Dawn Of Islam Research Articles

Child abuse: Bahrain's experience

IntroductionCruelty to children has existed as long as humanity existed. The way children are treated has alwaysbeen a faithful mirror reflection of the level of progress in the civility of mankind. Child abuse permeatesthrough all cultures and societies, from the West to the East (deMause, 1998; World Health Organization,1997).Infanticide was practiced in China and other parts of Asia for centuries (Breiner, 1992; Coale B Pitt & Bale, 1995). Before Islam, female infanticide was widely practiced in the ArabianPeninsula; with the dawn of Islam, the practice was clearly prohibited by the Quran “when if one of themreceiveth tidings of the birth of a female, his face remaineth darkened, and he is worth inwardly. He hidethhimself from the folk because of the evil of that whereof he hath had tidings (asking himself): shall hekeep it in contempt, or bury it beneath the dust. Verily evil is their judgment” (the Bee Surah, the HolyQuran). In the year 900, the Rhazes, the eminent physician, attributed the prominence of umbilicus andhernia in children to “the child may be intentionally struck.”Thus, child abuse is not a new phenomenon in this part of the world. Recently, there have beenfew reports from this region addressing child maltreatment (Al-Ateeqi, Shabani, & Abdulmalik, 2002;Al-Ayed, Qureshi, Al Jarallah, & Al Saad, 1998; Al-Eissa, 1991; Al-Jumaah, Al-Dowaish, Tufenkeji,& Frayha, 1993; Al-Mahroos, 1997; Al-Moosa, Al-Shaiji, Al-Fadhli, Al-Bayed, & Adib, 2003;Al-MugeirenGDoraiswamyAEl-Hait,Moosa,VKattan,1994; Kattan, Sakati, Abduljabbar, Al-Eisa, & Nou-Nou, 1995). However, this paper reports the largest

Arab dress: a short history: from the dawn of Islam to modern times

Arab dress: a short history: from the dawn of Islam to modern times

The Qur'an in Sudan from the Dawn of Islam to the Present Day (in Arabic)

The Qur'an in Sudan from the Dawn of Islam to the Present Day (in Arabic)

Arab Dress: A Short History, from the Dawn of Islam to Modern Times

Arab Dress: A Short History, from the Dawn of Islam to Modern Times

The Qur'an in Sudan from the Dawn of Islam to the Present Day (in Arabic)

The Qur'an in Sudan from the Dawn of Islam to the Present Day (in Arabic)

Politics and Religion in 'Umān: A Historical Overview

From the dawn of Islam to the present, the political history of 'Umān followed a different path from that of the rest of the Arabian peninsula. Until recently, the country was practically unknown, an almost forgotten outpost of a once prosperous maritime Arab civilization.

Southeast Asia and the Middle East: Islam, Movement, and the Longue Durée

Book Review : (Eric Tagliacozzo, ed. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, working with NUS Press in Singapore, 2009). Viii + 392 pages.This book has brought together scholars from around the world to begin to fill this gaping hole. Especially with regards to the influence of the Middle East on Southeast Asian (Muslim) society, the various articles add significantly to our understanding. The book also aspires to go beyond a limited, brief, local perspective by bringing together essays from over a millennium of inter-regional connections. The appendage of longue durée to the subtitle, invocative of the Annales school of structural history emerging out of France several decades ago, indicates a focus to broader trends and forces at work shaping the relationship. The immediate e?ect of this longue durée framework is seen, though, in the broad range of time periods addressed in the volume, beginning with the dawn of Islam and running through the present.DOI: 10.15408/sdi.v16i3.478