numbers that identify been constructed. This article is first present findings based on a comprehensive study spectrum discursive typologies. The autho...

This paper explores the ethical and legal pedagogy of the current debates on “reforming” Muslim societies, whether they claim to reform social and legal systems, reform educational institutions, or liberate Muslim women. Since these debates claim to achieve balance in global or domestic conflicts, I address the foundations of these debates by answering three questions: (1) Are the rationales fo...

A common phenomenon which has been regretfully associated almost exclusively with Islam is the various forms of female genital cutting, or FGC[1]. Although many of those who are involved in this act attribute to the religion of Islam, the majority of the forms of FGC present in the world today which are acts truly abominable, acts of which the religion of Islam is innocent. In no way does Islam...