Contrary to popular belief,interest, per se, is not prohibited in Islam. What is prohibited is, in Qur'aanic (or Koranic) terminology, Ar-Riba. Many Islamic scholars believe that that this Qur'aanic... More > term is not defined in the Qur'aan and have assumed it, without evidence, to mean interest. But, quoting extensively from the Qur'aan and the Prophet's sayings, the book ISLAM & INTEREST provides evidential and analytical proof that the term is well-defined in the Holy Book itself, and that it broadly covers all economic ills in human societies. The Qur'aanic statement that 'Allah has made business lawful and has prohibited Ar-Riba' is the basic Principle of Islamic Economics.< Less
Contrary to popular belief,interest, per se, is not prohibited in Islam. What is prohibited is, in Qur'aanic (or Koranic) terminology, Ar-Riba. Many Islamic scholars believe that that this Qur'aanic... More > term is not defined in the Qur'aan and have assumed it, without evidence, to mean interest. But, quoting extensively from the Qur'aan and the Prophet's sayings, the book ISLAM & INTEREST provides evidential and analytical proof that the term is well-defined in the Holy Book itself, and that it broadly covers all economic ills in human societies. The Qur'aanic statement that 'Allah has made business lawful and has prohibited Ar-Riba' is the basic Principle of Islamic Economics.< Less
Who are we? What are we? We humans are the end product of the birth of the universe, our galaxy, our sun, our solar system, and all the creatures who preceded us since the evolution of life on... More > earth. But our actual possibilities for existence began with the "Big Bang" when the requirements for life spread throughout the universe. The life and death of billions of stars further distributed those requirements to give birth to more stars, including our sun. But they also contributed to the formation of planets, moons, and all the other stellar bodies that compose our solar system. And those bodies contained the foundations of life that the chaos of our early solar system brought to earth. And earth's birth also was violent. Yet life began and survived amidst this incredible chaos and even provided the requirements necessary for life to advance to achieve our own evolution. And virtually every specie who has ever existed since life began on earth has contributed to our own existence.< Less
Who are we? What are we? We humans are the end product of the birth of the universe, our galaxy, our sun, our solar system, and all the creatures who preceded us since the evolution of life on... More > earth. But our actual possibilities for existence began with the "Big Bang" when the requirements for life spread throughout the universe. The life and death of billions of stars further distributed those requirements to give birth to more stars, including our sun. But they also contributed to the formation of planets, moons, and all the other stellar bodies that compose our solar system. And those bodies contained the foundations of life that the chaos of our early solar system brought to earth. And earth's birth also was violent. Yet life began and survived amidst this incredible chaos and even provided the requirements necessary for life to advance to achieve our own evolution. And virtually every specie who has ever existed since life began on earth has contributed to our own existence.< Less
Who are we? What are we? We humans are the end product of the birth of the universe, our galaxy, our sun, our solar system, and all the creatures who preceded us since the evolution of life on... More > earth. But our actual possibilities for existence began with the "Big Bang" when the requirements for life spread throughout the universe. The life and death of billions of stars further distributed those requirements to give birth to more stars, including our sun. But they also contributed to the formation of planets, moons, and all the other stellar bodies that compose our solar system. And those bodies contained the foundations of life that the chaos of our early solar system brought to earth. And earth's birth also was violent. Yet life began and survived amidst this incredible chaos and even provided the requirements necessary for life to advance to achieve our own evolution. And virtually every specie who has ever existed since life began on earth has contributed to our own existence.< Less
Who are we? What are we? We humans are the end product of the birth of the universe, our galaxy, our sun, our solar system, and all the creatures who preceded us since the evolution of life on... More > earth. But our actual possibilities for existence began with the "Big Bang" when the requirements for life spread throughout the universe. The life and death of billions of stars further distributed those requirements to give birth to more stars, including our sun. But they also contributed to the formation of planets, moons, and all the other stellar bodies that compose our solar system. And those bodies contained the foundations of life that the chaos of our early solar system brought to earth. And earth's birth also was violent. Yet life began and survived amidst this incredible chaos and even provided the requirements necessary for life to advance to achieve our own evolution. And virtually every specie who has ever existed since life began on earth has contributed to our own existence.< Less
A look at some of the most interesting and contentious issues of human relationships. Subjects include homosexuality, pornography, pre-marital sex and natural family planning.
The ultimate goal of this book is to answer common questions
about human physiology. It is a didactic summary based
on the current literature.
The book is divided into chapters to make it easier to... More > find
sections of interest, and it follows a logical and sequential order.
It is impossible to understand any other related subject without
first reviewing and understanding the beauty of human
physiology.
In the following pages, we will examine the details of all of
the features that make up human physiology for health-related
courses and educational programs.< Less
The Human Engine is a collection of early works by American language poet, Marisa Prietto. Written during the final year of her studies at UC Berkeley, The Human Engine is a study in personal... More > interiority, and the delicate frictions of the relationship between self and other. Prietto blends high diction with common vernacular to create a space that is at once familiar and esoteric, immediate and remote. We certainly look forward to more works by this flip and interesting young author, particularly a book of prose, currently in the making.< Less
The Human Engine is a collection of early works by American language poet, Marisa Prietto. Written during the final year of her studies at UC Berkeley, The Human Engine is a study in personal... More > interiority, and the delicate frictions of the relationship between self and other. Prietto blends high diction with common vernacular to create a space that is at once familiar and esoteric, immediate and remote. We certainly look forward to more works by this flip and interesting young author, particularly a book of prose, currently in the making.< Less
