Critical Study of Moral Teachings of Islam and Buddhism for Promotion of Global Peace

All ancient and contemporary religions of the world like Buddhism, Zoroastrianism, Judaism, Christianity, Jainism and Islam emphasizes and attempts to uphold the highest moral and ethical values in human society in order to produce discipline and good will. Some of the religions strictly command for proper observance and submission to the laws and cannons", whereas the other religions do not stipulate strict allegiance to its principals, yet they nourish and treat human emotions and direct them for the general good of the society. On the whole, all religions aim at moral and ethical uplift of human beings, to install positivity in them and imbues the spirit of sacrifice, equality, affection, brotherhood and justice in mankind. Thus, these all facts testify that all religions, with some differences of pattern, propagate the message of love, Peace, equality, brotherhood, justice, Harmony and equity in the material age and greed-ridden epoch where individual profits and benefit overwhelm collective cause and general welfare of mankind. What we have done here in this paper is not to establish that one religion is better than the other but to demonstrate that almost all world religions stand for love, peace and harmony. There is no doubt, that all religions preach and advocate positive harmony among human beings but the message of Holy Prophet (SAW) is the only example who gave practical aspect of these theories. However, this paper elaborates this reality by a detailed comparison of Islam and Buddhism.

Synthesis and Characterization of Tungstate Based Nanomaterials for Multifarious Applications

Group-VIB particularly tungstate based nanostructured materials with novel morphologies demonstrate significant photocatalytic activity as compared to conventional photocatalyst (TiO2), however it exhibits low response in the visible region of light spectrum. In this scenario doping or coupling with other materials of lower band gap results in enhanced surface area, higher electron- hole generation rate, reduced band gap effectively increasing the catalytic and sensing response. This study is aimed to focus on tungstate based nanomaterials namely Bi2WO6, PbWO4, ZnWO4 and CdWO4. In our research, we covered following aspects of the nanomaterials; synthesis, characterization, growth mechanism and applications. The hydrothermal synthesis method was adopted for the preparation of desired nanomaterials and then their structural, morphological, compositional characterization were performed using high tech facilities like TEM, XRD, FESEM, XPS, FTIR, DLS, PL, BET and EDX. The promising reaction mechanism of theas-prepared metal tungstate nanostructures were discussed systematically. Novel morphologies (nano-flakes, nanowires, nanoflowers and nanorods, etc.) were fabricated by optimizing the reaction parameters. The photocatalytic response of the nanostructures were evaluated by degrading the model organic Coomassie brilliant blue (CBB), Congo red (CR) and Methylene Blue (MB) dyes.Electrochemical bio-sensing, the horseradish peroxidase-like (HRP) activity and hydrogen storage features were also evaluated.