Language and law seem to have either distant or no connection at all. However, in reality these two disciplines are closely interconnected and interrelated, particularly in the perspectives of Islamic legal theory. One’s language competence is among the determining factors in comprehending Islamic law. This is because in Islamic legal theory, law is derived from...Read More

The historic background of algorithmic processing with regard to etymology and methodology is translated into terms of mathematical logic and Computer Science. A formal logic structure is introduced by exemplary questions posed to Fiqh-chapters to define a logic query language. As a foundation, a generic algorithm for deciding Fiqhrulings is designed to enable and further...Read More

Islam is the chosen religion of God. It is therefore, a complete way and a comprehensive system of life; and it is so, not in theory alone. Islam is comprehensive in its practicality. By the third century after the Hijrah, the Islamic system of law was complete. The shari’ah covered all the areas usually treated...Read More

When discussing the first pillar (rukn) of Islam, scholars usually tend to pay all their attention to the concept of monotheism or tawhid. Tawhid is, no doubt, a very important principle of ‘slam and the most supreme value in its religious structure. In this paper, however, we would like to discuss the notion of Shahadah...Read More