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Religious Perspectives Regarding the Ethical Issues Associated With Clinical Xenotransplantation. [PDF]
ABSTRACT Background As xenotransplantation advances toward clinical trials, viewpoints from various segments of society are continually needed to engage the public and to inform the prospective clinical trials. As the majority of the world's population identifies with a religious tradition, religious perspectives regarding the ethical issues associated
Hurst DJ +13 more
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Why couple infertility is historically a female-driven problem? [PDF]
Abstract Background The history of studies in the field of infertility represents a chapter of great interest in gender issues. Objectives This paper aims to delve deep into the historical roots of the aspect of gender inequality related to couple infertility, with a journey back in time, from classical antiquity to the contemporary age, reporting ...
Vignozzi L, Cipriani S, Lippi D.
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Socio-economic evaluation of human-dog coexistence: A 40,000 years history. [PDF]
This research has explored various dimensions of the human–dog relationship, including historical, cultural, socio‐economic and environmental aspects. It highlights the essential roles of dogs as companions, service animals and symbols across diverse cultures and religions. The developing pet industry's economic significance for dog breeding highlights
Fallahi M +3 more
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Red Maulanas: Revisiting Islam and the Left in twentieth‐century South Asia
Abstract In the early 20th century, colonised people across empires rejected their status quo with visions and articulations of different emancipatory futures. The more radical and creative of these projects fused socialist thought with national, cultural or religious traditions. Grounded in ideas of equality, redistribution and common ownership, these
Layli Uddin
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Teaching Religion and Upholding Academic Freedom
ABSTRACT The editors of the JRE collected short essays from scholars of religion in response to a recent incident at Hamline University that made national headlines. Last fall, Hamline University administrators refused to extend a contract to an adjunct professor of art history after a Muslim student accused her of Islamophobia for showing a 14th ...
Betsy Barre +11 more
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Abstract In the shari‘a seminaries (hawza) of South Beirut, young Shi‘i Muslims articulate a notion of ethics that is realized in and through collective life. Classes on ethics (akhlaq) help them reweave the moral fabric of their neighborhoods by addressing volatile public situations, correcting improper conduct, and emulating virtuous figures.
Jean‐Michel Landry
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Does religiosity affect financing activity? Evidence from Indonesia
Abstract We examine the role of religiosity on the financing activities in both Islamic and conventional banks in Indonesian provinces by using five different measures of religiosity: number of Islamic schools, hajj application, number of Islamic seminary schools, number of Mosques, and number of certified halal products.
Ibrahim Fatwa Wijaya +2 more
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Abstract The Muslim countries have a lower democracy level on average than the other countries. Yet, this cross‐country comparison is not sufficient to blame Islam for the democracy deficit. This issue is related to the numerous fixed characteristics that differ across the countries and that also have an effect on democracy.
Saeed Khodaverdian
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Anonymous Gamete Donation in Iran: Lineage Revisited
Abstract Assisted reproductive technologies (ARTs) were legitimized in Iran through the rulings (fatwa) of some of the Shia Islamic jurists, who, in allowing third‐party gamete donation, specified that the resulting child will belong to its biological parent from whom it will take its lineage and inherit.
Soraya Tremayne
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Abstract This article deals with assessments by a number of contemporary Sunni fiqh experts on the legal duration of pregnancy. Most of them strive to demonstrate that classical jurisprudence (fiqh) and modern medicine are perfectly compatible, despite the fact that the former contemplates gestational periods far longer than nine months.
Delfina Serrano‐Ruano
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