this article seeks to reveal the theoretical basics of islabmic fundamentalism. precedence of religion over reason in epistemology, emphasize on human being duties in anthropology, government on the base of jurisprudence in political approach, and criticizing the western civilization, are the theoretical indicators of islamic fundamentalism. the devotees of islam (fada'iyan-e islam) as an ...

dr. mohammad al. talebi (born in tunis in 1921 a.d.) is a famous scholar and thinker of the arab world, he received his doctor's degree in history and is a professor in history. he has been the former dean of literature and social sciences college in tunis university. he has done many researches and has written various books on the history of islam the middle age), the islamic contemporary...

BACKGROUND Islam and Muslims are underrepresented in the medical literature and the influence of physician's cultural beliefs and religious values upon the clinical encounter has been understudied. OBJECTIVE To elicit the perceived influence of Islam upon the practice patterns of immigrant Muslim physicians in the USA. DESIGN Ten face-to-face, in-depth, semistructured interviews with Muslim...

In the dry zone between North Africa and South Asia scorpions have caught the imagination of nomads and sedentary people in various ways. First of all, venomous scorpions have long been considered as embodiments of evil, but also as protectors to counter the powers of other evil forces. This is reμected in beliefs, in pictorial representations of oriental art from early historic periods, and in...

127 BACKGROUND The introduction of ICT into the educational system has re-defined teaching and learning processes or endeavours thereby giving rise to contemporary medium of learning termed “e-learning” (Agbonlahor, 2005). E-learning is an innovative approach for delivering electronically mediated, well-designed, learner-centred and interactive learning environments to anyone, in any place and ...

Islam is a hotly debated topic on YouTube, comprising approximately a half-million videos, tagged with this word. The study presents empirical material regarding three aspects of Islam’s representation: (a) how Islam is framed in user-created videos; (b) how it is visualized; and (c) what are the motivations of the YouTubers who create these videos. The theoretical framework of the study is bas...