Publication Announcement for the Fifteenth issue of the Religions Journal ‘Religions and the Sanctity of the Human Soul’

18 Feb Publication Announcement for the Fifteenth issue of the Religions Journal ‘Religions and the Sanctity of the Human Soul’

The Doha International Center for Interfaith Dialogue has issued the fifteenth issue of Religions, a semi-annual international journal, issued in both Arabic and English, specialized in studying humanitarian issues from the perspective of religions.

This issue deals with the topic of ‘Religions and the Sanctity of the Human Soul’ through a series of academic research titles, exceeding twenty for this issue, including work in both Arabic and English. The issue highlights the following issues: the right to life and the prohibition of killing the human soul in religions, the crime of killing oneself, war crimes and their impact on the security and stability of societies, the position of religions on the rights of vulnerable minorities and civilians during armed conflicts and wars, extremism and terrorism, means of confrontation, the cognitive and religious treatment of suicide, abortion and euthanasia, and the position of heavenly religions on them.

The most important topics that you will find in this issue in English are:
An opening dialogue with His Excellency Prof. Dr. Ivo Josipovic – the former President of the Republic of Croatia followed by a number of commendable research, including: The Soul’s Precedence in Everyday Communications by Alena Demirovic and Mustafa Sefo, The Right to Abortion in Light of the Teachings of the Three Great Monotheistic Religions by Balázs Puskás, To Live or Not to Live: Suicide in Ancient Hindu Scriptures by Nahla Mohamed Fahmy, The Sanctity of Human Soul: Religious Perspectives from Pakistan by Javaid William and Sara Khalid, The Threatened Symphony of Life: Towards a Social and Economic Practice of the Sanctity of the World by Ernst Fürlinger, Suicide and Teenagers by Neven Melek, Some Reflections on the Human Soul in Jewish Thought by Rabbi Menachem Genack, The Insult to the Islamic Principles of Protection of Human Life and Dignity by the Jihadists: The ‘Islamic’ legitimatization of suicide by Michalis Marioras and lastly The Sanctity of Human Beings according to the Traditional Islamic Perspective by Majdey Zawawi and Senad Mrahorović.

You can access the full PDF version of the journal through the below links:
Arabic Issue: Click Here
English Issue: Click Here