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= العُرف: دراسة أصولية اجتماعية Al-'urf: Dirasah Usuliyah Ijtima'yyah
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This study addresses the concept of custom as an influential factor in building and developing human societies. Using comparative-analytical research methods, it examines both revealed knowledge (Qur'an and Sunnah) of Muslim Usuli jurists and positivistic knowledge propagated by contemporary scholars of law and sociology in relation to the emer

The Social Significance of Mr. Nazeer Khan’s Architecture
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This paper discusses the social significance of Mr. Nazeer Khan’s architecture. The discussion revolves around the relationship between Mr. Nazeer Khan’s architecture and Kerala Muslims’ economic transformation, as well as Kerala state’s inter-faith harmony. The study is not about delivering judgments concerning Mr. Nazeer Khan and his arch

Issues in Contemporary Islamic Housing
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This paper discusses the subject of Islamic housing and some major requirements for its revival today. The following thrusts are the focus of the paper: 1) The meaning of Islamic housing; 2) Sound housing policies; 3) Avoiding major transgressions associated with housing; 4) Endless creativity and Islamic housing: 5) Some practical suggestions for

al-Wasatiyyah and Some of its Implications for Islamic Built Environment
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This paper discusses the concept of al-wasatiyyah and some of its implications for correctly perceiving the phenomenon of Islamic built environment. The paper concludes that although those implications are rather indirect and implicit in nature, the relationship between the two, i.e., al-wasatiyyah and Islamic built environment, is very strong and

Validation of Information System Project Success Model: a Focus Group Study
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This article illustrates how influential arguments were used to validate an information system (IS) project success model using the inductive-qualitative method rather than continual hypothesis testing. The purpose of the study was to explore the validity and feasibility of the model using a focus group study (FGS) to respond that many IS scholars

Radiographic Condylar Changes Following Vertical Subsigmoid Osteotomy in Different Setback Magnitudes
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Objectives: The objective of this retrospective study was to compare the effect of different mandibular setback amount by vertical subsigmoid osteotomy (VSSO) on the pattern of radiographic condylar remodelling in 1 year time span post-surgically. Methods: 200 patients diagnosed of mandibular prognathism and underwent VSSO surgery with various setb

Landslide Susceptibility Mapping: a Technical Note
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The ‘Electronic journal of geotechnical engineering’ has recently published a high impact research in the field of landslide susceptibility mapping. This article has a great scientific value with considerable contribution to the knowledge. The aim of current article, as a technical note, is to review some parts of the mentioned landslide suscep

Architecture and Society: Some Lessons on Muslim Architecture from India
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This book deals with the subject of the relationship between Muslim architecture and society and how they influence each other, taking some social and historical segments of complex Indian society as a case study. The book consists of three independent studies which cover three vital aspects of Muslim architecture, especially in India: 1) Convertin

Mosque Decoration Between Acceptance and Rejection
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This paper discusses the subject of mosque decoration and some of the criteria which determine its acceptability or otherwise. Some aspects of the matter are somewhat sensitive and double-edged. Thus, the paper presents an objective, balanced and scientific account of the theme, steering clear of the sentimental aspects of the evidences often put f

Application of Sharī‘ah Contracts in Contemporary Islamic Finance: a Maqāṣid Perspective
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This research exposes the underlying maqāṣid embedded in Sharī‘ah contracts as applied in Islamic banking and finance. It addresses the problem of not observing maqāṣid in nominated and combined Sharī‘ah contracts as well as the problem of not sufficiently imbuing maqāṣid in products developed by Islamic financial institutions. As a

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