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Thus, this paper will seek to provide a brief biography and an insight into the contentious thoughts of Ayatollah Mahdi Haeri Yazdi....
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This research made an optimal design of the logistics network for Halal food by applying operations research (OR). Though the general logistics system and the...
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In this book, Hassan S. Khalilieh highlights Islamic legal doctrine regarding freedom of the seas and its implementation in...
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The officials of Islamic centers, in conjunction with the health experts of the community, should monitor the risk level in their local areas and make decisions about continuing events or suspending them, as the...
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In response to religious questions regarding the funeral rites for people who have passed away due to an infectious disease such as coronavirus in different parts of the...
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Not attending congregation and Friday Prayers decreed to be allowable in case of contagious diseases outbreak, said in a statement by center of giving decree in Egypt...
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Denis Hermann’s Kirmānī Shaykhism and the Ijtihād: A Study of Abū al-Qāsim Khān Ibrāhīmī’s Ijtihād wa Taqlīd is a valuable and welcome addition to the existing scholarship on...
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