according to abū al-barakāt baghdādī, time and place are a priori conditions of motion; moreover, against the peripatetic philosophers, for whom time is the measure of motion, he holds that time is the measure of existence. nevertheless, he believes that we can define motion on the basis of our intuitive non-scientific concept of time and, by so doing, we can resolve the apparent circularity of...

One of the distinctive challenges of the period we live in is the significant presence of violence in our societies. These acts of violence stem from a doctrine of hatred and intolerance that fracture societies into constant turbulence and upheaval. For violent Islamist organizations like Al-Qaeda and Jemaah Islamiyah in Southeast Asia, this ideology of hatred is based on an extreme interpretat...

Since the attack of 9/11/01, the U.S. military is heavily engaged in the war on terror. At present, SOCOM (Special Operations Command) is the lead on the Global War on Terrorism. In support of this mission, military psychologists may be called upon to interact with al Qaeda terrorists, many of whom are already incarcerated at Guantanamo Bay under military guard. Therefore, it is important to un...

in this research, my problem is what the major criteria of supremebliss in al-ghazali's thought are. the methodology in thisinvestigation is analytic-descriptive. in his works, al-ghazali offersdifferent criteria, such as knowing god, proximity to him, meetinghim, to love him and so on. to actualize the last one, al-ghazalisuggests two methods: one: interruption of concern with mundaneworl...

This red cell analysis illustrates through case studies the capacities and capabilities of Islamic State (IS) terror organization at its peak, Haqqani Network over time as individual organizations, including their origins, ideology, leadership, organizational structures, operational capabilities, to examine global terrorism with a focus on ideological warfare challenges combatting radical terro...

the respected author believes that true faith is actually a logical assertion of faith [within] or entrenched certainty towards the objects of faith. naturally this logical assertion can only be considered as faith while it doesn’t accompany denial of the objects of faith. he believes that the freedom to choose faith is related to the freedom to choose when faith first comes about and whether i...

although the majority of the scholars of the arabic prosody share the belief that mutadärik meter was devised and added to the khalili's fifteen meters by akhfash owsat, historical and structural investigations show that this meter can not be his innovation. this article also attempts to introduce the real innovator of mutadärik meter, whom the author of this article believes to be ibn h...

Abstract The salient role of terrorist movements is to recruit more members from different countries and cultures. Hence, it became palpable that movements, for instance, Al-Qaeda ISIS have a clandestine method recruitment obscure the governments’ eyes. incident 11/9 had brought attention sociologists politicians examine process movements. Conclusively, several studies founded utilise various t...