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Category Archives: Academics
Avicenna’s Systematic Reviews
That great medieval polymath and philosopher Ibn Sina (d. 1037), or Avicenna as he is known in the West, might in fact be regarded as father (or inventor) of medical systematic reviews [1], nowadays considered as the highest level of … Continue reading
Posted in Academics, Book Review, Iran, Medicine
Tagged Avicenna, Bukhara, clinical trial, Dentistry, Galen, Golden Age of Islam, Hamadan, Ibn Sina, Islamic medicine, Jinan Rashid, systematic review, traditional medicine, Transoxiana
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Janteloven
Having long been impressed by great and world-renowned Scandinavian professionals, I have only lately met a number of Scandinavians as colleagues in my academic career. When having lived and worked in the Middle East several of these exemplars did not … Continue reading
Posted in Academics, Ethnology, Norway
Tagged Aksel Sandemose, Janteloven, racism, Scandinavia, segregation
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A Rhetorical Triumph
Angelika Neuwirth has presented a monumental analysis of the Holy Qur’an [1] which provides a number of convincing arguments that the scripture must not be regarded as fait accompli but had rather developed as a liturgical text during permanent and critical, … Continue reading
Posted in Academics, Book Review, Islam
Tagged Ahmad Milad Karimi, Angelika Neuwirth, Christianity, congregation, Corpus Coranicum, Europe, Hartmut Bobzin, Holy Bible, Holy Qur'an, Judaism, Karl-Heinz Ohlig, Koran, Madinah, Makkha, Markus Gross, Muhammad, Navid Kermani, Tanakh, Tilman Nagel
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Eric A. Brill’s Arguments
I have foretold the final result of last year’s presidential election in Iran already early in May 2009. I wrote at that time, “Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei can’t help but only endorse ‘his’ president Ahmadinejad. And when he is going to … Continue reading
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