End-of-life organ donation is controversial in Islam. The controversy stems from: (1) scientifically flawed medical criteria of death determination; (2) invasive perimortem procedures for preserving transplantable organs; and (3) incomplete disclosure of information to consenting donors and families. Data from a survey of Muslims residing in Western countries have shown that the interpretation ...

In two studies, 5- and 6-year-old children were questioned about the status of the protagonist embedded in three different types of stories. In realistic stories that only included ordinary events, all children, irrespective of family background and schooling, claimed that the protagonist was a real person. In religious stories that included ordinarily impossible events brought about by divine ...

This article aims to highlight the core educational/upbringing processes of Islamic Religious Education in Bosnia and Herzegovina maktabs, based on theoretical framework qualitative research using interview methods. A short development status maktabs as basic nonformal institutions education among Muslims is provided introduction. The aim examine attitudes experiences muallims regarding possibi...

ethics of social relations in a way that would pave the way society is experiencing mental breakdown and failure you can not be a separation between law and moral, religious order, legislative regulation of human life, whether it is from god for the actions, sports, and other objects of his own life and ethical issues it is also a religious order and the legal charge welcome to god's moral...

OBJECTIVE Few studies have investigated the association between religion and suicide either in terms of Durkheim's social integration hypothesis or the hypothesis of the regulative benefits of religion. The relationship between religion and suicide attempts has received even less attention. METHOD Depressed inpatients (N=371) who reported belonging to one specific religion or described themse...

This paper investigates the extent to which substantively distinct moral worldviews are associated with different rates and types of civic engagement. Following Lichterman (1995; 1996), we acknowledge that individualistic moral worldviews can and do motivate civic engagement. However, based on an analysis of survey data from a national probability sample of Americans, we find that, controlling ...

Moral consciousness is an undeniable fact of human experience. The moral sensibility is something essential for the peaceful society and the work. Even gods are believed to incarnate to restore righteousness and peace in the society. Down through the centuries, many religious teachers, and philosophers were interested in the rational ground of morality. The caste duties of the Hindus prescribed...

This study provides exploratory evidence about how behavioral and neural responses to standard moral dilemmas are influenced by religious belief. Eleven Catholics and 13 Atheists (all female) judged 48 moral dilemmas. Differential neural activity between the two groups was found in precuneus and in prefrontal, frontal and temporal regions. Furthermore, a double dissociation showed that Catholic...

the aim of this study was to compare the time spent watching television, the expected moral values ​​transmitted via television, the features of life and sport patterns and the moral properties of selected patterns between high school male and female students. in this survey, population consisted of high school male and female students in islamabad gharb city in 2012. the sample was 382 subject...