Purpose. This article examines characteristics of the external environment of library and information centres of Islamic Azad University in Iran, focusing on perceived environmental uncertainty and perceived source accessibility and quality, and their impacts on the amount of scanning and the frequency of information source use. Methods This research surveyed the library managers of ninety-four...

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...

This research aims to comprehend the practice of dividing inheritance in Saruaso and Sawah Tangah Villages following distribution principle law Islam. The problem was that there were different views on with provisions based Islamic teachings. Meanwhile, people embraced used a survey method. object Niniak Mamak (indigenous stakeholders) Bundo Kanduang (village's mothers) two villages, Kanagarian...

Islam has special attentions to human and knows them with dignity of soul and ethical valuable guidelines give them. One of the branches of ethics science is medical ethics. The science of medical ethics is most precious and most essential knowledge that medical profession practitioners need to learn. The principles of Islamic medical ethics, which primarily deals with patient-provider relation...

Recent advances in life-sustaining treatments and technologies, have given rise to newly-emerged, critical and sometimes, controversial questions regarding different aspects of end-of-life decision-making and care. Since religious values are among the most influential factors in these decisions, the present study aimed to examine the Islamic scholars' views on end-of-life care. A structured int...

examining historical urban fabric of iranian desert cities demonstrates that one of the best response to the natural laws in the establishment of an appropriate built environment for human life, was considered in these settlement principles applied to the establishment of these cities not only did not impose disturbance and damages to the environment but have also granted perfection to matters....