Main Themes of Research Section of Int'l Quran Contest for Muslim Students
Zahra Naqizadeh, executive director of the competition, told IQNA that the research section will center on 'Islamic unity' and 'methodology of interdisciplinary Quranic studies'.
She said each of the two themes have some 20 sub-topics, urging academics and researchers to visit competition website at www.muslimstudents.ir to learn more about the themes.
'Concept, fundamentals and necessity of Islamic unity', 'Islamic unity; opportunities and challenges', 'effective approaches and factors for enhancing Islamic unity', 'Seerah of the Holy Prophet (PBUH) and Infallible Imams (AS) in terms of promoting and enhancing Islamic unity' and 'role of elites and Muslim thinkers in promoting and enhancing Islamic unity', are some of the subtopics related to the first theme.
The topics regarding research methodology include 'Definition of interdisciplinary Quranic studies and its distinction from comparative studies, scientific interpretation, and the like', ' typology of interdisciplinary Quranic studies', 'Holy Quran and its logical relation with sciences', 'scope and range of using Quranic sciences and teachings in various sciences', 'role of Holy Quran in the development of humanities' and 'Tafsir Bi 'Al-Rai (interpretation based on one's own opinion) and interdisciplinary Quranic studies'
According to Naqizadeh, the deadline for submitting papers to the secretariat of the research section is November 21, 2014.
She said the papers should be written in the APA format and be submitted through the website of the contest.
The results of the final evaluation will be announced on December 21, 2014, she stated.
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