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Islam, Religion and Society: The Movement for Pakistan
( Common Ground Research Networks , 2012 , Article)The relationship between the sacred and temporal has been an enduring phenomenon throughout history. Both in ancient and medieval times, religion and the formation of society, including the politicization of religion into ... -
Islam, the West and ‘Man’ in the State of Nature
( German Orient-Institute , 2014 , Article)What is the natural condition of human beings in the state of nature? What are the circumstances that exist in the state of nature and what may one, convincingly, claim in regards to human nature? Or, better still, how do ... -
Islamic Arab hospitality and multiculturalism
( SAGE , 2013 , Article)This ethnographic study in Qatar and United Arab Emirates addresses a particular Islamic consumptionscape as well as a related commodified practice: that of Arab hospitality. This much vaunted Arab virtue is examined in ... -
Islamic Banking: Past, Present and Future
( Qatar University Press , 2022 , Article)Purpose: The Islamic banking literature has been growing rapidly in the last decade. The aim of this study is to carry out a retrospective hybrid review to reveal this literature’s influential scientific actors (countries, ... -
Islamic Jurisprudence as an Ethical Discourse: An Enquiry into the Nature of Moral Reasoning in Islamic Legal Theory
( Oxford University Press , 2021 , Article)This article seeks to develop a better understanding of the normative nature of moral reasoning in Islamic legal theory (usul al-fiqh). This theory is built on a foundational proposition suggesting that moral evaluation ... -
Islamic legal philosophy and moral rights
( Edward Elgar Publishing , 2023 , Book chapter)Moral rights have well-established theoretical justifications in Western philosophical taught. Western moral and political philosophy influenced the global recognition and development of moral rights protection. In the ... -
The Islamic Rate of Return Versus the Nominal Rate of Interest: A Macroeconometric Model
( Springer , 2020 , Article)This paper investigates the question of “will the replacement of the nominal interest rate by the expected Islamic real rate of return have positive consequences on the macroeconomic performance?” The study adopts a dynamic ... -
Islamic Sharia and arbitration in GCC States: The way ahead
( Qatar University Press , 2020 , Article)Irrespective of the existence of a legislative environment complying with the most recent international texts in the field of Arbitration in most GCC states; such as UNCITRAL Model Law of international Commercial Arbitration, ... -
Islamic sport marketing or sport marketing in Muslim cultures and communities
( Taylor and Francis Group , 2015 , Book chapter)As naming is categorising and, in turn, categorising is excluding, there have been many discussions about the respective definitions of marketing and sport marketing, their differences, their communalities, their practices, ... -
Islamic universals and implications for global communication ethics
( Taylor and Francis , 2017 , Article)In an attempt to validate the importance of universal communication ethics for democracy anywhere, especially in the Middle East, this essay focuses on answering the question: Are there universalisable Islamic ethics that ... -
Islamic versus conventional banks in the GCC countries: A comparative study using classification techniques
( Elsevier , 2015 , Article)This paper contributes to the empirical literature on Islamic finance by investigating the feature of Islamic and conventional banks in Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries over the period 2003-2010. We use parametric ... -
Islamic Worldview As A Model For De-Westernising Journalism Studies And Profession
( Routledge , 2022 , Article)Despite the various attempts to de-Westernize journalism studies and profession, the dominance of Western theories and practices remains absolute. This article seeks to develop a hybrid Islamic/Western worldview that ... -
Islamisation of engineering education - A case at IIUM
( Horizon Research Publishing , 2020 , Article)Seeking knowledge and continuing education are very important elements in Islam. All Muslims (both male and female) are required to make sincere efforts to acquire knowledge for the benefits of themself and the society; ... -
Islamization of the educational system for Muslims in secular society
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ISO 21500 and the Sustainability Focused ANP-BOCR Framework for Subcontractor Selection in Megaprojects
( SAGE Publications Inc. , 2023 , Article)The aim of this article is to present a novel framework that integrates the strategic dimensions of sustainability and the ISO 21500 standard to evaluate and select subcontractors for megaprojects. ISO 21500 processes were ... -
ISO 9000 performance among the Malaysian companies: The effects of motives
( Inderscience Publishers , 2009 , Article)This paper presents the results of a study to identify the real motives behind ISO 9000 Certification. Towards this goal, a survey of some 300 ISO 9000 certified companies has been carried out for Malaysian manufacturing ... -
ISO 9000:2000 quality management standard: Experience in the state of Qatar
( Inderscience Publishers , 2008 , Article)The main purpose of this paper is to assess the experience of different organisations in the state of Qatar upon adopting the ISO 9000:2000 quality management standard. It is required to report the available motives, ... -
Isobaric Expansion Engines Powered by Low-Grade Heat-Working Fluid Performance and Selection Database for Power and Thermomechanical Refrigeration
( Wiley-VCH Verlag , 2020 , Article)A database is developed for the most suitable working fluids for Worthington-type and Bush-type isobaric engines based on their performances for a wide range of heat source temperature, from 40 to 300 °C, and operating ... -
Isolated deep orbital hemangioma treated successfully with oral propranolol in a 2-month-old infant: Case report with literature review
( Elsevier , 2021 , Article)Purpose Infantile hemangiomas (IH) are the most common benign vascular tumors of infancy. Ocular complications due to orbital IH include strabismal, deprivational, or anisometropic astigmatism, and visual loss secondary ... -
Isolated Handwritten Pashto Characters Recognition using KNN classifier
( IEEE , 2021 , Article)Regional and cultural diversities around the world and especially in Pakistan has given birth to a large number of writing systems and scripts consists of varying character sets. Developing an optimal OCR system for such ...