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Intellectual Property and Copyright
Author Rights & Responsibilities

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• The authors declare that the manuscript contains no plagiarism, fabrication, falsification, or manipulated citations and that the manuscript serves the Journal of Umm Al-Qura University for Social Sciences (JUQUSS) authorship policies.
• Authors declare that they have not submitted/published the same article in a different journal or it is under consideration.
• Authors confirm that for any copyrighted tables, figures, data, text, etc., permission has been obtained from the copyright holders to reproduce.
• All manuscripts, revisions, tables, and figures remain the intellectual property of the author(s). Author(s) fully retain the copyright to their work.
• Authors retain the rights to modify, reshare, repost, or archive any version of their copyrighted work.
• Authors agree to keep confidential all communications, comments, or reports between authors and reviewers or editors.

Open Access and Copyright
The Journal of Umm Al-Qura University for Social Sciences (JUQUSS) is proudly owned and published by Umm Al-Qura University. We hold firm to the belief that research serves as a valuable asset to society, embodying a collective investment by our community. The Journal operates as an open-access platform, making all published articles freely accessible to the public, thereby permitting unrestricted reading, downloading, copying, and distribution. To endorse this open-access commitment, Umm Al-Qura University assumes full responsibility for covering the publication expenses associated with the Journal, including any article-processing charges (APC) that authors would typically bear. Our unwavering dedication to immediate open access is grounded in the conviction that the voluntary sharing of research with the public fosters a more extensive and inclusive global knowledge exchange.

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