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Shamshadin Kerim, Maxat Kurmanaliyev
This paper examines notion, historical development, and contemporary trajectories of “Traditional Islam” in Kazakhstan, and places it in the context of the broader discussions on religion, state governance, and national identity in post-Soviet societies. It argues that Traditional Islam in Kazakhstan is not just a…
Adnan Malik, Karim Ullah, Shakir Ullah
Islamic banks being commercial entities strive to earn profit within shariah ambit. Therefore, they seem to be basing themselves upon two knowledge streams namely i) Islamic jurisprudence principles, and ii) banking principles. Islamic jurisprudence principles primarily aim at bringing shariah compliance while banking…
Abdurahman J. Yesuf, Dalal Aassouli
This study aims to evaluate risk and return characteristics of Islamic funds in comparison with SRI and investigate the possible synergies between the two in the light of the SDGs. The study also compares the financial performance of Islamic funds with conventional funds and Islamic market benchmarks. The analysis was…
Nawal A. Al Eid, Boshra A. Arnout
The current study sought to generate a theory from the data on crisis management in Islam, and also aimed to identify the strategies used by leaders in the crisis management process. The grounded theory approach was applied, which is one of the qualitative designs. The content of the verses of the Noble Qur'an and the…
Ahmad Badru Al Husaeni, Dzakwanfaiq Nauval, Farid Muhtar Fathir, Mahesa Adlan Falah + 3 more
—This study presents the development of a Marker-Based Augmented Reality (AR) application designed to visualize the content of Surah al-Fiil as an interactive and contextrich Islamic education medium. Built using a Research and Development approach, the system was developed through structured stages including data…
Duaa Abdullah
This paper investigates the determination of the Qibla direction using both astronomical and geometrical approaches. The study reviews historical and classical methods employed by Muslim scholars and astronomers including the use of instruments such as the astrolabe and compass. It further explores spherical…
Marjan Akbari
It is widely believed that the advance of science in the Islamic world after the midfifteenth century A.D. suffered a decline. For the purposes of examining this belief, a manuscript by Qâsim c Alī al-Qâyinî (ca. A.D.1685) was chosen based on previous works which considered it a valuable source on the history of optics…
Megha Srigyan, Héctor Bolívar, Irene Ureña, Jonathan Santana + 8 more
The Middle East plays a central role in human history harbouring a vast diversity of ethnic, cultural and religious groups. However, much remains to be understood about past and present genomic diversity in this region. Here, we present for the first time, a multidisciplinary bioarchaeological analysis of two…
Virginia Navajas-Romero, Ricardo David Hernández-Rojas, Amalia Hidalgo-Fernández, Juan Antonio Jimber del Rio + 1 more
'Amalia Hidalgo-Fernández' 'Juan Antonio Jimber del Rio' 'Dejan Dragan'] Loyalty is important in the tourism sector since tourists are the key to returning to a destination or recommending it, which is a determining factor in the management of tourist sites. The tourism of Mosques, is a contextualized tourism within…
Armin MAghami Asl, Y. M. Almleaky
From al-Sufi's tenth-century observation of the Andromeda Galaxy as a "little cloud" to contemporary space missions, Islamic astronomy represents a millennium-spanning tradition of innovation and knowledge. This study traces its trajectory through three phases: the Golden Age (8th to 15th centuries), when scholars such…
Adil Saleem, Ahmad Daragmeh, R. M. Ammar Zahid, Judit Sági
The asset side of Islamic banks has two different portfolios running side by side, namely risk-sharing (PLS) and non-risk sharing (non-PLS) financing. The segregation of PLS and non-PLS financing has gathered some attention recently owning to its relative importance for sustainable economic output. This study attempts…
Mahmoud Fayyad
The Palestinian Monetary Authority issued decision No. 15 of 2019 demanding Islamic banks to act according to Islamic standards set by the Accounting and Auditing Organization for Islamic Financial Institutions (AAOIFI). Among the essential financial services, Islamic banks offer Ijārah Muntahiyah bi-t-tamlīk contracts…
Gonzalo Oteo-García, Marina Silva, M. George B. Foody, Bobby Yau + 14 more
The Islamic influence on the Iberian Peninsula left an enduring legacy culturally and linguistically, however the demographic impact is less well understood. This study aims to explore the dynamics of gene flow and population structure in eastern Iberia from the early to late Medieval period through ancient DNA. Our…
Richard KERNER
Mathematical and astronomical achievements of the Islamic World during its golden era are briefly exposed. Thie article is based on the invited talk delivered remotely at the ICRANET-Isfahan Astronomical meeting, November 2-5, 2021, which, in turn, reproduces major parts of one of the chapters of my book "Our Celestial…
Abdullah, Duaa, Hamoud, Jasem
In this paper, we highlight the influence of Arab/Islamic civilization in the field of the history of astronomy on European historians. We also aim to elucidate the stance of Orientalists toward the study of Arab sciences and to clarify their orientations, with a particular focus on astronomy, while revealing the…
Daniel Fuks, Yoel Melamed, Dafna Langgut, Tali Erickson-Gini + 3 more
Global agro-biodiversity has resulted from processes of plant migration and agricultural adoption. Although critically affecting current diversity, crop diffusion from antiquity to the middle-ages is poorly researched, overshadowed by studies on that of prehistoric periods. A new archaeobotanical dataset from three…
Israa Hassan Giha, Mahasin Ibrahim Shaddad, Abdulrahman Yusuf, Ibrahim Abba Paga + 2 more
Khalwa is an Islamic educational institution, known as such in Sudan and called elsewhere Koranic institution. Our research aimed to assess the nutritional status and its related factors among Khalwa residents in Khartoum State. A facility-based cross-sectional study was implemented in two localities of Khartoum State.…